Vivah (Marriage) muhurat 2009

63 auspicious days for marriage in 2009 in New Delhi, with the time windows in which every condition holds.

January 2009 · 0 days

No day in January meets all the conditions.

February 2009 · 8 days

DateMuhurat
Saturday, 14 Feb
5:31 AM (15 Feb) – 6:59 AM (15 Feb)
Nakshatra: Swati · Tithi: Krishna Shashthi
Sunday, 15 Feb
6:59 AM – 12:54 PM
Nakshatra: Swati · Tithi: Krishna Shashthi
Monday, 16 Feb
1:04 AM (17 Feb) – 5:26 AM (17 Feb)
Nakshatra: Anuradha · Tithi: Krishna Ashtami
Friday, 20 Feb
7:55 AM – 9:48 AM
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Ekadashi
Sunday, 22 Feb
9:33 AM – 3:33 PM
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Trayodashi
Thursday, 26 Feb
9:57 PM – 6:48 AM (27 Feb)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada · Tithi: Shukla Dwitiya
Friday, 27 Feb
6:48 AM – 6:47 AM (28 Feb)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati · Tithi: Shukla Dwitiya, Shukla Tritiya
Saturday, 28 Feb
6:47 AM – 4:23 PM
Nakshatra: Revati · Tithi: Shukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi

March 2009 · 6 days

DateMuhurat
Wednesday, 4 Mar
6:56 PM – 6:42 AM (5 Mar)
Nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira · Tithi: Shukla Ashtami, Shukla Navami
Thursday, 5 Mar
6:42 AM – 5:43 PM
Nakshatra: Mrigashira · Tithi: Shukla Navami
Monday, 9 Mar
4:34 PM – 6:36 AM (10 Mar)
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi
Tuesday, 10 Mar
6:36 AM – 9:25 AM
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi
Thursday, 12 Mar
4:34 PM – 6:33 AM (13 Mar)
Nakshatra: Hasta · Tithi: Krishna Dwitiya, Krishna Tritiya
Friday, 13 Mar
6:33 AM – 6:50 AM
Nakshatra: Hasta · Tithi: Krishna Tritiya

April 2009 · 7 days

DateMuhurat
Wednesday, 15 Apr
10:01 PM – 1:46 AM (16 Apr)
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Shashthi
Thursday, 16 Apr
4:51 AM (17 Apr) – 5:53 AM (17 Apr)
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Saptami, Krishna Ashtami
Friday, 17 Apr
5:53 AM – 5:52 AM (18 Apr)
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Ashtami
Saturday, 18 Apr
5:52 AM – 7:52 AM
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Ashtami
Wednesday, 22 Apr
2:47 PM – 11:07 PM
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada · Tithi: Krishna Trayodashi
Monday, 27 Apr
9:08 AM – 5:43 AM (28 Apr)
Nakshatra: Rohini · Tithi: Shukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi
Tuesday, 28 Apr
5:43 AM – 6:14 AM
2:54 AM (29 Apr) – 5:13 AM (29 Apr)
Nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira · Tithi: Shukla Chaturthi, Shukla Panchami

May 2009 · 15 days

DateMuhurat
Sunday, 3 May
5:38 AM – 10:57 PM
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Navami, Shukla Dashami
Tuesday, 5 May
9:36 AM – 5:36 AM (6 May)
Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni, Hasta · Tithi: Shukla Dwadashi
Wednesday, 6 May
5:36 AM – 7:33 AM
Nakshatra: Hasta · Tithi: Shukla Dwadashi
Thursday, 7 May
11:31 PM – 5:21 AM (8 May)
Nakshatra: Swati · Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi
Saturday, 9 May
2:08 AM (10 May) – 4:29 AM (10 May)
Nakshatra: Anuradha · Tithi: Krishna Pratipada
Tuesday, 12 May
2:08 PM – 5:31 AM (13 May)
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Chaturthi
Wednesday, 13 May
5:31 AM – 9:25 AM
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Chaturthi
Thursday, 14 May
12:30 PM – 5:30 AM (15 May)
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Panchami, Krishna Shashthi
Friday, 15 May
5:30 AM – 3:37 PM
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Shashthi
Wednesday, 20 May
8:47 AM – 5:27 AM (21 May)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati · Tithi: Krishna Ekadashi, Krishna Dwadashi
Thursday, 21 May
5:27 AM – 6:01 PM
Nakshatra: Revati · Tithi: Krishna Dwadashi
Sunday, 24 May
7:18 PM – 5:25 AM (25 May)
Nakshatra: Rohini · Tithi: Shukla Pratipada
Monday, 25 May
5:25 AM – 5:25 AM (26 May)
Nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira · Tithi: Shukla Pratipada, Shukla Dwitiya
Tuesday, 26 May
5:25 AM – 11:40 AM
Nakshatra: Mrigashira · Tithi: Shukla Dwitiya, Shukla Tritiya
Saturday, 30 May
7:18 PM – 9:37 PM
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Saptami

June 2009 · 15 days

DateMuhurat
Monday, 1 Jun
3:15 PM – 5:23 AM (2 Jun)
Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni, Hasta · Tithi: Shukla Navami, Shukla Dashami
Tuesday, 2 Jun
5:23 AM – 1:51 PM
Nakshatra: Hasta · Tithi: Shukla Dashami
Thursday, 4 Jun
5:28 AM – 12:09 PM
Nakshatra: Swati · Tithi: Shukla Dwadashi
Saturday, 6 Jun
8:40 AM – 9:55 PM
Nakshatra: Anuradha · Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi
Monday, 8 Jun
8:06 PM – 5:22 AM (9 Jun)
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Pratipada, Krishna Dwitiya
Tuesday, 9 Jun
5:22 AM – 4:16 PM
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Krishna Dwitiya
Thursday, 11 Jun
6:46 AM – 10:30 PM
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Krishna Chaturthi
Tuesday, 16 Jun
8:18 AM – 5:23 AM (17 Jun)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada · Tithi: Krishna Ashtami, Krishna Navami
Wednesday, 17 Jun
5:23 AM – 3:19 AM (18 Jun)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati · Tithi: Krishna Navami, Krishna Dashami
Saturday, 20 Jun
5:01 AM (21 Jun) – 5:23 AM (21 Jun)
Nakshatra: Rohini · Tithi: Krishna Trayodashi
Sunday, 21 Jun
5:23 AM – 6:24 AM
Nakshatra: Rohini · Tithi: Krishna Trayodashi
Friday, 26 Jun
3:34 AM (27 Jun) – 5:25 AM (27 Jun)
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Panchami
Saturday, 27 Jun
5:25 AM – 11:36 AM
Nakshatra: Magha · Tithi: Shukla Panchami, Shukla Shashthi
Sunday, 28 Jun
10:31 PM – 5:23 AM (29 Jun)
Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni · Tithi: Shukla Saptami
Monday, 29 Jun
4:58 PM – 8:47 PM
Nakshatra: Hasta · Tithi: Shukla Ashtami

July 2009 · 0 days

No day in July meets all the conditions.

August 2009 · 0 days

No day in August meets all the conditions.

September 2009 · 0 days

No day in September meets all the conditions.

October 2009 · 0 days

No day in October meets all the conditions.

November 2009 · 6 days

DateMuhurat
Tuesday, 17 Nov
6:45 AM – 10:17 AM
Nakshatra: Anuradha · Tithi: Shukla Pratipada
Thursday, 19 Nov
3:16 PM – 6:47 AM (20 Nov)
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Shukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi
Friday, 20 Nov
6:47 AM – 9:44 AM
Nakshatra: Mula · Tithi: Shukla Chaturthi
Sunday, 22 Nov
11:16 AM – 4:48 PM
Nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha · Tithi: Shukla Shashthi
Friday, 27 Nov
1:57 PM – 6:53 AM (28 Nov)
Nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati · Tithi: Shukla Dashami, Shukla Ekadashi
Saturday, 28 Nov
6:53 AM – 7:13 AM
Nakshatra: Revati · Tithi: Shukla Ekadashi

December 2009 · 6 days

DateMuhurat
Tuesday, 1 Dec
2:35 AM (2 Dec) – 6:57 AM (2 Dec)
Nakshatra: Rohini · Tithi: Purnima
Wednesday, 2 Dec
6:57 AM – 6:57 AM (3 Dec)
Nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira · Tithi: Purnima, Krishna Pratipada
Thursday, 3 Dec
6:57 AM – 10:35 PM
Nakshatra: Mrigashira · Tithi: Krishna Pratipada, Krishna Dwitiya
Wednesday, 9 Dec
11:59 AM – 7:02 AM (10 Dec)
Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni · Tithi: Krishna Ashtami, Krishna Navami
Thursday, 10 Dec
7:02 AM – 3:15 AM (11 Dec)
Nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni, Hasta · Tithi: Krishna Navami, Krishna Dashami
Saturday, 12 Dec
11:14 AM – 5:29 PM
Nakshatra: Swati · Tithi: Krishna Ekadashi, Krishna Dwadashi

Calculated for New Delhi. Windows are shown in local time; a window that crosses midnight belongs to the day it starts on (Hindu days run sunrise to sunrise).

Rules used

Hindu weddings are traditionally held at a muhurat chosen from the panchang. The classical texts allow marriage only in certain solar months, rule out Chaturmas and periods when Venus or Jupiter — the significators of marriage — are combust, and look for a favourable nakshatra free of inauspicious yogas and karanas. The family astrologer then fixes the exact lagna for the pheras within the window.

  • Moon's nakshatra: Rohini, Mrigashira, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati
  • Avoided padas: first pada of Magha and Mula, last pada of Revati
  • Sun's sign (solar month): Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Vrishchika, Makara, Kumbha
  • Avoided yogas: Vishkambha, Atiganda, Shoola, Ganda, Vyaghata, Vajra, Vyatipata, Parigha, Vaidhriti
  • Avoided karanas: Vishti (Bhadra), Shakuni, Chatushpada, Naga
  • No muhurat in an Adhik (extra) month
  • No muhurat in Chaturmas (Devshayani to Devutthana Ekadashi)
  • No muhurat while Venus or Jupiter is combust (Tara Asta), or in the 3 days before it sets and after it rises
  • A day that touches a prohibited period is left out entirely

These are the generally auspicious windows. For a ceremony, an astrologer also checks the lagna at the chosen moment and the Tara and Chandra bala of the people involved — the same window can suit one person better than another.

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Frequently asked questions

How many marriage muhurats are there in 2009?

There are 63 auspicious days for marriage in 2009 at New Delhi, by the rules listed on this page.

Why are there no muhurats in some months?

Long stretches are ruled out by seasonal restrictions: Kharmas (the Sun in Sagittarius or Pisces), Chaturmas, an Adhik month, and periods when Venus or Jupiter is combust. Within the remaining days a suitable nakshatra and tithi must also coincide.