👶Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan
Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan Muhurat, April 2027
One day in April 2027 clears every filter this occasion asks for, out of 30. 14 were shut before a limb was read — Meena Kharmas — and of the 16 left, nakshatra alone accounted for 7.
1
pass every filter
8
one rule short
14
in a closed period
Meena Kharmas — 15 March to 14 April · 14 days of this month
The day that qualify
Krishna Saptami · Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Sadhya yoga · Bava karana
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Which births these days fit
The three rites share one panchang filter, so the qualifying days are the same for all three. What differs is the count from birth — days for the naming, months for the first food, years for the first hair-cut — which is why each has its own table below.
The same 1 day answer three different questions, and how far the answer reaches depends on the unit. Namakaran serves a window 6 days wide; Annaprashan serves a window 93 days wide; Mundan serves a window 731 days wide. That is the whole of the difference between these three rites as far as the panchang is concerned.
Namakaran (naming)
The naming falls on the 11th, 12th or 16th day from birth, so the panchang is read inside a window six days wide. In April 2027 that reaches births from 13 April 2027 to 18 April 2027: 3 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 28 Wed | 11th day: 18 April 202712th day: 17 April 202716th day: 13 April 2027 |
Annaprashan (first food)
Annaprashan is counted in months from birth and the count is gendered: an even month for a boy, an odd one for a girl. In April 2027 that reaches births from 28 August 2026 to 28 November 2026: 4 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 28 Wed | 6th month, a boy: 28 October 20268th month, a boy: 28 August 20265th month, a girl: 28 November 20267th month, a girl: 28 September 2026 |
Mundan (first hair-cut)
Mundan is counted in years, and many families keep it only in an odd year of age — in practice the first or the third. In April 2027 that reaches births from 28 April 2024 to 28 April 2026: 2 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 28 Wed | 1st year: 28 April 20263rd year: 28 April 2024 |
One rule short — 8 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on tithi, 3 on yoga, 2 on nakshatra.
- 15 ThuShukla Navami, Pushya — short on tithi: Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi
- 19 MonShukla Trayodashi, Hasta — short on yoga: Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 21 WedKrishna Pratipada, Swati — short on yoga: Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 22 ThuKrishna Dwitiya, Vishakha — short on nakshatra: Vishakha is not in this occasion's set
- 23 FriKrishna Tritiya, Anuradha — short on yoga: Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 26 MonKrishna Panchami, Moola — short on nakshatra: Moola is not in this occasion's set
- 29 ThuKrishna Ashtami, Shravana — short on tithi: Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite
- 30 FriKrishna Navami, Dhanishta — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi
Which rule did the excluding
14 days of April were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 16 that were, 1 passed everything, 8 missed by a single rule, and 7 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 16 accepted nakshatras ran on 19 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 7 of the 16.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya, Ashtami excluded as well | 4 | 3 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | — |
| Nakshatra | 16 of the 27 | 7 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 5 | 3 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of April fail on tithi and nothing else — 15, 29, 30 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 16 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 19 days of April 2027, with Uttara Ashadha and Anuradha and Shravana and Dhanishta coming round twice, while Uttara Phalguni did not fall at sunrise at all — of 16 accepted stars the 27-fold division and the calendar month do not divide evenly, so a favoured one can simply be skipped.
Weekday supply. April 2027 holds 18 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 10 of them outside a closure, and 1 survives the rest of the filter — against 19 days supplied by the 16 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
The three rites share one panchang filter, so the qualifying days are the same for all three. What differs is the count from birth — days for the naming, months for the first food, years for the first hair-cut — which is why each has its own table below.
Every day of April 2027, and what ruled it out
All 30 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 14 shut before being read, 16 examined against 16 nakshatras, 1 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Thu | Meena Kharmas |
| 2 Fri | Meena Kharmas |
| 3 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 4 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Amavasya; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 7 Wed | Meena Kharmas |
| 8 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 9 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 12 Mon | Meena Kharmas |
| 13 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite |
| 15 Thu | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 16 Fri | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 17 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 18 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Mon | Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 20 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Wed | Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Thu | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Fri | Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Sat | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 25 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Mon | Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Wed | passes every filter |
| 29 Thu | Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite |
| 30 Fri | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
April 2027 against the rest of 2027
The year holds 45 days for a child samskara. This month's 1 ranks 12th of the twelve. November 2027 is the widest month at 8 days.
The other six occasions in April 2027
Same 30 days, seven different filters: in April they return between 1 and 6 qualifying days, median 1. This rite’s 1 is the median itself, and the reason is the 16-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about April 2027
How many days in April 2027 are good for child samskara?
1 day of the 30 pass every filter: 28 April (Wednesday). 8 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of April 2027 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Meena Kharmas, 15 March to 14 April. The Sun is in Pisces. Auspicious beginnings are deferred through the whole transit.
Why do other sites list more child samskara dates in April 2027?
The closures alone take 14 of this month's 30 days — Meena Kharmas applies here — and a list assembled without them has 14 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 16 that were examined, nakshatra removed 7.
Our child was born recently — will a day in April 2027 suit?
That depends on which rite and on the date of birth, because each rite's own count comes before the panchang. Take 28 April: for a namakaran it is the 11th day of a child born 18 April 2027, for an annaprashan it is the 6th month of a boy born 28 October 2026, for a mundan it is the 1st year of a child born 28 April 2026. One day, three unrelated birth dates — which is why the three tables above are separate.
Next
- Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The April panchang in full
Computed at sunrise for New Delhi from the JPL DE421 ephemeris; all five limbs change through the day, so a day listed here can turn at noon.
Ask a pandit for the April muhurat