👶Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan
Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan Muhurat, March 2027
Read day by day, March 2027 yields 3 dates for a child samskara once Meena Kharmas has taken 17 of its 31 days. 1 of the occasion's own 16 nakshatras never came up at sunrise this month: Punarvasu.
3
pass every filter
3
one rule short
17
in a closed period
Meena Kharmas — 15 March to 14 April · 17 days of this month
The 3 days that qualify
Krishna Ekadashi · Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Variyan yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 06:43 · sunset 18:22 · Abhijit 12:09-12:56 · Rahu Kaal 14:00-15:27
Shukla Dwitiya · Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Shukla yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 06:37 · sunset 18:26 · Abhijit 12:08-12:55 · Rahu Kaal 12:31-14:00
Shukla Tritiya · Revati nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 06:35 · sunset 18:26 · Abhijit 12:07-12:55 · Rahu Kaal 14:00-15:29
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 3 days answer three different questions, and how far the answer reaches depends on the unit. Namakaran serves a window 13 days wide; Annaprashan serves a window 100 days wide; Mundan serves a window 738 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 March 2027 that reaches births from 17 February 2027 to 1 March 2027: 8 dates served, 1 of them with more than one day to choose between.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 4 Thu | 11th day: 22 February 202712th day: 21 February 202716th day: 17 February 2027 |
| 10 Wed | 11th day: 28 February 202712th day: 27 February 202716th day: 23 February 2027 |
| 11 Thu | 11th day: 1 March 202712th day: 28 February 202716th day: 24 February 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 March 2027 that reaches births from 4 July 2026 to 11 October 2026: 12 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 4 Thu | 6th month, a boy: 4 September 20268th month, a boy: 4 July 20265th month, a girl: 4 October 20267th month, a girl: 4 August 2026 |
| 10 Wed | 6th month, a boy: 10 September 20268th month, a boy: 10 July 20265th month, a girl: 10 October 20267th month, a girl: 10 August 2026 |
| 11 Thu | 6th month, a boy: 11 September 20268th month, a boy: 11 July 20265th month, a girl: 11 October 20267th month, a girl: 11 August 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 March 2027 that reaches births from 4 March 2024 to 11 March 2026: 6 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 4 Thu | 1st year: 4 March 20263rd year: 4 March 2024 |
| 10 Wed | 1st year: 10 March 20263rd year: 10 March 2024 |
| 11 Thu | 1st year: 11 March 20263rd year: 11 March 2024 |
One rule short — 3 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 1 on tithi, 1 on vara, 1 on yoga.
- 5 FriKrishna Dwadashi, Shravana — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 6 SatKrishna Trayodashi, Dhanishta — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 8 MonAmavasya, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Amavasya
Which rule did the excluding
17 days of March were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 14 that were, 3 passed everything, 3 missed by a single rule, and 8 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 16 accepted nakshatras ran on 16 days. Vara is the binding constraint here, ruling out 6 of the 14.
| 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 | 1 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 16 of the 27 | 6 | — |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 5 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 1 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 1 day of March fail on tithi and nothing else — 8 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has that day available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 16 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 16 days of March 2027, with Dhanishta coming round twice, while Punarvasu 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. March 2027 holds 18 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 8 of them outside a closure, and 3 survive the rest of the filter — against 16 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 March 2027, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 17 shut before being read, 14 examined against 16 nakshatras, 3 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Mon | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 2 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 3 Wed | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Thu | passes every filter |
| 5 Fri | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 6 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 7 Sun | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 8 Mon | Amavasya |
| 9 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Wed | passes every filter |
| 11 Thu | passes every filter |
| 12 Fri | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 13 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Mon | Meena Kharmas |
| 16 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 17 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 18 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 19 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 21 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 24 Wed | Meena Kharmas |
| 25 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 26 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 28 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
March 2027 against the rest of 2027
Set against the other eleven months, March 2027 ranks 6th of the twelve, level with 3 other months with 3 of the year's 45. The distribution is uneven by design: the closures move by weeks from year to year, so a month open this year need not be open next.
The other six occasions in March 2027
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in March they return between 1 and 3 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 3 is the median itself, and the reason is the 16-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about March 2027
How many days in March 2027 are good for child samskara?
3 days of the 31 pass every filter: 4 March (Thursday), 10 March (Wednesday), 11 March (Thursday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 6 days. 3 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of March 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 March 2027?
The closures alone take 17 of this month's 31 days — Meena Kharmas applies here — and a list assembled without them has 17 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 14 that were examined, vara removed 6.
Our child was born recently — will a day in March 2027 suit?
That depends on which rite and on the date of birth, because each rite's own count comes before the panchang. Take 4 March: for a namakaran it is the 11th day of a child born 22 February 2027, for an annaprashan it is the 6th month of a boy born 4 September 2026, for a mundan it is the 1st year of a child born 4 March 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 March 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 March muhurat