💍Marriage (Vivah)
Marriage Muhurat, April 2026
2 days in April 2026 survive the marriage filter, and the longest unbroken stretch with nothing available runs 19 days. 14 of the 30 were closed outright.
2
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 2 days 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
Shukla Trayodashi · Hasta nakshatra · Harshana yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:42 · sunset 18:55 · Abhijit 11:52-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 12:18-13:57
What removed the rest of the month
Marriage is the one occasion every closure applies to, and in most months they take more days than the five limbs do.
- Meena Kharmas took 14 days of April
The nakshatra filter is the other narrow one. The ten vivah nakshatras are ten of the twenty-seven, and they fall on 12 days of April 2026 — 1 Uttara Phalguni, 2 Hasta, 4 Swati, 6 Anuradha, 11 Uttara Ashadha, 16 Uttara Bhadrapada, 17 Revati, 20 Rohini, 21 Mrigashira, 26 Magha, 28 Uttara Phalguni, 29 Hasta — of which 2 survive everything else.
One rule short — 5 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on nakshatra, 2 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
- 26 SunShukla Dashami, Magha — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 27 MonShukla Ekadashi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni 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, 2 passed everything, 5 missed by a single rule, and 9 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 10 accepted nakshatras ran on 12 days. 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 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 10 of the 27 | 9 | 3 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of April fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 15, 23, 27 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 10 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 12 days of April 2026, with Uttara Phalguni and Hasta 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 2 survive the rest of the filter — against 12 days supplied by the 10 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
Every closure applies, and this is where they are strictest. Inside a qualifying day the pheras still need a lagna window calculated from both charts.
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 10 nakshatras, 2 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 2 Thu | Meena Kharmas |
| 3 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; 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; Dhanishta is not in this occasion's set |
| 14 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shatabhisha is not in this occasion's set |
| 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 |
| 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 | passes every filter |
| 30 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
April 2026 against the rest of 2026
2 days here, 7 days across 2026 — 1st of the twelve, level with 1 other month for a marriage, and below the 3 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 1 to 5 in April alone.
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 2 is on the narrow side of that, and the reason is the 10-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about April 2026
How many days in April 2026 are good for marriage?
2 days of the 30 pass every filter: 20 April (Monday), 29 April (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 9 days. 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 marriage 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 9.
What is Guru or Shukra asta, and why does it matter for a wedding?
A planet is asta — combust — when it comes within a few degrees of the Sun in longitude and is lost in its glare. Jupiter sanctifies the vivah and Venus governs conjugal life, so a pandit declines the days either one is combust however good the tithi and nakshatra are. Shukra asta runs 26 November to 17 February; Guru asta runs 14 July to 13 August; Shukra asta runs 18 October to 30 October in 2026. It is the closure published lists most often miss, and in 2026 it removes more days than Kharmas does.
Next
- Marriage 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