A whole month of days, and for each one what the classical tables name for the ordinary undertakings people plan around — and what they set aside. No birth details: a city and a month is all this needs.
Every verdict below carries the tithi, the vāra and the nakṣatra it was decided from, and the verse it was decided by. There is no score and no pass mark.
What a month grid cannot do
This is a generic almanac. Every line on it is true for everyone alive today, which is both its strength and its limit. Half of what the classical procedure asks is the relation between the day's Moon and YOUR OWN birth star — tārā bala, counted from your janma nakṣatra in a cycle of nine, and candra bala, where the day's Moon stands from your janma rāśi. Three of the nine tārās are adverse for a start, and which three you get depends entirely on your birth star. That cannot be printed in an almanac, and no month grid can stand in for it. A day named favourable here can be the wrong day for you, and a day left unnamed here can be the right one. The personalised finder inside the chart tool weighs these same days against your own chart and then elects the hour; it is free and needs no account.
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Choose one undertaking to follow it across the month; the reason is then shown on every day.
January 2025
New Delhi, India
1Wednesday2025-01-01
Tithi
Dvitīyā Śukla pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Uttara Aṣāḍhā dhruva (stable)
Yoga
Vyāghāta
Karaṇa
Bālava
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:36
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:04-12:46 (not taken on Wednesday)Set aside
Rāhu-kāla12:25-13:43Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa08:31-09:49Set aside
Gulika11:07-12:25Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Entering a new home · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Not namedFirst haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 0 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Uttara Aṣāḍhā is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Budhavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Uttara Aṣāḍhā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns … and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toEntering a new home
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Uttara Aṣāḍhā for this act either.
Applied toFirst haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Uttara Aṣāḍhā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
Horā's own activity table names Uttara Aṣāḍhā for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
Uttara Aṣāḍhā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns, acts of public utility, the sowing of seeds and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toBreaking ground
2Thursday2025-01-02
Tithi
Tṛtīyā Śukla pakṣa · Jayā family
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇa cara (moving)
Yoga
Harṣaṇa
Karaṇa
Taitila
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:37
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:05-12:46Named
Rāhu-kāla13:43-15:01Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa07:14-08:32Set aside
Gulika09:50-11:07Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · First haircut · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Not namedEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 0 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Śravaṇa is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Guruvāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Śravaṇa for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Śravaṇa for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Śravaṇa is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Śravaṇa for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Śravaṇa is in the cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Śravaṇa is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
3Friday2025-01-03
Tithi
Caturthī Śukla pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Dhaniṣṭhā cara (moving)
Yoga
Vajra
Karaṇa
Vaṇija
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:37
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:05-12:47Named
Rāhu-kāla11:08-12:26Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa15:02-16:19Set aside
Gulika08:32-09:50Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Caturthī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Horā's own activity table counts Śukravāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Dhaniṣṭhā for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
Dhaniṣṭhā is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
4Saturday2025-01-04
Tithi
Pañcamī Śukla pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣā cara (moving)
Yoga
Siddhi
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:38
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:05-12:47Named
Rāhu-kāla09:50-11:08Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa13:44-15:02Set aside
Gulika07:14-08:32Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedBuying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
2 named · 1 set aside · 8 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Śatabhiṣā for this act either.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Horā's own activity table sets Śanivāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Horā's own activity table counts Śanivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home
Śatabhiṣā is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Śanivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Śatabhiṣā is in the cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Śatabhiṣā is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Śatabhiṣā for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
5Sunday2025-01-05
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhī Śukla pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Bhādrapadā ugra (severe)
Yoga
Vyatīpāta
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:39
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:06-12:47Named
Rāhu-kāla16:21-17:39Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa12:27-13:45Set aside
Gulika15:03-16:21Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Pūrva Bhādrapadā is in the ugra (severe) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Pūrva Bhādrapadā is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Ravivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Horā's own activity table counts Ravivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
6Monday2025-01-06
Tithi
Saptamī Śukla pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Uttara Bhādrapadā dhruva (stable)
Yoga
Parigha
Karaṇa
Gara
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:40
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:06-12:48Named
Rāhu-kāla08:33-09:51Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa11:09-12:27Set aside
Gulika13:45-15:03Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Entering a new home · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Not namedFirst haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 0 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Uttara Bhādrapadā is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Somavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Uttara Bhādrapadā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns … and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toEntering a new home
Uttara Bhādrapadā is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Uttara Bhādrapadā for this act either.
Applied toFirst haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Uttara Bhādrapadā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
Uttara Bhādrapadā is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns, acts of public utility, the sowing of seeds and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toBreaking ground
7Tuesday2025-01-07
Tithi
Aṣṭamī Śukla pakṣa · Jayā family
Nakṣatra
Revatī mṛdu (soft)
Yoga
Śiva
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:40
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:07-12:48Named
Rāhu-kāla15:04-16:22Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa09:51-11:09Set aside
Gulika12:28-13:46Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Naming the child · First solid food · The sacred thread
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedEntering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 1 set aside · 6 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Revatī is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table sets Maṅgalavāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Revatī for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Revatī is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Maṅgalavāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Revatī is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toNaming the child
Revatī is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
Applied toFirst solid food
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Revatī for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Revatī is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
8Wednesday2025-01-08
Tithi
Navamī Śukla pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Aśvinī laghu (light)
Yoga
Siddha
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:41
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:07-12:49 (not taken on Wednesday)Set aside
Rāhu-kāla12:28-13:46Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa08:33-09:51Set aside
Gulika11:10-12:28Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Navamī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Horā's own activity table counts Budhavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Aśvinī for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
Horā's own activity table names Aśvinī for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
9Thursday2025-01-09
Tithi
Daśamī Śukla pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Bharaṇī ugra (severe)
Yoga
Sādhya
Karaṇa
Gara
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:42
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:07-12:49Named
Rāhu-kāla13:47-15:05Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa07:15-08:33Set aside
Gulika09:52-11:10Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Not namedFirst haircut
0 named · 11 set aside · 1 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Bharaṇī is in the ugra (severe) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Guruvāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Bharaṇī for this act either.
Applied toFirst haircut
10Friday2025-01-10
Tithi
Ekādaśī Śukla pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Kṛttikā miśra (mixed)
Yoga
Śubha
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:43
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:08-12:50Named
Rāhu-kāla11:10-12:29Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa15:06-16:24Set aside
Gulika08:33-09:52Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
0 named · 1 set aside · 10 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Kṛttikā for this act either.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Śukravāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The karaṇa at sunrise is Viṣṭi, the Bhadrā karaṇa, and the same verse prohibits shaving “when the karaṇa is Bhadra”.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
11Saturday2025-01-11
Tithi
Dvādaśī Śukla pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Rohiṇī dhruva (stable)
Yoga
Śukla
Karaṇa
Bālava
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:43
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:08-12:50Named
Rāhu-kāla09:52-11:11Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa13:48-15:06Set aside
Gulika07:15-08:34Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Entering a new home · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedNaming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 1 set aside · 6 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Rohiṇī is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table sets Śanivāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Rohiṇī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns … and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toEntering a new home
Horā's own activity table counts Śanivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home
Śanivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Rohiṇī for this act either.
Applied toNaming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Rohiṇī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
Horā's own activity table names Rohiṇī for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
Rohiṇī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns, acts of public utility, the sowing of seeds and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toBreaking ground
12Sunday2025-01-12
Tithi
Caturdaśī Śukla pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Mṛgaśira mṛdu (soft)
Yoga
Brahma
Karaṇa
Gara
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:44
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:09-12:51Named
Rāhu-kāla16:26-17:44Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa12:30-13:48Set aside
Gulika15:07-16:26Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Caturdaśī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Ravivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
Horā's own activity table counts Ravivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Horā's own activity table names Mṛgaśira for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
13Monday2025-01-13
Tithi
Pūrṇimā Śukla pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Ārdrā tīkṣṇa (sharp)
Yoga
Vaidhṛti
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:45
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:09-12:51Named
Rāhu-kāla08:34-09:52Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa11:11-12:30Set aside
Gulika13:49-15:07Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Ārdrā is in the tīkṣṇa (sharp) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Somavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Setting out on a journey
The karaṇa at sunrise is Viṣṭi, the Bhadrā karaṇa, and the same verse prohibits shaving “when the karaṇa is Bhadra”.
Applied toFirst haircut
14Tuesday2025-01-14
Tithi
Pratipadā Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Punarvasu no group in this chapter
Yoga
Viṣkambha
Karaṇa
Bālava
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:46
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:09-12:51Named
Rāhu-kāla15:08-16:27Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa09:53-11:11Set aside
Gulika12:30-13:49Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedMarriage
Cannot be decidedEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 1 set aside · 1 not named · 10 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Punarvasu for this act either.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table sets Maṅgalavāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Setting out on a journey
Punarvasu receives no group in this chapter — twenty-six of the twenty-seven asterisms do, and this one does not — so this table cannot place the day for this act either way.
Applied toEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Maṅgalavāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Punarvasu for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Setting out on a journey
15Wednesday2025-01-15
Tithi
Dvitīyā Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Puṣya laghu (light)
Yoga
Prīti
Karaṇa
Taitila
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:47
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:10-12:52 (not taken on Wednesday)Set aside
Rāhu-kāla12:31-13:50Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa08:34-09:53Set aside
Gulika11:12-12:31Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedFirst haircut · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle
Not namedMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · The sacred thread · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
5 named · 0 set aside · 6 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Puṣya for this act either.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · The sacred thread · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Budhavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table names Puṣya for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Puṣya is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
Puṣya is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
Applied toFirst solid food
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Puṣya is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter expressly gives the laghu asterisms “acquisition of knowledge”.
Applied toBeginning to learn
Puṣya is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter gives the laghu asterisms “sales”, and “arts, sculpture, medicine”.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
Puṣya is in the laghu (light) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
16Thursday2025-01-16
Tithi
Tṛtīyā Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Jayā family
Nakṣatra
Āśleṣā tīkṣṇa (sharp)
Yoga
Āyuṣmān
Karaṇa
Vaṇija
Sunrise / sunset
07:15 / 17:47
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:10-12:52Named
Rāhu-kāla13:50-15:09Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa07:15-08:34Set aside
Gulika09:53-11:12Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Not namedFirst haircut
0 named · 11 set aside · 1 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Āśleṣā is in the tīkṣṇa (sharp) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Guruvāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Āśleṣā for this act either.
Applied toFirst haircut
17Friday2025-01-17
Tithi
Caturthī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Maghā ugra (severe)
Yoga
Saubhāgya
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:48
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:10-12:52Named
Rāhu-kāla11:12-12:31Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa15:10-16:29Set aside
Gulika08:34-09:53Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Caturthī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Maghā is in the ugra (severe) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Śukravāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table names Maghā for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
18Saturday2025-01-18
Tithi
Pañcamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Phalgunī ugra (severe)
Yoga
Śobhana
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:49
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:11-12:53Named
Rāhu-kāla09:53-11:12Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa13:51-15:10Set aside
Gulika07:14-08:34Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Pūrva Phalgunī is in the ugra (severe) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table sets Śanivāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Horā's own activity table counts Śanivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home
Śanivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
19Sunday2025-01-19
Tithi
Pañcamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Uttara Phalgunī dhruva (stable)
Yoga
Atigaṇḍa
Karaṇa
Taitila
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:50
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:11-12:53Named
Rāhu-kāla16:30-17:50Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa12:32-13:51Set aside
Gulika15:11-16:30Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Entering a new home · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedNaming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 1 set aside · 6 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Uttara Phalgunī is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Uttara Phalgunī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns … and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toEntering a new home
Ravivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Uttara Phalgunī for this act either.
Applied toNaming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table counts Ravivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Uttara Phalgunī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
Horā's own activity table names Uttara Phalgunī for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
Uttara Phalgunī is in the dhruva (stable) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns, acts of public utility, the sowing of seeds and acts of permanent effects”.
Applied toBreaking ground
20Monday2025-01-20
Tithi
Ṣaṣṭhī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Hasta laghu (light) · cara (moving)
Yoga
Sukarma
Karaṇa
Vaṇija
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:51
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:11-12:54Named
Rāhu-kāla08:33-09:53Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa11:13-12:32Set aside
Gulika13:52-15:12Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · First haircut · First solid food · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Not namedEntering a new home · Naming the child · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
7 named · 0 set aside · 4 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Hasta is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Somavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Hasta for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Naming the child · The sacred thread · Breaking ground
Hasta is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
Hasta is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
Applied toFirst solid food
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Hasta is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter expressly gives the laghu asterisms “acquisition of knowledge”.
Applied toBeginning to learn
Hasta is in the laghu (light) group, and the chapter gives the laghu asterisms “sales”, and “arts, sculpture, medicine”.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
Hasta is in the laghu (light) / cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Hasta is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
21Tuesday2025-01-21
Tithi
Saptamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Citrā mṛdu (soft)
Yoga
Dhṛti
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:14 / 17:52
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:11-12:54Named
Rāhu-kāla15:12-16:32Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa09:53-11:13Set aside
Gulika12:33-13:52Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · Naming the child · First solid food · The sacred thread
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedEntering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 1 set aside · 6 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Citrā is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table sets Maṅgalavāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Setting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Citrā for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Citrā for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Maṅgalavāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Citrā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toNaming the child
Citrā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
Applied toFirst solid food
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Citrā for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Citrā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
22Wednesday2025-01-22
Tithi
Aṣṭamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Jayā family
Nakṣatra
Svātī cara (moving)
Yoga
Śūla
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:13 / 17:52
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:12-12:54 (not taken on Wednesday)Set aside
Rāhu-kāla12:33-13:53Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa08:33-09:53Set aside
Gulika11:13-12:33Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · First haircut · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Not namedEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 0 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Svātī is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Budhavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Svātī for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Svātī is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Svātī for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn
Svātī is in the cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Svātī is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Svātī for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
23Thursday2025-01-23
Tithi
Navamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Viśākhā miśra (mixed)
Yoga
Gaṇḍa
Karaṇa
Gara
Sunrise / sunset
07:13 / 17:53
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:12-12:54Named
Rāhu-kāla13:53-15:13Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa07:13-08:33Set aside
Gulika09:53-11:13Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Navamī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Horā's own activity table counts Guruvāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
24Friday2025-01-24
Tithi
Daśamī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Anurādhā mṛdu (soft)
Yoga
Vṛddhi
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
Sunrise / sunset
07:13 / 17:54
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:12-12:55Named
Rāhu-kāla11:13-12:33Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa15:14-16:34Set aside
Gulika08:33-09:53Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedNaming the child · First solid food · The sacred thread
Set asideFirst haircut
Not namedMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
3 named · 1 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Anurādhā for this act either.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Śukravāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table names Anurādhā for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The karaṇa at sunrise is Viṣṭi, the Bhadrā karaṇa, and the same verse prohibits shaving “when the karaṇa is Bhadra”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Anurādhā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toNaming the child
Anurādhā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
Applied toFirst solid food
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Anurādhā is in the mṛdu (soft) group, and the chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
Applied toThe sacred thread
25Saturday2025-01-25
Tithi
Ekādaśī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhā tīkṣṇa (sharp)
Yoga
Dhruva
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:12 / 17:55
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:12-12:55Named
Rāhu-kāla09:53-11:13Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa13:54-15:14Set aside
Gulika07:12-08:33Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Jyeṣṭhā is in the tīkṣṇa (sharp) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table sets Śanivāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Horā's own activity table counts Śanivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home
Śanivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
26Sunday2025-01-26
Tithi
Dvādaśī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Jyeṣṭhā tīkṣṇa (sharp)
Yoga
Vyāghāta
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:12 / 17:56
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:12-12:55Named
Rāhu-kāla16:35-17:56Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa12:34-13:54Set aside
Gulika15:15-16:35Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Jyeṣṭhā is in the tīkṣṇa (sharp) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Ravivāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
Horā's own activity table counts Ravivāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
27Monday2025-01-27
Tithi
Trayodaśī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Jayā family
Nakṣatra
Mūla tīkṣṇa (sharp)
Yoga
Harṣaṇa
Karaṇa
Gara
Sunrise / sunset
07:11 / 17:57
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:13-12:56Named
Rāhu-kāla08:32-09:53Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa11:13-12:34Set aside
Gulika13:55-15:15Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Not namedFirst haircut
0 named · 11 set aside · 1 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Mūla is in the tīkṣṇa (sharp) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table counts Somavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table names Mūla for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Mūla for this act either.
Applied toFirst haircut
28Tuesday2025-01-28
Tithi
Caturdaśī Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Riktā family
Nakṣatra
Pūrva Aṣāḍhā ugra (severe)
Yoga
Vajra
Karaṇa
Viṣṭi
Sunrise / sunset
07:11 / 17:57
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:13-12:56Named
Rāhu-kāla15:16-16:37Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa09:53-11:13Set aside
Gulika12:34-13:55Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Caturdaśī is a riktā tithi — riktā means empty, and the tradition leaves the 4th, 9th and 14th of either fortnight alone for an auspicious beginning.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Pūrva Aṣāḍhā is in the ugra (severe) group, which this act's entry sets aside — the chapter gives those asterisms punishment, separation, destruction and the like.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table sets Maṅgalavāra aside as a weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Setting out on a journey
Maṅgalavāra. The chapter states it outright: “Shaving is prohibited … on Tuesdays, Saturdays and Sundays”.
Applied toFirst haircut
The karaṇa at sunrise is Viṣṭi, the Bhadrā karaṇa, and the same verse prohibits shaving “when the karaṇa is Bhadra”.
Applied toFirst haircut
For the naming this bar is conditional, exactly as its entry reads: the riktā tithis are set aside “where the tenth or twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other”. The day itself is fixed by the birth, not chosen — where the family cannot use the other day, the rite proceeds on its own day.
Applied toNaming the child
29Wednesday2025-01-29
Tithi
Amāvāsyā Kṛṣṇa pakṣa · Pūrṇā family
Nakṣatra
Uttara Aṣāḍhā dhruva (stable)
Yoga
Siddhi
Karaṇa
Nāga
Sunrise / sunset
07:11 / 17:58
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:13-12:56 (not taken on Wednesday)Set aside
Rāhu-kāla12:34-13:55Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa08:32-09:52Set aside
Gulika11:13-12:34Set aside
What the tables say of this day
Set asideMarriage · Entering a new home · First haircut · Naming the child · First solid food · Boring the ears · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Buying a vehicle · Breaking ground · Setting out on a journey
0 named · 12 set aside · 0 not named · 0 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Amāvāsyā. The new moon belongs to the pitṛs and is not used for a start.
Applied toAll twelve undertakings
Horā's own activity table counts Budhavāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Horā's own activity table names Uttara Aṣāḍhā for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toOpening a business or a shop
30Thursday2025-01-30
Tithi
Pratipadā Śukla pakṣa · Nandā family
Nakṣatra
Śravaṇa cara (moving)
Yoga
Vyatīpāta
Karaṇa
Bava
Sunrise / sunset
07:10 / 17:59
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:13-12:56Named
Rāhu-kāla13:56-15:17Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa07:10-08:31Set aside
Gulika09:52-11:13Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedMarriage · First haircut · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Not namedEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
4 named · 0 set aside · 7 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Śravaṇa is on the named list — the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
Applied toMarriage
Horā's own activity table counts Guruvāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Śravaṇa for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toMarriage
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Śravaṇa for this act either.
Applied toEntering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Śravaṇa is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Horā's own activity table names Śravaṇa for this undertaking; the verse quoted here does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toBeginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop
Śravaṇa is in the cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Śravaṇa is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
31Friday2025-01-31
Tithi
Dvitīyā Śukla pakṣa · Bhadrā family
Nakṣatra
Śatabhiṣā cara (moving)
Yoga
Varīyān
Karaṇa
Kaulava
Sunrise / sunset
07:10 / 18:00
The windows that matter
Abhijit12:13-12:56Named
Rāhu-kāla11:13-12:35Set aside
Yamaghaṇṭa15:17-16:39Set aside
Gulika08:31-09:52Set aside
What the tables say of this day
NamedFirst haircut · Buying a vehicle · Setting out on a journey
Not namedMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Cannot be decidedBoring the ears
3 named · 0 set aside · 8 not named · 1 undecided
Why — the rule behind each line
Nothing this page can quote bars the day, and nothing names Śatabhiṣā for this act either.
Applied toMarriage · Entering a new home · Naming the child · First solid food · Beginning to learn · The sacred thread · Opening a business or a shop · Breaking ground
Horā's own activity table counts Śukravāra a favourable weekday for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toMarriage · Beginning to learn · Opening a business or a shop · Setting out on a journey
Śatabhiṣā is in the pañcaka group, which Horā's own activity table treats as sensitive for this undertaking — reported, not applied.
Applied toEntering a new home · Setting out on a journey
Śatabhiṣā is on the named list — the chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
Applied toFirst haircut
The classical condition for this act is a chart at the chosen minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group. The verse is printed in full with the twelve undertakings below.
Applied toBoring the ears
Śatabhiṣā is in the cara (moving) group, and “purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
Applied toBuying a vehicle
Śatabhiṣā is in the cara (moving) group, and the cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
The verse quoted here names Śatabhiṣā for this undertaking; Horā's own activity table does not. Neither is overruled.
Applied toSetting out on a journey
How to read the four marks
Named
The cited text names this day’s nakṣatra for this undertaking, and nothing it can quote bars the day.
Set aside
A prohibition this page can quote applies to this day for this undertaking.
Not named
Nothing bars the day, and nothing names it either. The chapter lists what suits, not what is forbidden — so silence is silence, neither permission nor refusal.
Cannot be decided
The tables genuinely cannot place this day: either the undertaking’s classical condition is a chart rather than a day, or the day’s nakṣatra receives no group in the chapter at all.
A count of undertakings, not a mark for the day. It must not be read against a threshold — there is no threshold.
What “reported, not applied” means
Some lines on a day card end in “reported, not applied”. Those come from Horā’s own activity tables, which the personalised finder uses and which the tradition attributes to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi — but which this page cannot put a quoted verse behind. Rather than apply a rule it cannot show you, or drop it and leave you wondering why a weekday everyone told you to avoid is not mentioned, the page states it and says it did not act on it. Where such a table disagrees outright with the verse this page does quote, the day names both and overrules neither.
The twelve undertakings, and what decides each
These are the saṁskāras and undertakings the muhūrta page covers, with the rule each day above was judged by. The full classical entry for every one of them — where the texts place it in life, and the words the translator used — is on the muhūrta page itself.
Marriage विवाह
Named for
The Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra names these asterisms for a marriage.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā's personalised finder holds a second table for this undertaking — “Marriage”, attributed to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition. Where the two disagree on a day, that day says so and neither is overruled.
Entering a new home गृह-प्रवेश
Named for
The chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns … and acts of permanent effects”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā's personalised finder holds a second table for this undertaking — “Property / Gṛha”, attributed to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition. Where the two disagree on a day, that day says so and neither is overruled.
First haircut मुण्डन / चूड़ाकरण
Named for
The chapter names the shaving asterisms outright.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the prohibitions this act’s own verse states outright.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Worth knowing
The chapter also allows any day of the month when the rite falls at a marriage, at a pollution, or by a king’s direction — so a barred day here is not an absolute bar.
Naming the child नामकरण
Named for
The chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis — where the tenth or the twelfth falls on one and the family can use the other — and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa and ugra asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Worth knowing
Manu fixes the day itself — the tenth or the twelfth after birth — so which day of this month is yours depends on a birth date an almanac does not have. What is elected is the hour within that day.
First solid food अन्नप्राशन
Named for
The chapter gives the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”, and the laghu group its own list.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Worth knowing
The Gṛhya Sūtra places the rite in the sixth month, which an almanac cannot count for you.
Boring the ears कर्णवेध
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Worth knowing
The chapter states this one as a chart, not as a list of days: the rite “shall be performed when the rising sign is that of a benefic planet and not occupied by malefic planets, when benefic planets occupy the 11th and 3rd house”. A rising sign is a minute, not a day, so a month grid cannot place it either way — only rule it out on the tithi and the asterism group.
Beginning to learn विद्यारम्भ
Named for
The chapter expressly gives the laghu asterisms “acquisition of knowledge”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā's personalised finder holds a second table for this undertaking — “Education Start”, attributed to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition. Where the two disagree on a day, that day says so and neither is overruled.
The sacred thread उपनयन
Named for
The chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “acts of permanent effects”, and the mṛdu asterisms “any auspicious deeds”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Worth knowing
Manu gives the year rather than the day, by varṇa, and the Gṛhyasūtra schools differ among themselves — a family follows its own śākhā.
Opening a business or a shop व्यापार-आरम्भ
Named for
The chapter gives the laghu asterisms “sales”, and “arts, sculpture, medicine”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā's personalised finder holds a second table for this undertaking — “Business Launch”, attributed to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition. Where the two disagree on a day, that day says so and neither is overruled.
Buying a vehicle वाहन-क्रय
Named for
“purchase of carriage” is named in the laghu list itself, and the cara asterisms are given “works of a moving character”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Breaking ground भूमि-पूजन
Named for
The chapter gives the dhruva asterisms “the building of towns, acts of public utility, the sowing of seeds and acts of permanent effects”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā’s personalised finder has no separate activity table for this undertaking, so there is nothing to cross-check the verse against.
Setting out on a journey यात्रा
Named for
The cara asterisms are “asterisms for works of a moving character”.
What its entry sets aside
The riktā tithis and amāvāsyā, and the tīkṣṇa (sharp) and ugra (severe) asterism groups.
Horā’s second table
Horā's personalised finder holds a second table for this undertaking — “Travel / Journey”, attributed to the Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi tradition. Where the two disagree on a day, that day says so and neither is overruled.
Why there is no number on this page
Almost every muhūrta table sold in India ends in a number, and a number invites a threshold: “above this, the date is safe”. No classical text supplies one. The chapters rank — they say an asterism suits an act, or that a tithi is left alone — and a rank is not a scale. Horā already lists a numeric pass mark among the things it refuses to publish, and this page keeps that refusal. The four marks below are that rank, printed as words rather than dressed up as arithmetic.
Where this month will differ from your pañcāṅga — and it will
The month is not the same month everywhereWestern and southern India end the lunar month at the new moon (amānta); much of the north ends it at the full moon (pūrṇimānta). The tithi on a given day is identical in both; the month it is called by is not, and can be a full month out. This page names days by their civil date for exactly that reason.
Solar months against lunar monthsTamil Nadu, Kerala, Bengal, Assam, Odisha and Punjab reckon the year by solar months running from one saṅkrānti to the next; most of the rest of India reckons it by lunar months. “A muhūrta in Vaiśākha” is not the same window in the two systems.
Which day a tithi belongs toA traditional day runs sunrise to sunrise, so a tithi is credited to the day on which it is current at sunrise — which is what this page does. A pañcāṅga that prints only the clock moment of change will disagree with it about the calendar date.
Sunrise against noonHorā’s own personalised finder samples the day at local noon, because it is screening days for one person rather than printing a calendar. On a day where a limb changes between sunrise and noon the two surfaces name different limbs. Both are stated; neither is hidden.
One chapter, read two waysThe Bṛhat Saṁhitā’s own asterism list puts Hasta in two groups and leaves Punarvasu in none. Two competent astrologers reading the same chapter can therefore build different lists — a reason to ask your family’s purohita, not a reason to distrust either of them.
Your school’s paddhati outranks this pageWhere a family follows a school’s own manual, that manual is a living authority and this almanac does not attempt to replace it. What this page can offer is the reasoning, printed openly, so the two can be compared instead of guessed between.
Rules you will be told, that this month does not apply
These are followed widely and seriously across India, and most of them have classical homes. What Horā lacks is the digitised text, not the authority — so it will not compute them, and it will not print them as though it had read them. They are named here rather than hidden, because a reader who is told one of them deserves to know exactly where this page stands.
Marriage barred while Guru or Śukra is combust (asta)
Marriage barred during cāturmāsya, between Devaśayanī and Devotthānī ekādaśī
Saṁskāras barred inside the intercalary month (adhika māsa / malamāsa) — the month is NAMED on the cards that fall in it, but no line is changed by it
The first quarter of Maghā, the last quarter of Revatī and the whole of Mūla barred for marriage (the gaṇḍānta / abhukta-mūla doctrine)
The kalaśa-cakra and similar grids read for gṛha-praveśa
Any numeric pass mark — a “muhūrta score” above which a date is declared safe
None of this says these rules are wrong. It says this page has not read their books, and will not compute from a book it has not read.
What this month was computed from
Each day is decided from the three limbs a printed almanac can decide from — the tithi, the vāra and the nakṣatra — read AT SUNRISE. That is the classical convention: a Vedic day runs sunrise to sunrise, and a day is named by the limb current at its sunrise, not at midnight or local noon. Positions are sidereal (Lāhirī / Citrapakṣa ayanāṁśa) from a high-precision astronomical ephemeris; sunrise and sunset are computed by rise-transit for these exact coordinates, so every window below shifts correctly with longitude, latitude and season. Note that Horā's own personalised finder samples the day at local noon instead, because it is screening days for one person rather than printing a calendar — so for a day on which a tithi or a nakṣatra changes between sunrise and noon, the two surfaces will name different limbs. Neither is wrong; they are answering different questions, and this page tells you which one it answered. Every rule applied here is one the muhūrta page already prints verbatim with its source: the asterism groups and the acts each group carries from the Bṛhat Saṁhitā of Varāhamihira, nakṣatra-karmaguṇa chapter vv. 6–14, tr. N. Chidambaram Iyer, 1884; the five families of tithi and Riktā set aside from the tithi-karmaguṇa chapter v. 2 of the same work; the marriage asterisms from the Pāraskara Gṛhya Sūtra, adhyāya 1, tr. Hermann Oldenberg, Sacred Books of the East vol. 29, 1886, in the received reading of the three Uttara-triads that the muhūrta page already discloses is the tradition's reading and not the sūtra's own words. The Manusmṛti is cited on two cards as a CAVEAT — the naming-day it fixes, the thread-year it gives by varṇa — and decides no verdict here: an almanac has no birth date to count either from. Two features of that asterism table are in the text itself and are preserved rather than tidied away: Hasta is listed in two groups, and Punarvasu is given no group at all — on a Punarvasu day the acts decided by group are therefore reported as undecided rather than guessed. Abhijit is the 8th of 15 equal daylight muhūrtas, not taken on Budhavāra; Rāhu-kāla, Yamaghaṇṭa and Gulika are the classical daylight-eighths tables applied to that day's real daylight span. There is NO score here and no pass mark. The four verdicts are a rank, not a scale, and the tally on each card counts undertakings — it is not a mark for the day and must not be read against a threshold. The muhūrta page lists a numeric pass mark among the things Horā refuses to publish, and this page keeps that refusal.
Abhijit is the eighth of the fifteen equal daylight muhūrtas. Rāhu-kāla, Yamaghaṇṭa and Gulika are the classical daylight-eighths, computed from this day’s real daylight span at this place — so they move with your longitude and the season.
These are classical indications offered for study and reflection, never certainties. Nothing here forecasts an outcome, and nothing here should stand in for medical, financial or legal advice. For the five limbs of each day in full, see the monthly pañcāṅga; for the classical reasoning behind each undertaking, see the muhūrta page.