Mundan muhurat 2028

The days of 2028 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.

Mundan 2028 in Delhi

No dates

No day in 2028 passes every rule. The nearest days are below, each with the rule it misses. The rule missed most often is Jupiter’s sign (MC 1.48, p. 40). Jupiter is in Leo from 28 Feb to 24 Jul 2028 (MC 1.48). Venus is old, set or infant from 23 May to 10 Jun 2028 (MC 5.26⁠–⁠27).

Mundan dates in 2028

Delhi time

No day in 2028 passes every rule. The nearest days are below, each with the rule it misses. The rule missed most often is Jupiter’s sign (MC 1.48, p. 40). Jupiter is in Leo from 28 Feb to 24 Jul 2028 (MC 1.48). Venus is old, set or infant from 23 May to 10 Jun 2028 (MC 5.26⁠–⁠27). 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 2028 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course, until Sat 15 Jan MC 5.26, 5.29. 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 2028 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo, from Mon 28 Feb 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

March 2028 No date

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

April 2028 No date

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

May 2028 No date

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

June 2028 No date

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

July 2028 No date

Barred this month: Jupiter in Leo, until Mon 24 Jul MC 1.48, pp. 40⁠–⁠41; DS p. 5; the Sun’s southern course, from Sun 16 Jul MC 5.26, 5.29.

August 2028 No date

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

September 2028 No date

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

October 2028 No date

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

November 2028 No date

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

December 2028 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 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.

These days pass every rule here except Jupiter’s sign: Jupiter in Leo, barred for its whole stay. MC 1.48, p. 40

  • Mon 1 May Pushya · Shukla Saptami 06:51 – 07:03, 07:16 – 07:55, 08:09 – 08:23
  • Wed 10 May Jyeshtha · Krishna Tritiya Thu 02:48 – 02:57, Thu 03:06 – 03:25, Thu 03:34 – 03:44
  • Thu 11 May Jyeshtha · Krishna Tritiya 06:12 – 06:24, 06:36 – 07:16, 07:30 – 07:43
  • Wed 14 Jun Shatabhisha · Krishna Saptami 07:33 – 07:44

This day passes every rule here except Mṛtyu yoga, the weekday’s star in the mṛtyu column. MC 1.30, p. 23

  • Wed 2 Feb Ashwini · Shukla SaptamiWednesday with Aśvinī 12:41 – 12:53, 13:06 – 13:45, 13:59 – 14:13
2 more days fail two or more of these rules

This day passes every rule here except Jupiter’s sign: Jupiter in Leo, barred for its whole stay MC 1.48, p. 40 ; and Mṛtyu yoga, the weekday’s star in the mṛtyu column MC 1.30, p. 23 .

  • Wed 1 Mar Ashwini · Shukla PanchamiWednesday with Aśvinī 07:27 – 07:36, 07:45 – 08:04, 08:14 – 08:23

This day passes every rule here except Dagdha yoga, one of Nārada’s burnt weekday-star pairs Nārada in MC 1.5 commentary, p. 13 ; and Jupiter’s sign: Jupiter in Leo, barred for its whole stay MC 1.48, p. 40 .

  • Fri 17 Mar Jyeshtha · Krishna SaptamiFriday with Jyeṣṭhā 09:48 – 10:00, 10:13 – 10:52, 11:06 – 11:20

The nearest days

Delhi

These days pass the rules of the day (the season, Jupiter and Venus, the star, the tithi and the weekday) and fail at the window, at the tests named.

The tests that close their windows: the barred stretches MC 1.34⁠–⁠35, 1.43⁠–⁠45, 6.41, 6.59, 6.78; a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa MC 5.29; Kaśyapa, p. 190; the 8th house MC 5.29; Parāśara, p. 190; a malefic in a kendra MC 5.30.

DateFails at
Thu 27 Jan the barred stretches
Fri 28 Jan a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the barred stretches; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra
Thu 3 Feb a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Mon 7 Feb the barred stretches
Wed 16 Feb a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Fri 18 Feb a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; the barred stretches
Wed 23 Feb a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Mon 28 Feb a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Mon 6 Mar a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; the barred stretches; a malefic in a kendra
Thu 16 Mar a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Wed 22 Mar a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra
Thu 23 Mar a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Fri 28 Apr a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra; the barred stretches
Fri 16 Jun a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; the barred stretches; a malefic in a kendra
Fri 23 Jun a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the barred stretches; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra
Fri 30 Jun a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; the 8th house; a malefic in a kendra
Thu 13 Jul a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra; the 8th house
Fri 14 Jul a benefic’s lagna and navāṃśa; a malefic in a kendra; the 8th house; the barred stretches

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 2027; all mundan dates.

Questions

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

When are the mundan dates in 2028?

None in Delhi. No day in 2028 passes every rule. The nearest days are below, each with the rule it misses. The rule missed most often is Jupiter’s sign (MC 1.48, p. 40). Jupiter is in Leo from 28 Feb to 24 Jul 2028 (MC 1.48). Venus is old, set or infant from 23 May to 10 Jun 2028 (MC 5.26⁠–⁠27). 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

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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