Bhumi Pujan Muhurat in January 2026

These days clear every other rule, but Jupiter or Venus is inside its combustion orb. Almanacs that count asta only while the planet is invisible list some of them.

• 1–14 January The Sun is in Dhanu from 16 December 2025 to 14 January 2026.
• 15–17 January The Moon is in Jyeshtha, Mula and Purva Ashadha — none of them among the 13 nakshatras permitted for bhumi pujan.
• 18 January Sunday — the rules never fix a bhumi pujan on a Sunday or a Tuesday.
• 19 January A permitted nakshatra falls only in Shukla Pratipada, which the rules exclude for bhumi pujan.
• 20 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a bhumi pujan on a Sunday or a Tuesday.
• 21 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 22 January A permitted nakshatra falls only in Shukla Chaturthi, which the rules exclude for bhumi pujan.
• 23–24 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 25 January Sunday — the rules never fix a bhumi pujan on a Sunday or a Tuesday.
• 26 January The Moon is in Ashwini and Bharani — none of them among the 13 nakshatras permitted for bhumi pujan.
• 27 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a bhumi pujan on a Sunday or a Tuesday.
• 28–29 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 30 January The Moon is in Ardra and Punarvasu — none of them among the 13 nakshatras permitted for bhumi pujan.
• 31 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.

• Where these rules come from: the griharambha (start of construction) rules of the vastu chapter of Muhurta Chintamani. No large almanac publishes a computed bhumi pujan list, and the lists that do circulate disagree with one another, so the rules are stated here in full.
• The Sun's sign: never while the Sun is in one of the four dual signs — Mithuna, Kanya, Dhanu or Meena (Dhanu 16 December 2025 – 14 January 2026, Meena 15 March 2026 – 14 April 2026, Mithuna 15 June 2026 – 16 July 2026, Kanya 17 September 2026 – 17 October 2026 and Dhanu 16 December 2026 – 14 January 2027). Dhanu and Meena are the two Kharmas months.
• Weekday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Saturday (the Vedic weekday, which changes at sunrise). Never Tuesday or Sunday.
• Nakshatra: the Moon in one of these 13 — Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Uttara Ashadha, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati.
• Tithi: Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Shashti, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi, Trayodashi of either fortnight, and Purnima. Never Pratipada, Chaturthi, Ashtami, Navami, Chaturdashi or Amavasya.
• Guru and Shukra must be clear of the Sun: no date while Jupiter is within 11° of the Sun or Venus within 10° (8° while retrograde) — the classical combustion (asta) orbs.
• An adhika month is closed: Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
• Chaturmas: not a rule here. The solar-month rule keeps the months of the Sun in Karka and Simha open, so the monsoon has dates; families who avoid Chaturmas for construction can skip them.
• The day: sunrise to the next sunrise, for New Delhi. A day any closed period touches is left out whole; inside the days that remain, the muhurat is the time when every condition above holds at once, for at least 20 minutes.
• Not checked here: the plot itself — where the first dig is made, which follows the Sun's sign — the lagna (a fixed lagna is preferred) and the owner's own chart. A priest or vastu consultant fixes these on site.

Bhumi Pujan Muhurat 2026 — the full rules and the whole year's list