Vivah 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 Kharmas (the Sun in Dhanu) runs from Dhanu Sankranti (16 December 2025) to Makar Sankranti (14 January 2026).
• 15–16 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 17–19 January The nakshatra and the tithi meet only under the rejected yoga Vyaghata and Vajra.
• 20–22 January The Moon is in Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Purva Bhadrapada — none of them among the 11 nakshatras permitted for marriage.
• 23–25 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 26–27 January The Moon is in Ashwini, Bharani and Krittika — none of them among the 11 nakshatras permitted for marriage.
• 28–29 January Venus is combust (Shukra asta) from 26 November 2025 to 17 February 2026.
• 30–31 January The Moon is in Ardra, Punarvasu and Pushya — none of them among the 11 nakshatras permitted for marriage.

• Kharmas is closed: no marriage while the Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius) or Meena (Pisces) (16 December 2025 – 14 January 2026, 15 March 2026 – 14 April 2026 and 16 December 2026 – 14 January 2027).
• Chaturmas is closed: from the moment Devshayani Ekadashi begins (24 July 2026, 9:13 AM) to the moment Devuthani Ekadashi begins (20 November 2026, 7:16 AM).
• An adhika month is closed: Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
• Guru and Shukra must be clear of the Sun: no marriage while Jupiter is within 11° of the Sun or Venus within 10° (8° while retrograde) — the classical combustion (asta) orbs.
• Nakshatra: the Moon in one of the eleven vivah nakshatras — Rohini, Mrigashira, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati.
• Tithi: never Amavasya. The rikta tithis (Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi) are allowed, because the published almanacs allow them for marriage, and are marked in the table.
• Yoga and karana: the window avoids the nine rejected yogas — Atiganda, Ganda, Parigha, Shula, Vaidhriti, Vajra, Vishkamba, Vyaghata and Vyatipata — and the karanas Chatushpada, Kimstughna, Naga, Shakuni and Vishti.
• The day: sunrise to the next sunrise, for New Delhi. A day that any closed season touches at all is left out whole; inside the days that remain, the muhurat is the time when every condition above holds at once.
• Not judged here: which lagna carries the pheras — the month pages list every lagna that rises inside each window — and the couple's own charts (Guru, Surya and Chandra bala). A priest fixes the lagna inside the window.

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