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Muhurat calendar · New Delhi
Namkaran Muhurat in January 2026
Thu, 1 Jan
7:13 AM – 10:22 PM
There are 17 namkaran muhurat dates in January 2026: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28 and 29 January. The first window is Thursday, 1 January 2026, 7:13 AM – 10:22 PM.
Then: Fri, 2 Jan · 6:54 PM – 8:04 PM
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7:13 AM | 6:54 PM | |||||
| 3:11 PM | 7:14 AM | 12:24 PM | 7:14 AM | |||
| 7:14 AM | 12:43 PM | 7:14 AM | ||||
| 1:22 AM | 7:14 AM | 1:58 PM | 2:33 PM | |||
| 7:12 AM | 7:11 AM | 9:27 AM | 7:10 AM |
Muhurat
- Computed for New Delhi from the positions of the Sun and the Moon — not copied from a printed list.
- Every window shows the nakshatra, tithi and weekday it was cleared on.
- Shubh
Thursday, 1 January 2026
7:13 AM – 10:22 PM
- Rohini
- Shukla Trayodashi (1 Jan, 1:48 AM – 1 Jan, 10:23 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Thursday
- Shubh
Friday, 2 January 2026
6:54 PM – 8:04 PM
- Mrigashira
- Purnima (2 Jan, 6:54 PM – 3 Jan, 3:32 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
- Shubh
Sunday, 4 January 2026
3:11 PM – 7:14 AM (5 January)
- Pushya
- Krishna Dwitiya (4 Jan, 12:30 PM – 5 Jan, 9:57 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Sunday
- Shubh
Monday, 5 January 2026
7:14 AM – 1:25 PM
- Pushya
- Krishna Dwitiya (4 Jan, 12:30 PM – 5 Jan, 9:57 AM)
Krishna Tritiya (5 Jan, 9:57 AM – 6 Jan, 8:02 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Thursday, 8 January 2026
12:24 PM – 7:14 AM (9 January)
- Uttara Phalguni
- Krishna Shashti (8 Jan, 6:34 AM – 9 Jan, 7:05 AM)
Krishna Saptami (9 Jan, 7:05 AM – 10 Jan, 8:24 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Thursday
- Shubh
Friday, 9 January 2026
7:14 AM – 7:14 AM (10 January)
- Uttara Phalguni, Hasta
- Krishna Saptami (9 Jan, 7:05 AM – 10 Jan, 8:24 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
- Shubh
Sunday, 11 January 2026
7:14 AM – 10:20 AM
- Chitra
- Krishna Ashtami (10 Jan, 8:24 AM – 11 Jan, 10:20 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Sunday
- Shubh
Monday, 12 January 2026
12:43 PM – 9:05 PM
- Swati
- Krishna Dashami (12 Jan, 12:43 PM – 13 Jan, 3:18 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Wednesday, 14 January 2026
7:14 AM – 3:03 AM (15 January)
- Anuradha
- Krishna Ekadashi (13 Jan, 3:18 PM – 14 Jan, 5:53 PM)
Krishna Dwadashi (14 Jan, 5:53 PM – 15 Jan, 8:17 PM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Wednesday
- Shubh
Sunday, 18 January 2026
1:22 AM – 7:14 AM (19 January)
- Uttara Ashadha
- Shukla Pratipada (19 Jan, 1:22 AM – 20 Jan, 2:14 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Sunday
- Shubh
Monday, 19 January 2026
7:14 AM – 7:13 AM (20 January)
- Uttara Ashadha, Shravana
- Shukla Pratipada (19 Jan, 1:22 AM – 20 Jan, 2:14 AM)
Shukla Dwitiya (20 Jan, 2:14 AM – 21 Jan, 2:43 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Wednesday, 21 January 2026
1:58 PM – 2:47 AM (22 January)
- Shatabhisha
- Shukla Tritiya (21 Jan, 2:43 AM – 22 Jan, 2:47 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Wednesday
- Shubh
Friday, 23 January 2026
2:33 PM – 7:12 AM (24 January)
- Uttara Bhadrapada
- Shukla Panchami (23 Jan, 2:28 AM – 24 Jan, 1:46 AM)
Shukla Shashti (24 Jan, 1:46 AM – 25 Jan, 12:40 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
- Shubh
Sunday, 25 January 2026
7:12 AM – 7:11 AM (26 January)
- Revati, Ashwini
- Shukla Saptami (25 Jan, 12:40 AM – 25 Jan, 11:10 PM)
Shukla Ashtami (25 Jan, 11:10 PM – 26 Jan, 9:18 PM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Sunday
- Shubh
Monday, 26 January 2026
7:11 AM – 12:33 PM
- Ashwini
- Shukla Ashtami (25 Jan, 11:10 PM – 26 Jan, 9:18 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Wednesday, 28 January 2026
9:27 AM – 7:10 AM (29 January)
- Rohini
- Shukla Dashami (27 Jan, 7:05 PM – 28 Jan, 4:36 PM)
Shukla Ekadashi (28 Jan, 4:36 PM – 29 Jan, 1:55 PM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Wednesday
- Shubh
Thursday, 29 January 2026
7:10 AM – 5:29 AM (30 January)
- Rohini, Mrigashira
- Shukla Ekadashi (28 Jan, 4:36 PM – 29 Jan, 1:55 PM)
Shukla Dwadashi (29 Jan, 1:55 PM – 30 Jan, 11:09 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Thursday

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- 3 January Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 6 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 7 January The Moon is in Magha and Purva Phalguni — none of them among the 14 nakshatras permitted for naming ceremony.
- 10 January Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 13 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 15–16 January The Moon is in Jyeshtha and Mula — none of them among the 14 nakshatras permitted for naming ceremony.
- 17 January Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 20 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 22 January A permitted nakshatra falls only in Shukla Chaturthi, which the rules exclude for naming ceremony.
- 24 January Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 27 January Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 30 January The Moon is in Ardra and Punarvasu — none of them among the 14 nakshatras permitted for naming ceremony.
- 31 January Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- Where these rules come from: the naamkaran rules as the largest computed naming-ceremony list applies them. That list was checked for New Delhi across 2026 and 2027, and every date it prints is on this page.
- Weekday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Sunday (the Vedic weekday, which changes at sunrise). Never Tuesday or Saturday.
- Nakshatra: the Moon in one of these 14 — Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashira, Pushya, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati.
- Tithi: any tithi of either fortnight except Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi or Amavasya.
- Season: none — a child is named in whatever month it is born; only an adhika month is closed, as the reference list closes it. Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
- When — guidance, not computed: the naming is traditionally held on the eleventh or twelfth day after birth, when the ten days of sutak end. A family that cannot hold it then, or holds it later — at three months or at a year is common — picks a date from this list.
- The name itself: the first syllable usually follows the pada of the child's birth nakshatra; the baby name finder gives the syllables for a birth date and time.
- 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 child's own chart and the lagna. A priest checks these against the birth details.
Namkaran Muhurat 2026 — the full rules and the whole year's list
Common questions
Is there a namkaran muhurat in January 2026?
Yes, on 17 days: 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 23, 25, 26, 28 and 29 January.
What time is the muhurat on Thursday, 1 January 2026?
7:13 AM – 10:22 PM in New Delhi, with the Moon in Rohini.
When is the next namkaran muhurat after January 2026?
Sunday, 1 February 2026.