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Mundan muhurat 2027

The days of 2027 for a child’s first tonsure (cūḍākaraṇa), by the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi and the Dharmasindhu: each date with its nakṣatra, tithi and lagna windows, for your city.

Next mundan date in Delhi

Thursday, 18 February

The first of 8 dates in 2027 in Delhi, in 123 days.

NakshatraPushya
TithiShukla Trayodashi
First lagna windowLibra, 22:17 – 22:33
All February dates

Mundan dates in 2027

Delhi time

A day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise. Each window is a lagna and navāṃśa in a benefic’s sign that passes the rules; the gaps between windows are the other navāṃśas or barred stretches. MC 5.29⁠–⁠30

DateNakshatraTithiLagna windows
January 2027 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course, until Thu 14 Jan MC 5.26, 5.29; Jupiter in Leo, until Mon 25 Jan MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5. No other day passes the rules of the day and hour: the star, the tithi, the weekday, and a benefic lagna and navāṃśa with the 8th house clear and no malefic in a kendra. MC 5.29⁠–⁠30

February 2027 2 dates
Thu 18 Feb Magha Pushya Shukla Trayodashi Libra 22:17 – 22:3322:48 – 23:0423:35 – 23:50Fri 00:06 – 00:37
Wed 24 Feb Magha Chitra Krishna Panchami Libra 21:54 – 22:0922:25 – 22:4023:11 – 23:2623:42 – Thu 00:13
March 2027 3 dates
Wed 17 Mar Phalguna Punarvasu Shukla Dashami Taurus 09:51 – 10:0310:16 – 10:5511:09 – 11:23
Thu 18 Mar Phalguna Pushya Shukla Ekadashi Taurus 09:47 – 09:5910:12 – 10:5111:05 – 11:19
Thu 25 Mar Phalguna Swati Krishna Tritiya Taurus 09:19 – 09:3209:44 – 10:2410:37 – 10:51
April 2027 2 dates
Thu 1 Apr Phalguna Shravana Krishna Dashami Taurus 09:25 – 09:5610:10 – 10:24
Fri 2 Apr Phalguna Shravana Krishna Ekadashi Taurus 08:48 – 09:0009:13 – 09:5210:06 – 10:20
May 2027 1 date
Thu 27 May Vaishakha Dhanishta Krishna Saptami Cancer 08:58 – 09:1409:29 – 10:0110:16 – 10:3211:03 – 11:06
June 2027 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo, from Sat 26 Jun MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5; Venus old (15 days before setting in the east), from Mon 28 Jun MC 5.27. No other day passes the rules of the day and hour: the star, the tithi, the weekday, and a benefic lagna and navāṃśa with the 8th house clear and no malefic in a kendra. MC 5.29⁠–⁠30

July 2027 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5.

August 2027 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5; Venus set SS 9.6⁠–⁠7; MC 5.26; the Sun’s southern course MC 5.26, 5.29.

September 2027 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5; the Sun’s southern course MC 5.26, 5.29.

October 2027 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5; the Sun’s southern course MC 5.26, 5.29.

November 2027 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.26, 5.29.

December 2027 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.26, 5.29.

Marked days stay in the list: a dark Trayodaśī, since the Dharmasindhu keeps the dark fortnight except its last three days DS p. 137; and a Jyeṣṭha date, not for an eldest child MC 5.33 commentary, p. 193; DS p. 137.

Days that miss more than one rule

Delhi time

These days are not mundan dates here. Each fails only the rules named, with their sources, and its windows are shown as they would be without them.

2 days fail two or more of these rules

This day passes every rule here except Jupiter’s or Venus’s infancy or old age, past the shortest count of 3 days MC 5.27⁠–⁠28, p. 188 ; and Jupiter’s sign: Jupiter in Leo, barred for its whole stay MC 1.48, p. 40 .

  • Mon 5 Jul Pushya · Shukla TritiyaVenus old: within 15 days before setting in the east Tue 02:34 – 02:47, Tue 02:59 – 03:39, Tue 03:52 – 04:06

This day passes every rule here except Jupiter’s sign: Jupiter in Leo, barred for its whole stay MC 1.48, p. 40 ; and Venus’s setting by the 10 time-degrees, though it is clear by 8 SS 9.6⁠–⁠7 .

  • Thu 15 Jul Jyeshtha · Shukla TrayodashiVenus 9.2 time-degrees from the Sun Fri 01:55 – 02:07, Fri 02:20 – 02:59, Fri 03:13 – 03:27

When mundan can be done

The day and the hour

  • The Moon in one of twelve stars: Aśvinī, Mṛgaśira, Punarvasu, Puṣya, Hasta, Citrā, Svātī, Jyeṣṭhā, Śravaṇa, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā or Revatī. MC 5.29; Vasiṣṭha, p. 190; DS p. 137
  • Tithi 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11 or 13, in either fortnight. MC 5.29; Vasiṣṭha, p. 190; DS p. 137
  • Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, or Monday in the bright fortnight. MC 5.29; Parāśara, p. 190
  • The lagna and its navāṃśa in a benefic’s sign: Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Virgo, Libra, Sagittarius or Pisces. MC 5.29; Kaśyapa, p. 190
  • The 8th house empty, except for Venus. MC 5.29; Parāśara, p. 190
  • None of the waning Moon, Mars, Saturn or the Sun in a kendra. The Moon counts as waning outside tithis 9 to 22, our reading of the Bṛhaj-jātaka. MC 5.30; Bṛhaj-jātaka 2.5
  • From each window go Bhadrā, the bad yogas’ portions, the gaṇḍānta junctions, the Sun’s saṅkrānti, mahāpāta and the weekday-star yogas. MC 1.34⁠–⁠35, 1.43⁠–⁠45, 6.41, 6.78
  • Kept and marked: a dark Trayodaśī, since the Dharmasindhu keeps the dark fortnight except its last three days. DS p. 137

The Prayoga-pārijāta and the Dharmasindhu allow Sunday for brāhmaṇas, Tuesday for kṣatriyas and Saturday for vaiśyas and śūdras. This list keeps to the weekdays allowed for all. MC p. 190; DS p. 137

The child’s age

From the 3rd year, in an odd year (the 3rd, 5th or 7th), counted from conception or from birth. The Dharmasindhu also allows the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 5th year, or with the upanayana, by family custom; families who tonsure with the upanayana use its muhūrta. MC 5.29; Vasiṣṭha, p. 189; DS p. 137

Your child’s own dates

The dates here hold for any child in the city. With the child’s chart the texts also bar the birth month, the 8th sign from the birth lagna or Moon sign, and an unfavourable tārā, which MC 5.32 excuses in some cases. The birth star differs between the texts: Kaśyapa calls it good for a Vedic tonsure, and the Dharmasindhu avoids it for any shave. MC 5.29⁠–⁠30, 5.32, p. 190; DS p. 137

For an eldest child, no auspicious rite in Jyeṣṭha (the Ratnamālā), and some add Mārgaśīrṣa. Jyeṣṭha dates are marked in the table. MC 5.33 commentary, p. 193; DS p. 137

If the mother is pregnant

Not while the mother is past the fifth month of pregnancy, unless the child is over five or the tonsure is done with the upanayana. MC 5.31, p. 191; Nārada, p. 192; DS p. 137

Other years: Mundan muhurat 2028; all mundan dates.

Questions

From the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi and the Dharmasindhu, with the page for each.

When are the mundan dates in 2027?

In Delhi: Thursday, 18 February (Puṣya); Wednesday, 24 February (Citrā); Wednesday, 17 March (Punarvasu); Thursday, 18 March (Puṣya); Thursday, 25 March (Svātī); Thursday, 1 April (Śravaṇa); Friday, 2 April (Śravaṇa); Thursday, 27 May (Dhaniṣṭhā). The table gives each day’s lagna windows. MC 5.26⁠–⁠30

At what age is mundan done?

From the 3rd year, in an odd year (the 3rd, 5th or 7th), counted from conception or from birth. The Dharmasindhu also allows the 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 5th year, or with the upanayana, by family custom; families who tonsure with the upanayana use its muhūrta. MC 5.29; Vasiṣṭha, p. 189; DS p. 137

Which months are good for mundan?

Any month of the Sun’s northern course, from mid-January to mid-July, except Caitra and an adhika month. The Dharmasindhu names Māgha, Phālguna, Vaiśākha and Jyeṣṭha as the good months. MC 5.29; DS p. 137

Why are there no dates in some months or years?

Mundan needs the Sun’s northern course, so no date falls from mid-July to mid-January. Within it, Caitra, an adhika month, Jupiter in Leo or Capricorn, and Jupiter or Venus set, infant or old bar whole stretches. A day still needs one of twelve stars, an allowed tithi and weekday, and a benefic lagna and navāṃśa with the 8th house empty and no malefic in a kendra, so in some years nothing is left. MC 5.26⁠–⁠30; 1.48

What if the child is the eldest?

For an eldest child, no auspicious rite in Jyeṣṭha (the Ratnamālā), and some add Mārgaśīrṣa. Jyeṣṭha dates are marked in the table. MC 5.33 commentary, p. 193; DS p. 137

Why is the date different in my city?

The windows are lagnas and navāṃśas, which rise at different clock times in each city, and the 8th house and the kendras follow the lagna. Sunrise also decides which civil day a window belongs to, and the setting and rising of Jupiter and Venus are seen from the city.

How the dates are found

Read the methodology
The day
Sunrise to the next sunrise at the city. Listed when the Sun is in its northern course, the month is not Caitra or adhika, Jupiter and Venus are clear, Jupiter is outside Leo and Capricorn, the star is one of twelve, the tithi is 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 11 or 13, and the weekday is Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Monday in the bright fortnight (MC 5.26⁠–⁠29).
The window
The lagna and its navāṃśa in a benefic’s sign, the 8th house empty but for Venus, and no waning Moon, Mars, Saturn or Sun in a kendra (MC 5.29⁠–⁠30). From it go Bhadrā, the bad yogas’ portions, the gaṇḍānta junctions, 16½ ghaṭikās either side of the Sun’s saṅkrānti (our reading), mahāpāta and the weekday-star yogas.
Jupiter and Venus
Set by the Sūrya-siddhānta’s time-degrees (Jupiter 11; Venus 8 retrograde, 10 direct), measured from the rising or setting at the city; infancy and old age by MC 5.27’s counts.
Flags
A dark Trayodaśī and a Jyeṣṭha date stay in the list, marked: the Dharmasindhu’s caution, and the eldest-child rule.
Not applied
The child’s birth star, birth month, 8th sign and tārā (MC 5.29⁠–⁠32; DS p. 137), and the weekdays allowed by varṇa.

Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method