Namkaran Muhurat October 2026
shubh dates and times
The naming ceremony, usually on the eleventh or twelfth day.
Namkaran Muhurat in October
timed for New DelhiThere are 6 shubh days for namkaran in October 2026: 1, 5, 12, 21, 26 and 30 October. 5 of them have already gone. The one left is Friday, 30 October 2026, at 91%. 2 more days have a muhurat that falls under Bhadra (Vishti karana, the half-tithi kept clear of new work), and are not counted.
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.
6 shubh days for namkaran in October 2026; below, every day of the month, shubh or not, and why.
- 1 OctoberThursday · goneAuspicious10:41 AM – 12:10 PMKrishna Panchami · Rohini91%
- 2 OctoberFriday · goneUnder BhadraIts muhurat, 10:15 AM – 12:10 PM, lies under Bhadra (Vishti karana) in the hours this work is done
- 3 OctoberSaturday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 4 OctoberSunday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 5 OctoberMonday · goneAuspicious9:35 AM – 10:41 AMKrishna Dashami · Pushya91%
- 6 OctoberTuesday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 7 OctoberWednesday · goneNo muhuratMagha till 9:40 PM, then Purva Phalguni: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 8 OctoberThursday · goneNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Uttara Phalguni) and tithi (Krishna Trayodashi) 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)
- 9 OctoberFriday · goneNo muhuratKrishna Chaturdashi till 9:36 PM, then Amavasya: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
- 10 OctoberSaturday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 11 OctoberSunday · Sharad Navratri · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 12 OctoberMonday · goneAuspicious9:13 AM – 10:40 AMShukla Dwitiya · Swati85%
- 13 OctoberTuesday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 14 OctoberWednesday · goneNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Anuradha) and tithi (Shukla Panchami) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 15 OctoberThursday · goneNo muhuratJyeshtha all day: not a nakshatra taken for namkaran
- 16 OctoberFriday · goneNo muhuratJyeshtha till 6:47 AM, then Mula: neither nakshatra is taken for namkaran
- 17 OctoberSaturday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 18 OctoberSunday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 19 OctoberMonday · Durga Ashtami · Maha Navami · goneNo muhuratShukla Ashtami till 10:52 AM, then Shukla Navami: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
- 20 OctoberTuesday · Dussehra · abujh: by tradition auspicious in itself, and many families hold it without a muhurat; the verdict beside it is this work’s own panchang rule, for families who still look for one · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 21 OctoberWednesday · goneAuspicious9:15 AM – 10:40 AMShukla Dashami · Dhanishta85%
- 22 OctoberThursday · goneUnder BhadraIts muhurat, 8:29 AM – 12:05 PM, lies under Bhadra (Vishti karana) in the hours this work is done
- 23 OctoberFriday · goneNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Uttara Bhadrapada) and tithis (Shukla Dwadashi and Shukla Trayodashi) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 24 OctoberSaturday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
- 25 OctoberSunday · Sharad Purnima · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Sunday
- 26 OctoberMonday · goneAuspicious9:41 AM – 10:40 AMKrishna Pratipada · Ashwini80%
- 27 OctoberTuesday · goneNot this weekdayNot done on a Tuesday
- 28 OctoberWednesdayNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatra (Rohini) and tithi (Krishna Tritiya) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 29 OctoberThursday · Karva ChauthNo muhuratThe allowed nakshatras (Rohini and Mrigashira) and tithi (Krishna Panchami) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
- 30 OctoberFridayAuspicious7:57 AM – 9:04 AMKrishna Panchami · Mrigashira91%
- 31 OctoberSaturdayNot this weekdayNot done on a Saturday
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.
October 2026 in the panchang
what opened and shut its 31 days for namkaranThe festival days, for this work:
- Sun 11 Oct, Sharad Navratri: Not done on a Sunday
- Mon 19 Oct, Durga Ashtami and Maha Navami: Shukla Ashtami till 10:52 AM, then Shukla Navami: neither tithi is taken for namkaran
- Tue 20 Oct, Dussehra: Not done on a Tuesday
- Sun 25 Oct, Sharad Purnima: Not done on a Sunday
- Thu 29 Oct, Karva Chauth: The allowed nakshatras (Rohini and Mrigashira) and tithi (Krishna Panchami) never meet in an hour clear of a bad yoga or karana
One day, checked
Friday, 30 October 2026, the strongest day this month, against the rules| Check | This day | The rule |
|---|---|---|
| Weekday | Friday | one of Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday |
| Nakshatra | Mrigashira | one of the 16 nakshatras this is done in |
| Tithi | Krishna Panchami | an allowed tithi |
| Best time | 7:57 AM – 9:04 AM | clear of Rahu Kaal (the eighth of the daylight that belongs to Rahu), 10:41 AM – 12:04 PM |
| Lagna and houses | Vrishchik (Scorpio) 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 October 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 October 2026?
6 days: Thursday, 1 October 2026, Monday, 5 October 2026, Monday, 12 October 2026, Wednesday, 21 October 2026, Monday, 26 October 2026 and Friday, 30 October 2026, for New Delhi.
Is Dussehra (20 October 2026) a good day for namkaran?
Not by the panchang: not done on a Tuesday.
Which is the best day for namkaran in October 2026?
Friday, 30 October 2026, at 91%: Krishna Panchami and Mrigashira nakshatra, best 7:57 AM – 9:04 AM.
What shut the other 25 days of October 2026 for namkaran?
Of its 31 days, 13 fall on a weekday it is not done on, 10 have no allowed nakshatra and tithi in the same hour and 2 have their muhurat under Bhadra.
Which month near October 2026 has more days for namkaran?
April 2027, with 7 days.
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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