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Vidyarambham 2029

Kerala’s Vidyarambham on Vijayadaśamī, as regional practice, and the muhūrta dates for a child’s first letters in 2029 by the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi and the Dharmasindhu, for your city.

Kerala practice

Vidyarambham 2029 in Kochi

Tuesday, 16 October

Vijayadaśamī, as Kerala keeps it. The texts’ own dates for the first letters fall in the Sun’s northern course.

Next textual dateMon 15 Jan, Sagittarius, 04:46 – 06:42 (night)

The next first-letters muhūrta is in 820 days.

Kerala’s Vidyarambham 2029

In Kochi, Vijayadaśamī falls on Tuesday, 16 October 2029.

Kerala practice: Vidyarambham, a child’s first letters, is held on Vijayadaśamī, dated here by our Vijayadaśamī. The texts’ own rule for the first letters asks for the Sun’s northern course, so it never falls on Vijayadaśamī; their dates are listed separately below.

The nearest textual tie is the Navarātri worship of Sarasvatī in books, invoked under Mūla and sent off under Śravaṇa. DS p. 68

Popularly, Vidyarambham is the Kerala name and Aksharabhyasam the Telugu one. The texts say akṣarārambha and vidyārambha.

Muhurat dates for a child’s first letters

Kochi time

Each window is Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces rising with the 8th house empty. The texts set no time of day, so a window can fall at night; those are marked night. MC 5.37; DS p. 138

DateNakshatraTithiLagna windows
January 2029 1 date
Mon 15 Jan Magha Shravana Shukla Dvitiya Sagittarius Tue 04:46 – 06:42night
February 2029 1 date
Fri 2 Feb Magha Hasta Krishna Panchami Sagittarius Sat 03:35 – 05:31night
March 2029 2 dates
Fri 16 Mar Chaitra Revati Shukla Dvitiya Sagittarius Sat 00:50 – 02:46night
Fri 30 Mar Chaitra Chitra Krishna Dvitiya Pisces Sat 05:30 – 06:23night
April 2029 2 dates
Mon 2 Apr Chaitra Anuradha Krishna Panchami Sagittarius 23:43 – Tue 01:39night Pisces Tue 05:19 – 06:02night
Mon 30 Apr Chaitra Anuradha Krishna Dvitiya, Krishna Tritiya Gemini 09:09 – 11:20
May 2029 6 dates
Thu 10 May Chaitra Revati Krishna Dvadashi Gemini 08:29 – 10:40
Wed 16 May Vaishakha Ardra Shukla Tritiya Sagittarius 21:02 – 22:46night
Thu 17 May Vaishakha Punarvasu Shukla Panchami Pisces Fri 02:22 – 03:52night
Fri 18 May Vaishakha Punarvasu Shukla Panchami Gemini 07:58 – 10:09
Wed 23 May Vaishakha Hasta Shukla Ekadashi Sagittarius 20:23 – 22:18night Pisces Thu 01:58 – 03:28night
Thu 24 May Vaishakha Hasta Shukla Ekadashi Gemini 07:34 – 09:45
June 2029 7 dates
Thu 7 Jun Vaishakha Revati, Ashwini Krishna Ekadashi Gemini 06:39 – 08:50 Sagittarius 19:24 – 21:19night Pisces Fri 00:59 – 02:30night
Fri 8 Jun Vaishakha Ashwini Krishna Dvadashi Gemini 06:35 – 08:46
Wed 13 Jun Jyeshtha Ardra Shukla Dvitiya Sagittarius 19:00 – 20:56night Pisces Thu 00:36 – 02:06night
Thu 14 Jun Jyeshtha Punarvasu Shukla Dvitiya, Shukla Tritiya Gemini 06:12 – 08:23 Sagittarius 18:56 – 20:52night Pisces Fri 00:32 – 00:45night
Wed 20 Jun Jyeshtha Chitra Shukla Dashami Pisces Thu 00:08 – 01:38night
Thu 21 Jun Jyeshtha Chitra, Swati Shukla Dashami, Shukla Ekadashi Sagittarius 18:29 – 18:4618:46 – 20:24night Gemini Fri 05:40 – 06:06night
Fri 22 Jun Jyeshtha Swati Shukla Ekadashi Gemini 06:06 – 07:51
July 2029 2 dates
Thu 5 Jul Jyeshtha Ashwini Krishna Dashami Pisces 23:09 – Fri 00:39night
Thu 12 Jul Ashadha Pushya Shukla Dvitiya Pisces 22:41 – Fri 00:01night Gemini Fri 04:18 – 06:11night
August 2029 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.37; DS p. 138.

September 2029 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.37; DS p. 138.

October 2029 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.37; DS p. 138.

November 2029 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.37; DS p. 138.

December 2029 No date

Barred this month: The Sun’s southern course MC 5.37; DS p. 138.

Days that miss one rule

Kochi time

These days are not on the list 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 what the Dharmasindhu alone allows: its 13th tithi, Mṛgaśira, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā or Sunday. DS p. 138

  • Fri 26 Jan Mrigashira · Shukla DvadashiMṛgaśirā, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows Sat 04:03 – 05:58
  • Sun 18 Mar Ashwini · Shukla TritiyaSunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 11:58 – 14:09
  • Sun 25 Mar Pushya · Shukla DashamiSunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 11:30 – 13:41
  • Sun 1 Apr Swati · Krishna TritiyaSunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 11:03 – 12:58
  • Sun 8 Apr Shravana, Dhanishta · Krishna Dashami, Krishna EkadashiDhaniṣṭhā and Sunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 06:19 – 06:29, 23:20 – Mon 01:15, Mon 04:55 – 06:18
  • Mon 9 Apr Dhanishta, Shatabhisha · Krishna Ekadashi, Krishna DvadashiŚatabhiṣā, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 06:18 – 06:25, 10:31 – 12:42, 23:16 – Tue 01:11, Tue 04:51 – 06:18
  • Wed 18 Apr Mrigashira · Shukla PanchamiMṛgaśirā, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 22:40 – Thu 00:36, Thu 04:16 – 05:46
  • Thu 26 Apr Hasta · Shukla TrayodashiTrayodaśī, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 10:13 – 11:35, 22:09 – 23:44
  • Mon 7 May Shatabhisha · Krishna DashamiŚatabhiṣā, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 08:41 – 10:52
  • Fri 25 May Swati · Shukla TrayodashiTrayodaśī, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 20:15 – 22:11
  • Fri 29 Jun Dhanishta · Krishna PanchamiDhaniṣṭhā, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows Sat 05:59 – 06:08
  • Sun 1 Jul Shatabhisha · Krishna PanchamiŚatabhiṣā and Sunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows 06:08 – 06:29

These days pass every rule here except what the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi alone allows: the 6th tithi, which its own commentary doubts. MC 5.37 commentary, p. 197

  • Thu 19 Apr Ardra · Shukla ShashthiṢaṣṭhī, which the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi alone allows 22:37 – Fri 00:32, Fri 04:12 – 05:42
  • Fri 20 Apr Ardra · Shukla ShashthiṢaṣṭhī, which the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi alone allows 09:48 – 11:59
  • Fri 1 Jun Shravana · Krishna ShashthiṢaṣṭhī, which the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi alone allows 19:47 – 21:43, Sat 01:23 – 02:53

These days pass every rule here except Utpāta yoga, the weekday’s star in the utpāta column. MC 1.30, p. 23

  • Wed 6 Jun Revati · Krishna EkadashiWednesday with Revatī Thu 01:03 – 02:33
  • Fri 13 Jul Pushya · Shukla DvitiyaFriday with Puṣya 06:11 – 06:29
2 more days fail two or more of these rules

These days pass every rule here except what the Dharmasindhu alone allows: its 13th tithi, Mṛgaśira, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā or Sunday DS p. 138 ; and Mṛtyu yoga, the weekday’s star in the mṛtyu column MC 1.30, p. 23 .

  • Sun 29 Apr Anuradha · Krishna DvitiyaSunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows; Sunday with Anurādhā 22:40 – 23:53, Mon 03:32 – 05:03
  • Sun 24 Jun Anuradha · Shukla TrayodashiTrayodaśī and Sunday, which the Dharmasindhu alone allows; Sunday with Anurādhā 06:07 – 07:43

The rule for a child’s first letters

  • The Sun’s northern course, not with the Sun in Aquarius, and not while Viṣṇu sleeps (from Devaśayanī Ekādaśī to the Karka saṅkrānti). MC 5.37; DS p. 138; Mārkaṇḍeya in MC 5.37 commentary, p. 197
  • Tithi 2, 3, 5, 10, 11 or 12, on which both texts agree, in the bright fortnight or the dark one but for its last three days. MC 5.37; DS p. 138
  • Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. MC 5.37
  • The Moon in one of the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi’s ten stars: Hasta, Aśvinī, Puṣya, Śravaṇa, Svātī, Revatī, Punarvasu, Ārdrā, Citrā or Anurādhā. MC 5.37; DS p. 138
  • Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces rising, with the 8th house empty. MC 5.37; Nṛsiṃha and Śrīdhara in the commentary, pp. 197⁠–⁠198
  • The texts set no time of day, so windows run through the night; the table marks the night ones. MC 5.37 and commentary; DS p. 138
  • Neither text bars the first letters in an adhika month or while Jupiter or Venus is set. MC 1.46⁠–⁠47; DS p. 4

The Dharmasindhu also allows the 13th tithi, Mṛgaśira, Dhaniṣṭhā, Śatabhiṣā and Sunday; the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi also allows the 6th tithi, which its commentary doubts. The dates keep what both allow, and the days one text alone allows are among the days that miss one rule. DS p. 138; MC 5.37 commentary, p. 197

Basant Panchami, the age and the rite

Vasanta Pañcamī fits the rule in tithi and season, with the Sun usually still in Capricorn, but its weekday and star vary. The table marks it in the years it qualifies. MC 5.37; DS p. 138 Basant Panchami 2029

The child’s 5th year. MC 5.37; DS p. 138; Vasiṣṭha in MC 5.37 commentary, p. 197

Gaṇeśa, Viṣṇu, Sarasvatī and Lakṣmī are worshipped. The Dharmasindhu adds one’s Veda and its sūtra author, the teacher, brāhmaṇas and the nurse; the child walks three times around them and begins the letters with the praṇava. MC 5.37; DS p. 138

Other years: Vidyarambham 2027, Vidyarambham 2028; all first-letters dates.

Questions

From the Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi and the Dharmasindhu, with Kerala’s practice labelled as such.

When is Vidyarambham 2029?

Kerala practice: on Vijayadaśamī, Tuesday, 16 October 2029 in Kochi. It is regional practice; the texts’ rule for a child’s first letters asks for the Sun’s northern course, so their dates are listed separately.

What are the muhurat dates for a child’s first letters?

In Kochi in 2029: Monday, 15 January (Śravaṇa); Friday, 2 February (Hasta); Friday, 16 March (Revatī); Friday, 30 March (Citrā); Monday, 2 April (Anurādhā); Monday, 30 April (Anurādhā); Thursday, 10 May (Revatī); Wednesday, 16 May (Ārdrā); Thursday, 17 May (Punarvasu); Friday, 18 May (Punarvasu); Wednesday, 23 May (Hasta); Thursday, 24 May (Hasta); Thursday, 7 June (Revatī, Aśvinī); Friday, 8 June (Aśvinī); Wednesday, 13 June (Ārdrā); Thursday, 14 June (Punarvasu); Wednesday, 20 June (Citrā); Thursday, 21 June (Citrā, Svātī); Friday, 22 June (Svātī); Thursday, 5 July (Aśvinī); Thursday, 12 July (Puṣya). The table gives each day’s lagna windows. MC 5.37; DS p. 138

At what age?

The child’s 5th year. The child’s own age is not tested by these dates. MC 5.37; DS p. 138; Vasiṣṭha in MC 5.37 commentary, p. 197

Is Basant Panchami good for starting letters?

Vasanta Pañcamī fits the rule in tithi and season, with the Sun usually still in Capricorn, but its weekday and star vary. The table marks it in the years it qualifies. In 2029 it does not. MC 5.37; DS p. 138

Is Aksharabhyasam the same as Vidyarambham?

Popularly, yes: Aksharabhyasam is the Telugu name and Vidyarambham the Kerala one for a child’s first letters. The texts call the rite akṣarārambha, and the Dharmasindhu heads it vidyārambha. Beginning a course of study has a separate rule (MC 5.38). MC 5.37⁠–⁠38; DS p. 138

How the dates are found

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The day
Listed when the Sun is in its northern course, outside Aquarius and Viṣṇu’s sleep, the tithi is 2, 3, 5, 10, 11 or 12 (not the dark fortnight’s last three days), the weekday is Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, and the star is one of MC’s ten (MC 5.37; DS p. 138).
The window
Taurus, Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius or Pisces rising with the 8th house empty; the barred stretches, the day yogas and lagna gaṇḍānta removed. The texts set no time of day, so night windows stay, marked.
Both texts
The list keeps what MC 5.37 and DS p. 138 both allow; the days one text alone allows are near-misses.
Kerala
Kerala’s Vidyarambham is dated by our Vijayadaśamī and labelled regional practice. It is never a muhūrta date here.

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