💍Marriage (Vivah)
Marriage Muhurat, December 2026
2 days in December 2026 clears every filter this occasion asks for, out of 31. 16 were shut before a limb was read — Dhanu Kharmas (next) — and of the 15 left, tithi alone accounted for 9.
2
pass every filter
2
one rule short
16
in a closed period
Dhanu Kharmas (next) — 16 December to 14 January · 16 days of this month
The 2 days that qualify
Krishna Dashami · Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Priti yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 06:57 · sunset 17:23 · Abhijit 11:49-12:31 · Rahu Kaal 13:29-14:47
Krishna Ekadashi · Hasta nakshatra · Ayushman yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 06:58 · sunset 17:23 · Abhijit 11:50-12:32 · Rahu Kaal 10:52-12:11
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.
- Dhanu Kharmas (next) took 16 days of December
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 December 2026 — 1 Magha, 3 Uttara Phalguni, 4 Hasta, 6 Swati, 8 Anuradha, 12 Uttara Ashadha, 18 Uttara Bhadrapada, 19 Revati, 23 Rohini, 28 Magha, 30 Uttara Phalguni, 31 Hasta — of which 2 survive everything else.
One rule short — 2 days
All 2 of these miss on the same rule, vara, with the other four limbs and every closure satisfied.
- 6 SunKrishna Trayodashi, Swati — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 12 SatShukla Tritiya, Uttara Ashadha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
Which rule did the excluding
16 days of December were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 15 that were, 2 passed everything, 2 missed by a single rule, and 11 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 10 accepted nakshatras ran on 12 days. Tithi is the binding constraint here, ruling out 9 of the 15.
| 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 | 9 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 7 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 10 of the 27 | 9 | — |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of December fail on vara and nothing else — 6, 12 — 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 December 2026, with Magha and Uttara Phalguni and Hasta coming round twice, while Mrigashira did not fall at sunrise at all — of 10 accepted stars the 27-fold division and the calendar month do not divide evenly, so a favoured one can simply be skipped.
Weekday supply. December 2026 holds 18 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 8 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 December 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 16 shut before being read, 15 examined against 10 nakshatras, 2 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Tue | Krishna Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 2 Wed | Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Thu | passes every filter |
| 4 Fri | passes every filter |
| 5 Sat | Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 7 Mon | Krishna Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 8 Tue | Amavasya is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 9 Wed | Shukla Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Thu | Shukla Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Fri | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 13 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is not among the favoured tithis; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shravana is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Mon | Shravana is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Tue | Shukla Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Dhanishta is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Wed | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Shatabhisha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 17 Thu | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Shukla Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 18 Fri | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Shukla Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 19 Sat | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 20 Sun | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashwini is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 21 Mon | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 22 Tue | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Wed | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis |
| 24 Thu | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Fri | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Punarvasu is not in this occasion's set |
| 26 Sat | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Pushya is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 27 Sun | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Krishna Chaturthi is not among the favoured tithis; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 28 Mon | Dhanu Kharmas (next) |
| 29 Tue | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Wed | Dhanu Kharmas (next) |
| 31 Thu | Dhanu Kharmas (next); Krishna Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis |
December 2026 against the rest of 2026
The year holds 7 days for a marriage. This month's 2 ranks 1st of the twelve, level with 1 other month. No month of 2026 does better, and 7 months have none at all.
The other six occasions in December 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in December they return between 1 and 4 qualifying days, median 2. This rite’s 2 is the median itself, and the reason is the 10-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about December 2026
How many days in December 2026 are good for marriage?
2 days of the 31 pass every filter: 3 December (Thursday), 4 December (Friday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 1 day. 2 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of December 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Dhanu Kharmas (next), 16 December to 14 January. The Sun is in Sagittarius. Auspicious beginnings are deferred through the whole transit.
Why do other sites list more marriage dates in December 2026?
The closures alone take 16 of this month's 31 days — Dhanu Kharmas (next) applies here — and a list assembled without them has 16 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 15 that were examined, tithi 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 December 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 December muhurat