Mundan Muhurat January 2027
shubh dates and times
Chudakarana, the first shaving of a child’s head.
Mundan Muhurat in January
timed for New DelhiThere are 2 shubh days for mundan in January 2027: 20 and 28 January. The strongest is Wednesday, 20 January 2027, at 94%.
Every day listed already meets the rules below. The % only ranks them against each other: it weighs the day’s tithi, nakshatra, weekday, yoga and karana for this work, and 80% and up is the strongest.
2 shubh days for mundan in January 2027; below, every day of the month, shubh or not, and why.
- 1 JanuaryFridayClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas (when the Sun is in Dhanu or Meen), when this is not done
- 2 JanuarySaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 3 JanuarySundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 4 JanuaryMondayClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
- 5 JanuaryTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 6–8 January3 daysClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
- 9 JanuarySaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 10 JanuarySundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 11 JanuaryMondayClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
- 12 JanuaryTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 13 JanuaryWednesdayClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
- 14 JanuaryThursdayClosedThe Sun is in Dhanu (Sagittarius): Kharmas, when this is not done
- 15 JanuaryFriday · Makar SankrantiClosedSankranti: the Sun enters a new sign
- 16 JanuarySaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 17 JanuarySundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 18 JanuaryMondayNo muhuratKrittika till 9:05 PM, then Rohini: neither nakshatra is taken for mundan
- 19 JanuaryTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 20 JanuaryWednesdayAuspicious1:51 PM – 4:17 PMShukla Trayodashi · Mrigashira94%
- 21 JanuaryThursdayNo muhuratShukla Chaturdashi till 9:30 PM, then Purnima: neither tithi is taken for mundan
- 22 JanuaryFriday · Pausha PurnimaNo muhuratPurnima till 5:47 PM, then Krishna Pratipada: neither tithi is taken for mundan
- 23 JanuarySaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 24 JanuarySundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 25 JanuaryMonday · Sakat ChauthNo muhuratPurva Phalguni till 1:03 AM (next day), then Uttara Phalguni: neither nakshatra is taken for mundan
- 26 JanuaryTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 27 JanuaryWednesdayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatras (Hasta and Chitra) and tithi (Krishna Saptami) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana (two more limbs of the panchang: the yoga is one of 27 the Sun and Moon make each day, the karana half a tithi)
- 28 JanuaryThursdayAuspicious3:52 PM – 5:57 PMKrishna Saptami · Chitra64%
- 29 JanuaryFridayNo muhuratKrishna Ashtami till 4:58 AM (next day), then Krishna Navami: neither tithi is taken for mundan
- 30 JanuarySaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 31 JanuarySundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
What 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.
January 2027 in the panchang
what opened and shut its 31 days for mundanSeasons this month:
- The Sun in Dhanu (Sagittarius), Kharmas: not a solar month this is done in: until Thu 14 Jan
The festival days, for this work:
- Fri 15 Jan, Makar Sankranti: that day, Sankranti: the Sun enters a new sign
- Fri 22 Jan, Pausha Purnima: that day, Purnima till 5:47 PM, then Krishna Pratipada: neither tithi is taken for mundan
- Mon 25 Jan, Sakat Chauth: Purva Phalguni till 1:03 AM (next day), then Uttara Phalguni: neither nakshatra is taken for mundan
One day, checked
Wednesday, 20 January 2027, the strongest day this month, against the rules| Check | This day | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday | Wednesday | one of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday |
| Nakshatra | Mrigashira | one of the 12 nakshatras this is done in |
| Tithi | Shukla Trayodashi | an allowed tithi |
| Best time | 1:51 PM – 4:17 PM | clear of Rahu Kaal (the eighth of the daylight that belongs to Rahu), 12:32 PM – 1:51 PM |
| Lagna and houses | Vrishabh (Taurus) rising. From 3:03 PM, Mithun (Gemini) rising | lagna not Makar (Capricorn), Kumbh (Aquarius), Mesh (Aries), Singh (Leo) or Vrishchik (Scorpio) |
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 January 2027
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
5 questionsHow many mundan muhurat dates are there in January 2027?
2 days: Wednesday, 20 January 2027 and Thursday, 28 January 2027, for New Delhi.
Is Makar Sankranti (15 January 2027) a good day for mundan?
Not by the panchang: Sankranti: the Sun enters a new sign.
Which is the best day for mundan in January 2027?
Wednesday, 20 January 2027, at 94%: Shukla Trayodashi and Mrigashira nakshatra, best 1:51 PM – 4:17 PM.
What shut the other 29 days of January 2027 for mundan?
Of its 31 days, 14 fall on a weekday it is not done on, 8 fall while the Sun is in a sign it is not done under, 6 have no allowed nakshatra and tithi in the same hour and 1 is a Sankranti.
Which month near January 2027 has more days for mundan?
February 2027, with 6 days; March 2027 has 3.
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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