Friday, January 31, 2025
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Mundan Muhurat 2025
Auspicious dates for life's important beginnings
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Friday, January 31, 2025
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- Nakshatra
- Shatabhisha
- Tithi
- Shukla Dvitiya
- Yoga
- Variyan
- Karana
- Kaulava
Why this day
- Shatabhisha — an auspicious nakshatra for this ceremony
- Shukla Dvitiya — a favourable tithi
- Abhijit Muhurta — the 'victory' window around midday
Times to avoid
- Rahu Kaal11:13–12:34
- Yamaganda15:17–16:38
- Gulika Kaal08:31–09:52
- Varjyam12:34–14:04
6 auspicious days
The most auspicious Mundan dates in 2025.
January2025
- 31★Most Auspicious
February2025
- 10★Most Auspicious
Monday, February 10, 2025
Auspicious window07:34 – 08:2609:49 – 11:12
May2025
- 1Most Auspicious
Thursday, May 1, 2025
Auspicious window11:24 – 12:18 - 28★Most Auspicious
Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Auspicious window05:24 – 07:0809:21 – 10:35
June2025
- 5★Most Auspicious
Thursday, June 5, 2025
Auspicious window07:07 – 08:51 - 6Most Auspicious
Friday, June 6, 2025
Auspicious window10:14 – 10:35
About Mundan Muhurat
Mundan (chudakarana) is the first ceremonial tonsure, prescribed in an odd year of the child's age — most commonly the first or third. Its nakshatra set is distinctive: the light and gentle stars plus Jyeshtha, the one sharp (tikshna) exception the Dharmasindhu tradition accepts for tonsure, while the fixed nakshatras the other saMskaras use are dropped. The texts time it like the major rites — only in Uttarayana, in the forenoon, with Jupiter and Venus free of combustion — so its calendar shows real gaps through the year's second half, Kharmas, Chaturmas and Adhik Maas.
How Mundan Muhurat dates are chosen
- Mundan uses its own classical set — the light (laghu) and gentle (mridu) nakshatras plus Jyeshtha, the one sharp (tikshna) exception the Dharmasindhu tradition accepts for tonsure: Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Jyeshtha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Revati.
- The fixed nakshatras (Rohini, the Uttaras) and Anuradha that the other saMskaras use are deliberately dropped; Panchak does not bar a tonsure, so Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Revati stay in.
- It is held in the waxing (Shukla) fortnight — 'the bright fortnight gives longevity' — on the preferred tithis (the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 13th), on the gentle weekdays (Mon, Wed, Thu, Fri).
- The first tonsure is taken only in Uttarayana — the Sun's northern course, Makara through Mithuna — and never while Jupiter or Venus is combust: the texts allow Chowlam 'when Guru and Shukra are free from combustion'. The calendar also pauses through Kharmas, Chaturmas and Adhik Maas.
- 'Tonsure should always be done in the forenoon' — so every mundan window opens at sunrise and closes by local solar noon. The texts prescribe the rite in an odd year of the child's age, most commonly the first or third.
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 mundan?
- The texts prescribe the first ceremonial tonsure in an odd year of the child's age — most commonly the first or third year.
- Why is Jyeshtha nakshatra included for mundan?
- Jyeshtha is a sharp (tikshna) nakshatra normally avoided for gentle ceremonies, but the Dharmasindhu tradition accepts it specifically for tonsure — it is the one exception in mundan's otherwise light-and-gentle set.
- Why does the mundan calendar show long seasonal gaps?
- The texts confine the first tonsure to Uttarayana — the Sun's northern course, roughly mid-January to mid-July — so the second half of the year carries no dates at all. Within that span the calendar also pauses through Kharmas, Chaturmas, Adhik Maas and whenever Jupiter or Venus is combust, and every window is a morning one — in B.V. Raman's words: 'Tonsure should always be done in the forenoon.'
- Can mundan be done in Krishna paksha?
- These dates keep the stricter rule: only the waxing (Shukla) fortnight is listed, as the brightening Moon suits a child's growth rites.
- 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.