Mundan Muhurat December 2026
why none this month, and the next
Chudakarana, the first shaving of a child’s head.
Mundan Muhurat in December
timed for New DelhiNo day in December 2026 is a shubh day for mundan. Up to and including 14 January 2027 the Sun is not in Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius), Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus) or Mithun (Gemini), the only solar months this is done in. The next shubh day is Wednesday, 20 January 2027, then Thursday, 28 January 2027 and Monday, 1 February 2027. February 2027 has 5 more.
The next shubh days
after DecemberWhat the muhurat is for
and how the day is keptMundan, chudakarana, is the first shaving of a child’s head. Manusmriti (2.35) puts it in the first or the third year, and many North Indian families keep to an odd year: the first, third or fifth. The child sits in the mother’s lap, a lock at the crown (the shikha) is often left, and the hair is offered at a temple or a river; the head is then washed and smoothed with turmeric or sandalwood paste.
December 2026 in the panchang
what opened and shut its 31 days for mundanSeasons this month:
- The Sun in Vrishchik (Scorpio) and Dhanu (Sagittarius), Kharmas (when the Sun is in Dhanu or Meen): not a solar month this is done in: all month
The festival days, for this work:
- Tue 1 Dec, Kaal Bhairav Jayanti: Not done on a Tuesday
- Mon 14 Dec, Vivah Panchami: The Sun is in Vrishchik (Scorpio), a solar month in which this is not done
- Sun 20 Dec, Gita Jayanti: Not done on a Sunday
- Wed 23 Dec, Dattatreya Jayanti and Margashirsha Purnima: The Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
Clock times are for New Delhi; they move with sunrise, by up to about an hour across India. The tithi and the nakshatra are the same everywhere. For your own city, use the mundan muhurat finder.
Mundan Muhurat, month by month
shubh days in each monthOther muhurats in December 2026
shubh days for eachWhat the panchang asks for
First haircut- Ashwini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Jyeshtha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Revati
- Shukla: Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi
- Krishna: Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
These are the rules the standard panchangs apply for this work; they go back to the classical muhurat texts, Muhurta Chintamani above all.
Muhurta Chintamani sorts the 27 nakshatras by nature: swift (kshipra), for trade, learning and quick starts; soft (mridu), for gentle things such as friendship and music; movable (chara), for what moves, such as travel; sharp (tikshna), for cutting and severing work. This work takes the swift ones (Ashwini, Pushya, Hasta), the soft ones (Mrigashira, Chitra, Revati), the movable ones (Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha) and the sharp ones (Jyeshtha). It leaves out the rikta (“empty”) tithis, Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdashi, which are kept clear of beginnings, and Amavasya, the dark night. Its table also leaves out Shukla Pratipada, Shashthi, Ashtami and Dwadashi, and Krishna Pratipada, Shashthi, Ashtami and Dwadashi, which it does not count among this work’s tithis. Sunday is Surya’s day, Tuesday is Mangal’s day and Saturday is Shani’s day, and Surya, Mangal and Shani are krura (harsh) grahas: those days are left out.
All the rules for mundan: the months it is done in, the closed seasons and the hour
Common questions
4 questionsHow many mundan muhurat dates are there in December 2026?
None, because up to and including 14 January 2027 the Sun is not in Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius), Mesh (Aries), Vrishabh (Taurus) or Mithun (Gemini), the only solar months this is done in. The next shubh day is Wednesday, 20 January 2027.
Is Vivah Panchami (14 December 2026) a good day for mundan?
Not by the panchang: the Sun is in Vrishchik (Scorpio), a solar month in which this is not done.
What shut all 31 days of December 2026 for mundan?
Of its 31 days, 18 fall while the Sun is in a sign it is not done under and 13 fall on a weekday it is not done on.
Which month near December 2026 has more days for mundan?
February 2027, with 6 days; January 2027 has 2.
These are the good days. Not necessarily your good days.
A muhurat read off the panchang is the same for everybody in New Delhi. Read against your own kundli it can move, and for mundan that is usually worth the ten minutes.
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