💍Marriage (Vivah)
Marriage Muhurat, July 2026
July 2026 has 31 days. 18 of them fall inside Guru asta or Chaturmas, and after the tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana filters none survives for a marriage.
0
pass every filter
3
one rule short
18
in a closed period
Guru asta — 14 July to 13 August · 18 days of this month
Chaturmas — 25 July to 20 November · 7 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 8 of them. 3 days came within a single rule and are listed below — that is the set worth putting to a pandit. April 2026 and December 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this rite, level at 2 days each.
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.
- Guru asta took 18 days of July
- Chaturmas took 7 days of July
The nakshatra filter is the other narrow one. The ten vivah nakshatras are ten of the twenty-seven, and they fall on 11 days of July 2026 — 2 Uttara Ashadha, 7 Uttara Bhadrapada, 8 Revati, 12 Rohini, 13 Mrigashira, 17 Magha, 19 Uttara Phalguni, 20 Hasta, 22 Swati, 24 Anuradha, 29 Uttara Ashadha — of which none survives everything else.
One rule short — 3 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 on vara, 1 on yoga.
- 2 ThuKrishna Dwitiya, Uttara Ashadha — short on yoga: Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 TueKrishna Saptami, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 12 SunKrishna Trayodashi, Rohini — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
Which rule did the excluding
18 days of July were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 13 that were, none passed everything; 3 missed by a single rule and 10 by two or more, though one of this rite's 10 accepted nakshatras ran on 11 days of it. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 8 of the 13.
| 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 | 7 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 5 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 10 of the 27 | 8 | — |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 4 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 3 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of July fail on vara and nothing else — 7, 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 11 days of July 2026, with Uttara Ashadha coming round twice.
Weekday supply. July 2026 holds 19 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 8 of them outside a closure, and not one of those survive the rest of the filter — against 11 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 July 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 18 shut before being read, 13 examined against 10 nakshatras, 0 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 2 Thu | Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Fri | Shravana is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 4 Sat | Krishna Chaturthi is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Dhanishta is not in this occasion's set |
| 5 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shatabhisha is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Mon | Krishna Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 8 Wed | Krishna Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 9 Thu | Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Ashwini is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Fri | Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 11 Sat | Krishna Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 13 Mon | Krishna Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Tue | Guru asta; Amavasya is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Punarvasu is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Wed | Guru asta; Shukla Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Pushya is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Thu | Guru asta; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Fri | Guru asta; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Sat | Guru asta; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Sun | Guru asta; Shukla Shashthi is not among the favoured tithis; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 20 Mon | Guru asta |
| 21 Tue | Guru asta; Shukla Ashtami is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 22 Wed | Guru asta; Shukla Navami is not among the favoured tithis |
| 23 Thu | Guru asta; Shukla Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Fri | Guru asta |
| 25 Sat | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 26 Sun | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Mon | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 28 Tue | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is not among the favoured tithis; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Wed | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 30 Thu | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Krishna Pratipada is not among the favoured tithis; Shravana is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Fri | Guru asta; Chaturmas; Dhanishta is not in this occasion's set |
July 2026 against the rest of 2026
July 2026 contributes 0 of the 7 days 2026 offers for a marriage — 6th of the twelve, level with 6 other months, and below the 5 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. 7 months of the twelve offer nothing, 4 of them because the month is shut outright.
The other six occasions in July 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in July they return between 0 and 6 qualifying days, median 5. This rite’s 0 is on the narrow side of that, and the reason is the 10-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about July 2026
How many days in July 2026 are good for marriage?
None of the 31 days passes every filter. 3 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. April 2026 and December 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this occasion, level at 2 days each.
Is any part of July 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Guru asta, 14 July to 13 August. Jupiter is combust — within 11° of the Sun in longitude, closest on 29 July. Guru sanctifies the vivah, so a pandit declines these days however good the tithi and nakshatra are. Chaturmas, 25 July to 20 November. Devshayani Ekadashi to Dev Uthani Ekadashi, the four months Vishnu is held to be asleep. Marriages stop across almost every community. Pitru Paksha sits inside it and is avoided in its own right.
Why do other sites list more marriage dates in July 2026?
The closures alone take 18 of this month's 31 days — Guru asta, Chaturmas apply here — and a list assembled without them has 18 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 13 that were examined, nakshatra removed 8.
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 July 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 July muhurat