Muhurat calendar · New Delhi
Namkaran Muhurat in May 2026
Fri, 1 May
5:40 AM – 4:35 AM (2 May)
There are 9 namkaran muhurat dates in May 2026: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 and 15 May. The first window is Friday, 1 May 2026, 5:40 AM – 4:35 AM (2 May).
Then: Sun, 3 May · 7:10 AM – 5:38 AM (4 May)
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5:40 AM | ||||||
| 7:10 AM | 5:38 AM | 6:45 PM | 5:34 AM | |||
| 3:25 PM | 5:31 AM | 5:30 AM | 5:30 AM | |||
MuhuratClosed season
- 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
Friday, 1 May 2026
5:40 AM – 4:35 AM (2 May)
- Swati
- Purnima (30 Apr, 9:13 PM – 1 May, 10:53 PM)
Krishna Pratipada (1 May, 10:53 PM – 3 May, 12:50 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
- Shubh
Sunday, 3 May 2026
7:10 AM – 5:38 AM (4 May)
- Anuradha
- Krishna Dwitiya (3 May, 12:50 AM – 4 May, 3:02 AM)
Krishna Tritiya (4 May, 3:02 AM – 5 May, 5:24 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Sunday
- Shubh
Monday, 4 May 2026
5:38 AM – 9:58 AM
- Anuradha
- Krishna Tritiya (4 May, 3:02 AM – 5 May, 5:24 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Thursday, 7 May 2026
6:45 PM – 5:34 AM (8 May)
- Uttara Ashadha
- Krishna Shashti (7 May, 10:14 AM – 8 May, 12:22 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Thursday
- Shubh
Friday, 8 May 2026
5:34 AM – 5:34 AM (9 May)
- Uttara Ashadha, Shravana
- Krishna Shashti (7 May, 10:14 AM – 8 May, 12:22 PM)
Krishna Saptami (8 May, 12:22 PM – 9 May, 2:03 PM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
- Shubh
Monday, 11 May 2026
3:25 PM – 1:28 AM (12 May)
- Shatabhisha
- Krishna Dashami (11 May, 3:25 PM – 12 May, 2:52 PM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Monday
- Shubh
Wednesday, 13 May 2026
5:31 AM – 5:30 AM (14 May)
- Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati
- Krishna Ekadashi (12 May, 2:52 PM – 13 May, 1:30 PM)
Krishna Dwadashi (13 May, 1:30 PM – 14 May, 11:21 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Wednesday
- Shubh
Thursday, 14 May 2026
5:30 AM – 5:30 AM (15 May)
- Revati, Ashwini
- Krishna Dwadashi (13 May, 1:30 PM – 14 May, 11:21 AM)
Krishna Trayodashi (14 May, 11:21 AM – 15 May, 8:31 AM) - Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Thursday
- Shubh
Friday, 15 May 2026
5:30 AM – 8:31 AM
- Ashwini
- Krishna Trayodashi (14 May, 11:21 AM – 15 May, 8:31 AM)
- Naamkaran nakshatra, no rikta tithi, Friday
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- 2 May Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 5 May Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 6 May The Moon is in Mula and Purva Ashadha — none of them among the 14 nakshatras permitted for naming ceremony.
- 9 May Saturday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 10 May A permitted nakshatra falls only in Krishna Navami, which the rules exclude for naming ceremony.
- 12 May Tuesday — the rules never fix a naming ceremony on a Tuesday or a Saturday.
- 16–31 May Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
- 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 May 2026?
Yes, on 9 days: 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14 and 15 May.
What time is the muhurat on Friday, 1 May 2026?
5:40 AM – 4:35 AM (2 May) in New Delhi, with the Moon in Swati.
When is the next namkaran muhurat after May 2026?
Wednesday, 17 June 2026.