Mundan Muhurat 2026 — Shubh Dates for the First Haircut

In 2026 there were 40 mundan muhurat dates; the last was Monday, 20 July 2026. The next is Monday, 8 February 2027.

  • Computed for London from the positions of the Sun and the Moon — not copied from a printed list.
  • Every window shows the nakshatra, tithi, weekday and lunar month it was cleared on, and every closed month shows its start and end.

Mundan Muhurat 2026 month by month

MonthHow manyDatesNote
January519, 21, 28, 29, 30
February76, 11, 12, 18, 25, 26, 27
March75, 6, 16, 20, 25, 26, 27
April82, 3, 6, 13, 20, 22, 23, 30
May51, 4, 8, 11, 14
June317, 24, 25
July52, 3, 9, 15, 20
August0—Chaturmas · Shravana month
September0—Chaturmas · Shravana month · Bhadrapada month
October0—Chaturmas · Bhadrapada month · Ashwin month
November0—Chaturmas · Ashwin month · Kartika month
December0—Kartika month · Margashirsha month

January 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Monday, 19 January 202620:44 – 07:54 (20 January)Shravana, DhanishtaShukla DwitiyaMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Magha month
Wednesday, 21 January 202607:53 – 21:17Dhanishta, ShatabhishaShukla TritiyaMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Magha month
Wednesday, 28 January 202602:01 – 07:42 (29 January)MrigashiraShukla EkadashiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Magha month
Thursday, 29 January 202607:42 – 08:25MrigashiraShukla EkadashiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Magha month
Friday, 30 January 202621:57 – 02:56 (31 January)PunarvasuShukla TrayodashiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Magha month

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February 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Friday, 6 February 202618:54 – 19:49ChitraKrishna PanchamiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Magha month
Wednesday, 11 February 202607:21 – 07:19 (12 February)JyeshthaKrishna Dashami → Krishna EkadashiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Magha month
Thursday, 12 February 202607:19 – 08:12JyeshthaKrishna EkadashiMaghaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Magha month
Wednesday, 18 February 202611:28 – 15:46ShatabhishaShukla DwitiyaPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Phalguna month
Wednesday, 25 February 202621:11 – 06:41 (26 February)MrigashiraShukla DashamiPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Phalguna month
Thursday, 26 February 202605:19 – 06:49 (27 February)PunarvasuShukla EkadashiPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Phalguna month
Friday, 27 February 202606:49 – 17:03PunarvasuShukla EkadashiPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Phalguna month

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March 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Thursday, 5 March 202604:00 – 06:34 (6 March)ChitraKrishna TritiyaPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Phalguna month
Friday, 6 March 202606:34 – 12:23ChitraKrishna TritiyaPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Phalguna month
Monday, 16 March 202606:12 – 03:53 (17 March)Dhanishta, ShatabhishaKrishna TrayodashiPhalgunaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Phalguna month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Friday, 20 March 202620:57 – 06:00 (21 March)AshwiniShukla Dwitiya → Shukla TritiyaChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Wednesday, 25 March 202605:51 – 08:20MrigashiraShukla SaptamiChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Thursday, 26 March 202604:37 – 05:47 (27 March)PunarvasuShukla DashamiChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Friday, 27 March 202605:47 – 05:44 (28 March)Punarvasu, PushyaShukla Dashami → Shukla EkadashiChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end

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April 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Thursday, 2 April 202604:12 – 06:31 (3 April)ChitraKrishna DwitiyaChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Friday, 3 April 202606:31 – 06:28 (4 April)Chitra, SwatiKrishna Dwitiya → Krishna TritiyaChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Monday, 6 April 202622:26 – 06:22 (7 April)JyeshthaKrishna PanchamiChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Monday, 13 April 202606:09 – 20:39Dhanishta, ShatabhishaKrishna EkadashiChaitraMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Chaitra month
Falls in Kharmas — many families wait for it to end
Monday, 20 April 202623:45 – 05:52 (21 April)MrigashiraShukla PanchamiVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Vaishakha month
Wednesday, 22 April 202618:20 – 05:47 (23 April)PunarvasuShukla SaptamiVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Vaishakha month
Thursday, 23 April 202605:47 – 16:19PunarvasuShukla SaptamiVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Vaishakha month
Thursday, 30 April 202616:43 – 05:32 (1 May)Chitra, SwatiPurnimaVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Vaishakha month

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May 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Friday, 1 May 202605:32 – 18:23SwatiPurnimaVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Vaishakha month
Monday, 4 May 202605:28 – 00:54 (5 May)JyeshthaKrishna TritiyaVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Vaishakha month
Friday, 8 May 202616:50 – 05:17 (9 May)ShravanaKrishna SaptamiVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Vaishakha month
Monday, 11 May 202610:55 – 20:58ShatabhishaKrishna DashamiVaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Vaishakha month
Thursday, 14 May 202618:04 – 04:01 (15 May)AshwiniKrishna Trayodashi (kshaya)VaishakhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Vaishakha month

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June 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Wednesday, 17 June 202604:42 – 17:09Punarvasu, PushyaShukla TritiyaJyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child
Wednesday, 24 June 202604:43 – 04:43 (25 June)Chitra, SwatiShukla Dashami → Shukla EkadashiJyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child
Thursday, 25 June 202604:43 – 11:59SwatiShukla EkadashiJyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child

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July 2026 mundan muhurat dates

DateMuhuratNakshatraTithiHindu month (amanta)Why it qualifies
Thursday, 2 July 202604:57 – 04:48 (3 July)ShravanaKrishna Dwitiya → Krishna TritiyaJyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child
Friday, 3 July 202604:48 – 06:50ShravanaKrishna TritiyaJyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Friday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child
Thursday, 9 July 202606:08 – 10:26AshwiniKrishna Dashami (kshaya)JyeshthaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Thursday, Jyeshtha month
Jyeshtha — many families avoid it for an eldest child
Wednesday, 15 July 202607:21 – 17:16PushyaShukla Dwitiya (kshaya)AshadhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Wednesday, Ashadha month
Monday, 20 July 202614:39 – 23:33ChitraShukla SaptamiAshadhaMundan nakshatra and tithi, Monday, Ashadha month

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August 2026 mundan muhurat dates

Chaturmas runs from 24 July 2026 to 20 November 2026 and Shravana (12 August 2026 to 11 September 2026) is not a mundan month.

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September 2026 mundan muhurat dates

Chaturmas runs from 24 July 2026 to 20 November 2026, Shravana (12 August 2026 to 11 September 2026) is not a mundan month and Bhadrapada (11 September 2026 to 10 October 2026) is not a mundan month.

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October 2026 mundan muhurat dates

Chaturmas runs from 24 July 2026 to 20 November 2026, Bhadrapada (11 September 2026 to 10 October 2026) is not a mundan month and Ashwin (10 October 2026 to 9 November 2026) is not a mundan month.

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November 2026 mundan muhurat dates

Chaturmas runs from 24 July 2026 to 20 November 2026, Ashwin (10 October 2026 to 9 November 2026) is not a mundan month and Kartika (9 November 2026 to 9 December 2026) is not a mundan month.

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December 2026 mundan muhurat dates

Kartika (9 November 2026 to 9 December 2026) is not a mundan month and Margashirsha (9 December 2026 to 7 January 2027) is not a mundan month.

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Closed months and Chaturmas in 2026

PeriodFromUntil
Margashirsha — month closed for mundan20 November 2025, 06:4720 December 2025, 01:43
Pausha — month closed for mundan20 December 2025, 01:4318 January 2026, 19:51
Adhika Jyeshtha — adhika (extra) month16 May 2026, 21:0115 June 2026, 03:54
Chaturmas — Devshayani to Devuthani Ekadashi24 July 2026, 04:4320 November 2026, 01:46
Shravana — month closed for mundan12 August 2026, 18:3611 September 2026, 04:27
Bhadrapada — month closed for mundan11 September 2026, 04:2710 October 2026, 16:50
Ashwin — month closed for mundan10 October 2026, 16:509 November 2026, 07:02
Kartika — month closed for mundan9 November 2026, 07:029 December 2026, 00:51
Margashirsha — month closed for mundan9 December 2026, 00:517 January 2027, 20:24
Pausha — month closed for mundan7 January 2027, 20:246 February 2027, 15:56

Mundan Muhurat rules used on this page

  • Where these rules come from: the chudakarana rules of the muhurta texts as the largest computed mundan list applies them. That list was checked for New Delhi across 2026 and 2027, and every date it prints is on this page.
  • Month: Chaitra, Vaishakha, Jyeshtha, Ashadha, Magha and Phalguna, counted new moon to new moon (amanta). Ashadha only until Devshayani Ekadashi begins (24 July 2026, 04:43), when Chaturmas starts. Shravana, Bhadrapada, Ashwin, Kartika, Margashirsha and Pausha are closed, and so is any adhika month.
  • Weekday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday (the Vedic weekday, which changes at sunrise). Never Tuesday, Saturday or Sunday.
  • Nakshatra: the Moon in one of these 10 — Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Chitra, Swati, Jyeshtha, Shravana, Dhanishta and Shatabhisha.
  • Tithi: Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi of either fortnight, and Purnima. Never Pratipada, Chaturthi, Shashti, Ashtami, Navami, Dwadashi, Chaturdashi or Amavasya.
  • An adhika month is closed: Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 16 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
  • Age — guidance, not computed: many families hold the first mundan in an odd year of the child's life (the first, third or fifth), and many follow a family or temple custom instead. Settle the year by custom; this list then gives the day.
  • Jyeshtha: permitted, but many families avoid it for an eldest child, so Jyeshtha rows are marked. Some families also avoid Friday for a girl's mundan.
  • Kharmas and asta: neither is a rule in the computed mundan list this page was checked against, so neither removes a date here. Dates inside Kharmas (15 December 2025 – 14 January 2026, 14 March 2026 – 14 April 2026 and 16 December 2026 – 14 January 2027) are marked, because many families wait for it to end.
  • The day: sunrise to the next sunrise, for London. 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 — Chandra bala and Tara bala from the birth nakshatra — and the lagna. A priest checks these against the child's birth details.

Why other calendars show different dates

  • More windows, not other ones. Every date the largest computed mundan list prints for New Delhi is here. This page also keeps windows that open late at night or before dawn, which that list mostly leaves out; most families hold a mundan in daylight anyway, so read those as the panchang allowing it, not as a recommendation.
  • Hasta. Some written rules name Hasta among the mundan nakshatras, but the computed list never opens a window in it, and neither does this page.
  • Amanta months. The months are counted new moon to new moon. Counted full moon to full moon, the dark half of Pausha would be called Magha and some January dates would open; the reference list keeps them closed, and so does this page.
  • The child's chart. A priest may move a date for Chandra bala, Tara bala or the lagna, which only the child's birth details can decide.
  • The city. The day starts at sunrise, so a window near dawn can fall on a different date in another city.

Muhurat for another city

The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, and sunrise differs across India by well over an hour — so a window near dawn can belong to a different date in another city, and every clock time moves.

These links recompute the list for the city you pick. They are variants of this page: each carries a canonical back to the address above and asks search engines not to index it.

Common questions

How many mundan muhurat dates are there in 2026?

40. By month: January 5, February 7, March 7, April 8, May 5, June 3, July 5. None in August, September, October, November and December.

Is there any mundan muhurat left in 2026?

No — the last was Monday, 20 July 2026. The next is Monday, 8 February 2027.

Which months of 2026 have no mundan muhurat?

August, September, October, November and December — Chaturmas runs from 24 July 2026 to 20 November 2026, Shravana (12 August 2026 to 11 September 2026) is not a mundan month, Bhadrapada (11 September 2026 to 10 October 2026) is not a mundan month, Ashwin (10 October 2026 to 9 November 2026) is not a mundan month, Kartika (9 November 2026 to 9 December 2026) is not a mundan month and Margashirsha (9 December 2026 to 7 January 2027) is not a mundan month.

At what age is mundan done?

Most families hold the first mundan in an odd year of the child's life — the first, third or fifth — and many follow a family or temple custom instead. The age is decided by custom; the panchang decides the day.

Can mundan be done in Kharmas or Chaturmas?

Not in Chaturmas: it closes Ashadha from Devshayani Ekadashi, and the months after it, Shravana to Pausha, are not mundan months at all. Kharmas is not a rule in the computed list this page follows, so its dates stay, marked — 9 of the 2026 dates fall in it.

Why are Jyeshtha dates marked?

Jyeshtha is a mundan month, but many families avoid it for an eldest child. The rows are marked so those families can skip them.

Why does another panchang show different dates?

Each difference is set out above under 'Why other calendars show different dates' — which rules differ, and which windows this list keeps that others leave out.