👶Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan
Namakaran, Annaprashan & Mundan Muhurat, May 2026
May 2026 has 31 days. 15 of them fall inside Adhika Jyeshtha, and after the tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana filters 3 survive for a child samskara.
3
pass every filter
6
one rule short
15
in a closed period
Adhika Jyeshtha — 17 May to 15 June · 15 days of this month
The 3 days that qualify
Krishna Shashthi · Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Shubha yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 05:35 · sunset 19:00 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 10:37-12:17
Krishna Dwadashi · Revati nakshatra · Priti yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:31 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 13:59-15:40
Krishna Trayodashi · Ashwini nakshatra · Ayushman yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 05:30 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 10:35-12:17
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 99 days wide; Mundan serves a window 739 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 May 2026 that reaches births from 23 April 2026 to 5 May 2026: 8 dates served, 1 of them with more than one day to choose between.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 8 Fri | 11th day: 28 April 202612th day: 27 April 202616th day: 23 April 2026 |
| 14 Thu | 11th day: 4 May 202612th day: 3 May 202616th day: 29 April 2026 |
| 15 Fri | 11th day: 5 May 202612th day: 4 May 202616th day: 30 April 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 May 2026 that reaches births from 8 September 2025 to 15 December 2025: 12 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 8 Fri | 6th month, a boy: 8 November 20258th month, a boy: 8 September 20255th month, a girl: 8 December 20257th month, a girl: 8 October 2025 |
| 14 Thu | 6th month, a boy: 14 November 20258th month, a boy: 14 September 20255th month, a girl: 14 December 20257th month, a girl: 14 October 2025 |
| 15 Fri | 6th month, a boy: 15 November 20258th month, a boy: 15 September 20255th month, a girl: 15 December 20257th month, a girl: 15 October 2025 |
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 May 2026 that reaches births from 8 May 2023 to 15 May 2025: 6 dates served, none of them with a choice of day.
| Day | Suits a child born |
|---|---|
| 8 Fri | 1st year: 8 May 20253rd year: 8 May 2023 |
| 14 Thu | 1st year: 14 May 20253rd year: 14 May 2023 |
| 15 Fri | 1st year: 15 May 20253rd year: 15 May 2023 |
One rule short — 6 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 on yoga, 1 on tithi, 1 on vara, 1 on nakshatra, 1 on karana.
- 1 FriPurnima, Swati — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 4 MonKrishna Tritiya, Anuradha — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 ThuKrishna Panchami, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 9 SatKrishna Saptami, Shravana — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 11 MonKrishna Navami, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi
- 13 WedKrishna Ekadashi, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on yoga: Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
15 days of May were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 16 that were, 3 passed everything, 6 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 18 days. Vara 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 | 5 | 1 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 7 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 16 of the 27 | 7 | 1 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 4 | 2 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of May fail on yoga and nothing else — 4, 13 — 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 18 days of May 2026, with Anuradha and Hasta and Swati 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. May 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 9 of them outside a closure, and 3 survive the rest of the filter — against 18 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 May 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 15 shut before being read, 16 examined against 16 nakshatras, 3 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Fri | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 2 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Mon | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Tue | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Wed | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Thu | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Fri | passes every filter |
| 9 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Sun | Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Mon | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 12 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 13 Wed | Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Thu | passes every filter |
| 15 Fri | passes every filter |
| 16 Sat | Amavasya; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 18 Mon | Adhika Jyeshtha |
| 19 Tue | Adhika Jyeshtha; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 20 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Ashtami, avoided in most traditions for this rite; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 24 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Mon | Adhika Jyeshtha; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Tue | Adhika Jyeshtha; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 27 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha |
| 29 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
May 2026 against the rest of 2026
May 2026 contributes 3 of the 33 days 2026 offers for a child samskara — 5th of the twelve, level with 2 other months, and above the 2 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. 2 months of the twelve offer nothing, none of them because the month is shut.
The other six occasions in May 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in May they return between 0 and 4 qualifying days, median 2. This rite’s 3 is on the generous side of that, and the reason is the 16-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about May 2026
How many days in May 2026 are good for child samskara?
3 days of the 31 pass every filter: 8 May (Friday), 14 May (Thursday), 15 May (Friday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 6 days. 6 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of May 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Adhika Jyeshtha, 17 May to 15 June. An intercalary lunar month: a lunation with no solar ingress inside it. It is excluded entirely for marriage and griha pravesh, and most years do not have one — which is why advice carried over from another year misses it.
Why do other sites list more child samskara dates in May 2026?
The closures alone take 15 of this month's 31 days — Adhika Jyeshtha applies here — and a list assembled without them has 15 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 16 that were examined, vara removed 7.
Our child was born recently — will a day in May 2026 suit?
That depends on which rite and on the date of birth, because each rite's own count comes before the panchang. Take 8 May: for a namakaran it is the 11th day of a child born 28 April 2026, for an annaprashan it is the 6th month of a boy born 8 November 2025, for a mundan it is the 1st year of a child born 8 May 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 May 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 May muhurat