Namkaran Muhurat December 2026
shubh dates and times
The naming ceremony, usually on the eleventh or twelfth day.
Namkaran Muhurat in December
timed for New DelhiThere are 5 shubh days for namkaran in December 2026: 3, 4, 14, 25 and 30 December. The strongest is Thursday, 3 December 2026, at 91%.
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.
5 shubh days for namkaran in December 2026; below, every day of the month, shubh or not, and why.
- 1 DecemberTuesday · Kaal Bhairav JayantiNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 2 DecemberWednesdayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Uttara Phalguni) and tithi (Krishna Dashami) 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)
- 3 DecemberThursdayAuspicious8:15 AM – 9:34 AMKrishna Dashami · Uttara Phalguni till 9:23 AM, then Hasta91%
- 4 DecemberFridayAuspicious6:58 AM – 8:16 AMKrishna Ekadashi · Hasta91%
- 5 DecemberSaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 6 DecemberSundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 7 DecemberMondayNo muhuratKrishna Chaturdashi till 4:13 AM (next day), then Amavasya: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
- 8 DecemberTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 9 DecemberWednesdayNo muhuratJyeshtha till 9:00 PM, then Mula: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 10 DecemberThursdayNo muhuratMula till 11:58 PM, then Purva Ashadha: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 11 DecemberFridayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Uttara Ashadha) and tithis (Shukla Dwitiya and Shukla Tritiya) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 12 DecemberSaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 13 DecemberSundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 14 DecemberMonday · Vivah PanchamiAuspicious7:05 AM – 8:22 AMShukla Panchami · Shravana85%
- 15 DecemberTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 16 DecemberWednesdayClosedSankranti: the Sun enters a new sign
- 17 DecemberThursdayNo muhuratShukla Ashtami till 11:26 PM, then Shukla Navami: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
- 18 DecemberFridayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatras (Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati) and tithi (Shukla Dashami) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 19 DecemberSaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 20 DecemberSunday · Gita JayantiNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 21 DecemberMondayNo muhuratBharani till 1:09 PM, then Krittika: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 22 DecemberTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 23 DecemberWednesday · Dattatreya Jayanti · Margashirsha PurnimaNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatras (Rohini and Mrigashira) and tithi (Krishna Pratipada) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 24 DecemberThursdayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Punarvasu) and tithis (Krishna Pratipada and Krishna Dwitiya) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 25 DecemberFridayAuspicious7:11 AM – 8:28 AMKrishna Dwitiya · Punarvasu91%
- 26 DecemberSaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 27 DecemberSundayNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 28 DecemberMondayNo muhuratMagha till 4:33 PM, then Purva Phalguni: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 29 DecemberTuesdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 30 DecemberWednesdayAuspicious7:12 AM – 8:20 AMKrishna Saptami · Uttara Phalguni91%
- 31 DecemberThursdayNo muhuratKrishna Ashtami till 12:32 PM, then Krishna Navami: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
What the muhurat is for
and how the day is keptNamkaran is the sanskar in which the baby’s name is first spoken. Manusmriti (2.30) puts it on the tenth or twelfth day after birth, and many North Indian families keep the eleventh or twelfth. After a small puja or havan, the father or an elder says the name into the baby’s right ear, and the first letter is often taken from the birth nakshatra.
December 2026 in the panchang
what opened and shut its 31 days for namkaranThe festival days, for this work:
- Tue 1 Dec, Kaal Bhairav Jayanti: Not done on a Tuesday
- Mon 14 Dec, Vivah Panchami: shubh for namkaran, best 7:05 AM – 8:22 AM
- Sun 20 Dec, Gita Jayanti: Not done on a Sunday
- Wed 23 Dec, Dattatreya Jayanti and Margashirsha Purnima: The allowed nakshatras (Rohini and Mrigashira) and tithi (Krishna Pratipada) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
One day, checked
Thursday, 3 December 2026, the strongest day this month, against the rules| Check | This day | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday | Thursday | one of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday |
| Nakshatra | Uttara Phalguni | one of the 16 nakshatras this is done in |
| Tithi | Krishna Dashami | an allowed tithi |
| Best time | 8:15 AM – 9:34 AM | clear of Rahu Kaal (the eighth of the daylight that belongs to Rahu), 1:29 PM – 2:47 PM |
| Lagna and houses | Dhanu (Sagittarius) rising | lagna not Makar (Capricorn), Mesh (Aries), Kark (Cancer) or Tula (Libra) |
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 namkaran muhurat finder.
Namkaran Muhurat, month by month
shubh days in each monthOther muhurats in December 2026
shubh days for eachWhat the panchang asks for
Naming a baby- Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Uttara Ashadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati
- These are the fixed (dhruva), movable (chara), gentle (mridu) and swift (kshipra) nakshatras of the classical classification: every nakshatra but the fierce, sharp and mixed ones, which the muhurat texts keep away from a sanskar
- Shukla: Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi, Trayodashi
- Krishna: Pratipada, Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Dwadashi, 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: fixed (dhruva), for what is meant to last; 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. This work takes the fixed ones (Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada), the swift ones (Ashwini, Pushya, Hasta), the soft ones (Mrigashira, Chitra, Anuradha, Revati) and the movable ones (Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha). 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 Shashthi and Ashtami, and Krishna Shashthi and Ashtami, 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 namkaran: the months it is done in, the closed seasons and the hour
Common questions
5 questionsHow many namkaran muhurat dates are there in December 2026?
5 days: Thursday, 3 December 2026, Friday, 4 December 2026, Monday, 14 December 2026, Friday, 25 December 2026 and Wednesday, 30 December 2026, for New Delhi.
Is Vivah Panchami (14 December 2026) a good day for namkaran?
Yes: shubh for namkaran, best 7:05 AM – 8:22 AM.
Which is the best day for namkaran in December 2026?
Thursday, 3 December 2026, at 91%: Krishna Dashami and Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, best 8:15 AM – 9:34 AM.
What shut the other 26 days of December 2026 for namkaran?
Of its 31 days, 13 fall on a weekday it is not done on, 12 have no allowed nakshatra and tithi in the same hour and 1 is a Sankranti.
Which month near December 2026 has more days for namkaran?
October 2026, November 2026 and February 2027, with 6 days each.
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 namkaran that is usually worth the ten minutes.
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