- Which day is best to buy a new car or bike?
- A day whose nakshatra is swift, gentle or movable — Pushya is the most prized of all for purchases — on a permitted weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday), avoiding Tuesday and Saturday. Take delivery within a good Choghadiya: Amrit, Shubh, Labh or Chal.
- What is a Choghadiya and why does it matter here?
- Choghadiya divides the day into eight roughly 90-minute slots, each ruled by a planet, and is the traditional tool for timing purchases and journeys. Every window listed here is already narrowed to the four favourable slots — Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal — so it can be used directly.
- Can I buy a vehicle during Panchak?
- Yes — Panchak dosha applies to construction, fuel-gathering, bedding and southward travel, not to a vehicle purchase, so days on Dhanishta through Revati are kept whenever their other factors are auspicious.
- Is there a season when buying a vehicle is barred?
- No. Unlike marriage or griha pravesh, no Kharmas or Chaturmas blackout applies to vehicles, so auspicious dates appear in every month of the year.
- Why is Vijayadashami listed even when it falls on a Tuesday?
- Because the festival, not the weekday, sanctions that day. The Dharmasindhu states that undertakings on Vijayadashami are blessed 'irrespective of muhurta, tara bala or chandra bala' — the parva tradition fixes the day, and only the within-day periods to avoid (Rahu Kaal, Bhadra) still shape the timing. Dates listed on a festival's authority carry its name as a badge.
- 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.