Muhurat · नामकरण मुहूर्त

Naamkaran (Naming Ceremony) Muhurat 2026

170 auspicious days · computed from tithi, nakshatra and vaar

Naamkaran gives the child their formal name, classically on the 11th or 12th day after birth. The name’s first syllable is traditionally drawn from the pada of the child’s birth nakshatra, tying identity to the sky at the moment of arrival.

What to avoid

Avoid Amavasya, Rikta tithis, and Tuesdays and Saturdays. Eclipse days are excluded.

Auspicious dates by month

January 202614 days

1 (Thu, Rohini) · 5 (Mon, Pushya) · 7 (Wed, Magha) · 9 (Fri, Uttara) · 10 (Sat, Hasta) · 14 (Wed, Anuradha) · 16 (Fri, Mula) · 20 (Tue, Shravana) · 21 (Wed, Dhanishta) · 23 (Fri, Purva) · 25 (Sun, Revati) · 26 (Mon, Ashwini) · 29 (Thu, Rohini) · 31 (Sat, Punarvasu)

February 202612 days

1 (Sun, Pushya) · 4 (Wed, Purva) · 6 (Fri, Hasta) · 8 (Sun, Swati) · 12 (Thu, Jyeshtha) · 13 (Fri, Mula) · 18 (Wed, Shatabhisha) · 19 (Thu, Purva) · 20 (Fri, Uttara) · 22 (Sun, Ashwini) · 26 (Thu, Mrigashira) · 28 (Sat, Punarvasu)

March 202615 days

1 (Sun, Pushya) · 5 (Thu, Uttara) · 6 (Fri, Hasta) · 8 (Sun, Swati) · 10 (Tue, Anuradha) · 13 (Fri, Purva) · 15 (Sun, Shravana) · 16 (Mon, Dhanishta) · 17 (Tue, Shatabhisha) · 20 (Fri, Revati) · 21 (Sat, Ashwini) · 24 (Tue, Rohini) · 25 (Wed, Mrigashira) · 28 (Sat, Pushya) · 31 (Tue, Purva)

April 202615 days

2 (Thu, Hasta) · 3 (Fri, Chitra) · 4 (Sat, Swati) · 9 (Thu, Mula) · 12 (Sun, Shravana) · 13 (Mon, Dhanishta) · 15 (Wed, Purva) · 18 (Sat, Ashwini) · 20 (Mon, Rohini) · 21 (Tue, Mrigashira) · 23 (Thu, Punarvasu) · 24 (Fri, Pushya) · 26 (Sun, Magha) · 27 (Mon, Purva) · 29 (Wed, Hasta)

May 202616 days

1 (Fri, Swati) · 4 (Mon, Anuradha) · 7 (Thu, Purva) · 9 (Sat, Shravana) · 13 (Wed, Uttara) · 14 (Thu, Revati) · 15 (Fri, Ashwini) · 18 (Mon, Rohini) · 19 (Tue, Mrigashira) · 21 (Thu, Pushya) · 25 (Mon, Uttara) · 26 (Tue, Hasta) · 27 (Wed, Hasta) · 28 (Thu, Chitra) · 29 (Fri, Swati) · 31 (Sun, Anuradha)

June 202612 days

3 (Wed, Purva) · 5 (Fri, Shravana) · 7 (Sun, Dhanishta) · 8 (Mon, Shatabhisha) · 10 (Wed, Uttara) · 11 (Thu, Revati) · 12 (Fri, Ashwini) · 17 (Wed, Punarvasu) · 21 (Sun, Purva) · 24 (Wed, Chitra) · 25 (Thu, Swati) · 27 (Sat, Anuradha)

July 202615 days

2 (Thu, Uttara) · 3 (Fri, Shravana) · 5 (Sun, Shatabhisha) · 8 (Wed, Revati) · 12 (Sun, Rohini) · 15 (Wed, Pushya) · 17 (Fri, Magha) · 18 (Sat, Purva) · 20 (Mon, Hasta) · 21 (Tue, Chitra) · 24 (Fri, Anuradha) · 25 (Sat, Jyeshtha) · 27 (Mon, Mula) · 30 (Thu, Shravana) · 31 (Fri, Dhanishta)

August 202615 days

1 (Sat, Shatabhisha) · 3 (Mon, Uttara) · 5 (Wed, Ashwini) · 8 (Sat, Rohini) · 9 (Sun, Mrigashira) · 14 (Fri, Purva) · 15 (Sat, Uttara) · 17 (Mon, Chitra) · 18 (Tue, Swati) · 19 (Wed, Swati) · 22 (Sat, Jyeshtha) · 23 (Sun, Mula) · 26 (Wed, Shravana) · 28 (Fri, Shatabhisha) · 31 (Mon, Revati)

September 202612 days

4 (Fri, Rohini) · 7 (Mon, Punarvasu) · 13 (Sun, Hasta) · 14 (Mon, Chitra) · 17 (Thu, Anuradha) · 18 (Fri, Jyeshtha) · 21 (Mon, Uttara) · 22 (Tue, Uttara) · 23 (Wed, Shravana) · 24 (Thu, Dhanishta) · 28 (Mon, Revati) · 29 (Tue, Ashwini)

October 202614 days

1 (Thu, Rohini) · 2 (Fri, Mrigashira) · 5 (Mon, Pushya) · 8 (Thu, Purva) · 11 (Sun, Chitra) · 12 (Mon, Swati) · 15 (Thu, Jyeshtha) · 17 (Sat, Mula) · 18 (Sun, Purva) · 21 (Wed, Dhanishta) · 22 (Thu, Shatabhisha) · 24 (Sat, Uttara) · 26 (Mon, Ashwini) · 30 (Fri, Mrigashira)

November 202615 days

1 (Sun, Pushya) · 4 (Wed, Purva) · 5 (Thu, Uttara) · 6 (Fri, Hasta) · 7 (Sat, Chitra) · 11 (Wed, Anuradha) · 12 (Thu, Jyeshtha) · 14 (Sat, Purva) · 16 (Mon, Shravana) · 17 (Tue, Dhanishta) · 20 (Fri, Purva) · 22 (Sun, Ashwini) · 25 (Wed, Rohini) · 26 (Thu, Mrigashira) · 28 (Sat, Punarvasu)

December 202615 days

3 (Thu, Uttara) · 4 (Fri, Hasta) · 6 (Sun, Swati) · 11 (Fri, Purva) · 12 (Sat, Uttara) · 14 (Mon, Shravana) · 15 (Tue, Dhanishta) · 16 (Wed, Shatabhisha) · 19 (Sat, Revati) · 20 (Sun, Ashwini) · 25 (Fri, Punarvasu) · 26 (Sat, Pushya) · 28 (Mon, Magha) · 30 (Wed, Uttara) · 31 (Thu, Hasta)

How these dates are chosen

If the ceremony must fall outside the classical 11th–12th day window, any qualifying day below works. The syllable for the name comes from the child’s nakshatra pada, not from the ceremony date.

These are general (public) muhurats based on the panchang — the same basis almanacs publish. A complete muhurat also weighs your own chart: Tara Bala, Chandra Bala, and the strength of the relevant house. Timings shown are computed for New Delhi; for other cities see the local panchang.

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Other years

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