👶Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan
Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan Muhurat, August 2026
4 days in August 2026 survive the child samskara filter, and the longest unbroken stretch with nothing available runs 13 days. No closure touches the month, so all 31 were decided on their own panchang.
4
pass every filter
10
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 4 days that qualify
Krishna Panchami · Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Sukarma yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:43 · sunset 19:10 · Abhijit 12:00-12:54 · Rahu Kaal 07:24-09:05
Shukla Panchami · Chitra nakshatra · Shubha yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 05:51 · sunset 18:58 · Abhijit 11:58-12:51 · Rahu Kaal 07:29-09:08
Shukla Saptami · Swati nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:52 · sunset 18:56 · Abhijit 11:58-12:50 · Rahu Kaal 12:24-14:02
Shukla Trayodashi · Shravana nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:56 · sunset 18:49 · Abhijit 11:57-12:48 · Rahu Kaal 12:22-13:59
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 4 days answer three different questions, and how far the answer reaches depends on the unit. Namakaran serves a window 29 days wide; Annaprashan serves a window 114 days wide; Mundan serves a window 755 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 August 2026 that reaches births from 19 July 2026 to 16 August 2026: 12 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 3 Mon | 11th day: 24 July 202612th day: 23 July 202616th day: 19 July 2026 |
| 17 Mon | 11th day: 7 August 202612th day: 6 August 202616th day: 2 August 2026 |
| 19 Wed | 11th day: 9 August 202612th day: 8 August 202616th day: 4 August 2026 |
| 26 Wed | 11th day: 16 August 202612th day: 15 August 202616th day: 11 August 2026 |
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 August 2026 that reaches births from 3 December 2025 to 26 March 2026: 16 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 3 Mon | 6th month, a boy: 3 February 20268th month, a boy: 3 December 20255th month, a girl: 3 March 20267th month, a girl: 3 January 2026 |
| 17 Mon | 6th month, a boy: 17 February 20268th month, a boy: 17 December 20255th month, a girl: 17 March 20267th month, a girl: 17 January 2026 |
| 19 Wed | 6th month, a boy: 19 February 20268th month, a boy: 19 December 20255th month, a girl: 19 March 20267th month, a girl: 19 January 2026 |
| 26 Wed | 6th month, a boy: 26 February 20268th month, a boy: 26 December 20255th month, a girl: 26 March 20267th month, a girl: 26 January 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 August 2026 that reaches births from 3 August 2023 to 26 August 2025: 8 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 3 Mon | 1st year: 3 August 20253rd year: 3 August 2023 |
| 17 Mon | 1st year: 17 August 20253rd year: 17 August 2023 |
| 19 Wed | 1st year: 19 August 20253rd year: 19 August 2023 |
| 26 Wed | 1st year: 26 August 20253rd year: 26 August 2023 |
One rule short — 10 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 6 on vara, 2 on nakshatra, 1 on tithi, 1 on yoga.
- 1 SatKrishna Tritiya, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 4 TueKrishna Shashthi, Revati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 9 SunKrishna Ekadashi, Mrigashira — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 13 ThuShukla Pratipada, Ashlesha — short on nakshatra: Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set
- 15 SatShukla Tritiya, Uttara Phalguni — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 18 TueShukla Shashthi, Swati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 24 MonShukla Dwadashi, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 25 TueShukla Dwadashi, Uttara Ashadha — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 27 ThuShukla Chaturdashi, Dhanishta — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 28 FriPurnima, Shatabhisha — short on yoga: Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches August 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 4 passed everything, 10 missed by a single rule, and 17 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 16 accepted nakshatras ran on 20 days. Vara is the binding constraint here, ruling out 14 of the 31.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya, Ashtami excluded as well | 9 | 1 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 14 | 6 |
| Nakshatra | 16 of the 27 | 11 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 12 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 6 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 6 days of August fail on vara and nothing else — 1, 4, 9, 15, 18, 25 — 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 20 days of August 2026, with Uttara Bhadrapada and Revati and Swati and Shatabhisha coming round twice.
Weekday supply. August 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 4 survive the rest of the filter — against 20 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 August 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: all examined against 16 nakshatras, 4 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 2 Sun | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Mon | passes every filter |
| 4 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Wed | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Thu | Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 7 Fri | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 9 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Mon | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Tue | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 12 Wed | Amavasya; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Thu | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 14 Fri | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 16 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Mon | passes every filter |
| 18 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Wed | passes every filter |
| 20 Thu | Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Mon | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 26 Wed | passes every filter |
| 27 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 28 Fri | Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Mon | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
August 2026 against the rest of 2026
4 days here, 33 days across 2026 — 3rd of the twelve, level with 1 other month for a child samskara, and above the 3 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 0 to 4 in August alone.
The other six occasions in August 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in August they return between 0 and 4 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 4 is on the generous side of that, and the reason is the 16-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about August 2026
How many days in August 2026 are good for child samskara?
4 days of the 31 pass every filter: 3 August (Monday), 17 August (Monday), 19 August (Wednesday), 26 August (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 14 days. 10 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of August 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No. None of the closed periods of 2026 that apply to this occasion — Kharmas, Adhika maas — touches August 2026, so every day in the month was decided on its own panchang.
Why do other sites list more child samskara dates in August 2026?
No closure touches August 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: vara alone rules out 14 of the 31 days, and 5 of the five bite at all this month. A list that returns four or five dates for any month you name is not reading a panchang.
Our child was born recently — will a day in August 2026 suit?
That depends on which rite and on the date of birth, because each rite's own count comes before the panchang. Take 3 August: for a namakaran it is the 11th day of a child born 24 July 2026, for an annaprashan it is the 6th month of a boy born 3 February 2026, for a mundan it is the 1st year of a child born 3 August 2025. 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 August 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 August muhurat