Griha pravesh muhurat finder

Shubh dates for Griha Pravesh (housewarming)

13 Oct 2026 to 13 Jan 2027, for New Delhi

Times are local to the place chosen and rounded to the minute. Planet positions use the Lahiri ayanamsa; sunrise, Choghadiya and Rahu Kaal follow the library's panchang, which agrees with published almanacs to within a few minutes. Take this as a shortlist: for a wedding or griha pravesh, confirm the final muhurta and lagna with your family priest.

The rules used on this page

These lists come from the panchang-ts library's stock rule for this occasion, which cites Muhurta Chintamani, Muhurta Darpana and BPHS. Tithis, nakshatras and weekdays are read at sunrise, as the library does. Items marked * are our correction (see below). Every day starts at 50. Pass mark: 50.

Where we depart from the library

• Rikta tithis (Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi) and Amavasya always count as unfavourable. Some stock lists put one on the favourable side, for example Shukla Chaturdashi, which reads as a slip between 0- and 1-based tithi numbers rather than a tradition. These are marked *.
• Bhadra: the library drops the whole day if Bhadra touches it, which removed about 40% of days in our tests. Muhurta Chintamani forbids the Vishti karana period, so we keep the day and keep Bhadra out of the window.
• Ganda Mula: where the rule excludes it, the library drops any day whose sunrise Moon is in Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Mula or Revati, though it lists Magha, Mula and Revati as good for marriage. Ganda Mula is a birth rule; for muhurta the texts avoid the gandanta junction, so we keep one pada either side of each junction out of the window.

Where traditions differ

Kharmas

The Sun in Sagittarius (about mid-December to mid-January) or Pisces (about mid-March to mid-April), also called Malmas. Muhurta Chintamani leaves these solar months out of its marriage list. North Indian almanacs hold no weddings, housewarmings or mundan in Kharmas. Many South Indian families do not use the idea; Tamil Nadu avoids its own solar month Margazhi for weddings instead.

Chaturmas

The four months from Devshayani Ekadashi (Ashadha Shukla Ekadashi) to Prabodhini or Dev Uthani Ekadashi (Kartika Shukla Ekadashi), when Vishnu is said to rest. In North India weddings and griha pravesh wait for Dev Uthani Ekadashi. Much of South India holds weddings in Shravana and avoids the solar month of Aadi instead, and Vijayadashami, inside Chaturmas, is the favourite day to begin learning.

Guru asta (Jupiter set)

Jupiter within 11 degrees of the Sun (the Surya Siddhanta combustion orb), when it cannot be seen. Texts bar marriage, upanayana and other samskaras while Jupiter is set. Almanacs that time asta by visibility can begin or end it a few days apart from the 11-degree rule, and some also skip a few days on either side (balya and vriddha).

Shukra asta (Venus set)

Venus within 10 degrees of the Sun, or 8 degrees while retrograde. Venus governs marriage and comfort, so its setting is avoided for weddings and a new home. As with Jupiter, visibility-based almanacs may differ by a few days. A few regional traditions only avoid Venus being set for the wedding itself, not for other samskaras.

Holashtak

The eight days from Phalguna Shukla Ashtami to Holika Dahan on Phalguna Purnima. Kept mainly in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Bihar. Most of South and East India does not observe it.

Pitru Paksha

The dark fortnight given to the ancestors: Ashvina Krishna in the North Indian (purnimanta) calendar, Bhadrapada Krishna in the amanta calendar. It is the same fortnight under two names. Many families avoid buying a vehicle, gold or a house, and starting a business, in these days. Others see no bar on purchases and only keep the shraddha rites.