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Karnavedha Muhurat 2024
Auspicious dates for life's important beginnings
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★Best dayAuspicious
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
Most AuspiciousMuhurat windows
Best09:5211:13
The day's longest auspicious window1h 21m
Alternate07:1007:34
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- Nakshatra
- Hasta
- Tithi
- Krishna Panchami
- Yoga
- Sukarma
- Karana
- Taitila
Why this day
- Hasta — an auspicious nakshatra for this ceremony
- Krishna Panchami — a favourable tithi
- Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga Yoga is active — an added blessing
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kaal12:34–13:55
- Yamaganda08:31–09:52
- Gulika Kaal11:13–12:34
- Varjyam07:34–09:23
About Karnavedha Muhurat
Karnavedha is the ear-piercing saMskara — traditionally in the child's sixth, seventh or eighth month, or later in an odd year of age. Though a small rite, the texts time it with care: gentle and light nakshatras on the soft weekdays, in daytime, never at night. Its calendar pauses through the seasonal blackouts, and unlike most child ceremonies both fortnights of the month are open to it.
How Karnavedha Muhurat dates are chosen
- Dates fall on the ten gentle, light and movable nakshatras of the karnavedha tradition — Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Anuradha, Shravana, Dhanishta and Revati. The set is deliberately not mundan's: Jyeshtha — tonsure's one sharp exception — is not admitted for piercing, and the fixed stars stay out.
- The 2nd, 3rd and 5th tithis rank 'most auspicious'; the 7th, 10th, 12th and 13th qualify as 'suitable'. Both fortnights are allowed — unlike mundan, the karnavedha sources are explicit that Krishna paksha is not barred — while the Rikta tithis and Amavasya are excluded as everywhere.
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday are the weekdays, unanimously; Sunday, Tuesday and Saturday — the days of the harsh grahas — are barred for a piercing rite.
- The nine hostile yogas and Bhadra are excluded; Panchak does not bar karnavedha — Dhanishta and Revati are explicitly recommended for it — so the band's stars stay in.
- Karnavedha pauses through Kharmas, Chaturmas and Adhik Maas; windows are daytime — never at night — with tradition preferring the forenoon.
Good to know
- Dates calculated for New Delhi (IST). Timings shift slightly for other cities.
- All five panchanga limbs are weighed together — a day is strong only when an auspicious nakshatra also falls on a benefic tithi and a gentle weekday.
- Abhijit Muhurta — the ~48-minute window around solar noon — is treated as universally auspicious, and is highlighted as the prime slot within the griha pravesh and bhoomi pujan windows.
- Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal are inauspicious daily intervals; begin the actual ceremony outside these, even on a listed date.
- Kharmas / Malmaas — when the Sun transits Sagittarius (mid-Dec→mid-Jan) or Pisces (mid-Mar→mid-Apr) — pauses marriages and major beginnings.
- Chaturmas — from Devshayani to Prabodhini Ekadashi — pauses marriage, griha pravesh and several saMskaras.
- During Adhik Maas (the leap lunar month) auspicious beginnings are traditionally paused, so some months may show few or no dates.
Frequently asked questions
- What age is right for karnavedha?
- Tradition names the child's sixth, seventh or eighth month — Sushruta says the sixth or seventh — and failing that, an odd year of age: the third, fifth or seventh. Even years are avoided by custom.
- Are karnavedha dates the same as mundan dates?
- No — karnavedha has its own nakshatra set. Jyeshtha, tonsure's one sharp exception, is not admitted for piercing, and mundan is taken only in the bright fortnight while karnavedha is open to both — so the two lists differ.
- Can karnavedha be done in Krishna paksha?
- Yes — the karnavedha sources explicitly allow both fortnights; only the Rikta tithis, Amavasya and the other doshas stay barred. Bright-fortnight days simply rank a little higher.
- Why does the karnavedha calendar show long seasonal gaps?
- Karnavedha pauses through Kharmas (Sun in Sagittarius or Pisces), Chaturmas (Devshayani to Prabodhini Ekadashi) and Adhik Maas — months inside those windows legitimately show few or no dates.
- How are these muhurat dates calculated?
- Each day is scored against the five limbs of its Drik panchang — tithi, vara (weekday), nakshatra, yoga and karana — following the classical muhurta tradition — the Muhurta Chintamani, the Kalaprakasika and B.V. Raman's Muhurtha. Days carrying a dosha (Amavasya, the Rikta tithis, Bhadra or Panchak) are then removed, leaving only the auspicious dates for New Delhi.
- Are the timings valid for my city?
- The dates are anchored to New Delhi (IST). The auspicious day is usually the same across India, but the sunrise-based windows — and intervals like Rahu Kaal and Abhijit — shift a little by location, so check the full panchang for your own city before fixing a time.
- Why do some months have no dates?
- The strict rules drop the inauspicious tithis and nakshatras, and the seasonal pauses — Kharmas (Malmaas), Chaturmas and Adhik Maas — halt major beginnings entirely. A month sitting inside one of those windows can legitimately show few or no dates.
- What is the Abhijit Muhurta?
- Abhijit is the roughly 48-minute window around local solar noon, ruled by Lord Vishnu and considered auspicious for almost any task. The Muhurta texts treat it as a 'victory' window, and we highlight it as the prime slot within the griha pravesh and bhoomi pujan windows.
- What are Bhadra, Panchak and the Rikta tithis?
- These are the classical doshas we exclude. Bhadra (the Vishti karana) and Panchak (the Moon in the last five nakshatras, Dhanishta to Revati) are inauspicious periods; the Rikta tithis — the 4th, 9th and 14th of each fortnight — are the 'empty' tithis avoided for new beginnings.
- Should I still consult an astrologer?
- Yes. These dates are a strong, rule-based shortlist, but they are computed for a generic chart. For a wedding or any major event, confirming the muhurta against your own birth chart with an astrologer is recommended.