🏠Griha Pravesh
Griha Pravesh Muhurat, April 2026
The filter for a griha pravesh returns 1 day in April 2026, with 14 of the 30 closed outright by Meena Kharmas. Every rejection below carries the limb it failed on, so the working can be checked rather than taken on trust.
1
pass every filter
5
one rule short
14
in a closed period
Meena Kharmas — 15 March to 14 April · 14 days of this month
The day that qualify
Shukla Tritiya · Rohini nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:50 · sunset 18:49 · Abhijit 11:54-12:46 · Rahu Kaal 07:28-09:05
The days that carried the four fixed (Dhruva) nakshatras
A house is meant to stand, so the four Dhruva nakshatras come first — Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha and Uttara Bhadrapada.
| Day | Nakshatra | Tithi | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Uttara Phalguni | Shukla Chaturdashi | Meena Kharmas |
| 11 Sat | Uttara Ashadha | Krishna Navami | Meena Kharmas |
| 16 Thu | Uttara Bhadrapada | Krishna Chaturdashi | Tithi: Krishna Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 20 Mon | Rohini | Shukla Tritiya | passes everything |
| 28 Tue | Uttara Phalguni | Shukla Dwadashi | Tithi: Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis |
One rule short — 5 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 4 on nakshatra, 1 on vara.
- 15 WedKrishna Trayodashi, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 21 TueShukla Panchami, Mrigashira — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 23 ThuShukla Saptami, Punarvasu — short on nakshatra: Punarvasu is not in this occasion's set
- 27 MonShukla Ekadashi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 29 WedShukla Trayodashi, Hasta — short on nakshatra: Hasta is not in this occasion's set
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, 5 missed by a single rule, and 10 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 13 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 10 of the 16.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | 7 of the fifteen — Dwitiya, Tritiya, Panchami, Saptami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi and Purnima, Ashtami excluded | 8 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 10 | 4 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 4 days of April fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 15, 23, 27, 29 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 11 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 13 days of April 2026, with Uttara Phalguni and Chitra coming round twice.
Weekday supply. April 2026 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 13 days supplied by the 11 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
Stated for Apoorva Griha Pravesh, a first entry into a newly built house. Re-entry after repairs or a long absence is treated more leniently, and Chaturmas is often accepted for it.
Every day of April 2026, 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 11 nakshatras, 1 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 2 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Hasta is not in this occasion's set |
| 3 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Chaturthi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 7 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 8 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 12 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shravana is not in this occasion's set |
| 13 Mon | Meena Kharmas |
| 14 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 15 Wed | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Thu | Krishna Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Fri | Amavasya is not among the favoured tithis; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Sat | Shukla Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashwini is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Mon | passes every filter |
| 21 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 22 Wed | Shukla Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Thu | Punarvasu is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Fri | Shukla Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Pushya is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 25 Sat | Shukla Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Mon | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Tue | Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Wed | Hasta is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
April 2026 against the rest of 2026
April 2026 is 1st of the twelve, level with 4 other months of 2026 for this rite. No month carries the most — 5 of the 12 are level at 1, and 7 months carry none, out of 5 for the year.
The other six occasions in April 2026
Same 30 days, seven different filters: in April they return between 1 and 5 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 1 is on the narrow side of that, and the reason is the 11-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about April 2026
How many days in April 2026 are good for griha pravesh?
1 day of the 30 pass every filter: 20 April (Monday). 5 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of April 2026 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 griha pravesh dates in April 2026?
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 10.
Which nakshatras matter most for griha pravesh?
The four fixed (Dhruva) nakshatras, for a thing meant to last, with the soft and movable ones. Within that set, the four fixed (Dhruva) nakshatras is the group this occasion is built on, and April 2026 carries 5 days on which one of them falls: 1 April (Uttara Phalguni), 11 April (Uttara Ashadha), 16 April (Uttara Bhadrapada), 20 April (Rohini), 28 April (Uttara Phalguni).
Next
- Griha Pravesh 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