🏠Griha Pravesh
Griha Pravesh Muhurat, May 2026
Nothing in May 2026 survives the griha pravesh filter, and the month has no break in it at all. 15 of the 31 were closed outright.
0
pass every filter
8
one rule short
15
in a closed period
Adhika Jyeshtha — 17 May to 15 June · 15 days of this month
No day qualifies
Every one of the 31 days fails on at least one limb or falls in a closed period, and nakshatra alone accounts for 9 of them. 8 days came within a single rule and are listed below — that is the set worth putting to a pandit. No month of 2026 for this rite stands out — 5 of the 12 are level at the top with 1 day each.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 Fri | Uttara Ashadha | Krishna Shashthi | Tithi: Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 13 Wed | Uttara Bhadrapada | Krishna Ekadashi | Yoga: Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Mon | Rohini | Shukla Dwitiya | Adhika Jyeshtha |
| 25 Mon | Uttara Phalguni | Shukla Dashami | Adhika Jyeshtha |
One rule short — 8 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on tithi, 2 on nakshatra, 2 on yoga, 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
- 8 FriKrishna Shashthi, Uttara Ashadha — short on tithi: Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis
- 11 MonKrishna Navami, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis
- 13 WedKrishna Ekadashi, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on yoga: Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 14 ThuKrishna Dwadashi, Revati — short on tithi: Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis
- 15 FriKrishna Trayodashi, Ashwini — short on nakshatra: Ashwini is not in this occasion's set
Which rule did the excluding
15 days of May were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 16 that were, none passed everything; 8 missed by a single rule and 8 by two or more, though one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 13 days of it. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 9 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 | 3 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 7 | — |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 9 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 4 | 2 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of May fail on tithi and nothing else — 8, 11, 14 — 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 May 2026, with Anuradha and Swati coming round twice.
Weekday supply. May 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 9 of them outside a closure, and not one of those survive 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 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 11 nakshatras, 0 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Fri | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 2 Sat | Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; 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 not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Wed | Krishna Chaturthi is not among the favoured tithis; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Thu | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Fri | Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 9 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shravana is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Sun | Krishna Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Mon | Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis |
| 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 | Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 15 Fri | Ashwini is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Sat | Amavasya is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; 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 not among the favoured tithis; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha; Pushya is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; 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 not among the favoured tithis; 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; Hasta is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Hasta is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 29 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; 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
0 days here, 5 days across 2026 — 6th of the twelve, level with 6 other months for a griha pravesh, and below the 2 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 0 to 4 in May alone.
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 0 is on the narrow side of that, and the reason is the 11-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about May 2026
How many days in May 2026 are good for griha pravesh?
None of the 31 days passes every filter. 8 days fails on a single limb and sits in no closed period, which is the set worth discussing with a pandit — they are listed above with the limb each one missed. No month of 2026 for this occasion stands out — 5 of the 12 are level at the top with 1 day each.
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 griha pravesh 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, nakshatra removed 9.
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 May 2026 carries 4 days on which one of them falls: 8 May (Uttara Ashadha), 13 May (Uttara Bhadrapada), 18 May (Rohini), 25 May (Uttara Phalguni).
Next
- Griha Pravesh 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