💍Marriage (Vivah)
Marriage Muhurat, May 2026
Read day by day, May 2026 yields no date for a marriage once Adhika Jyeshtha has taken 15 of its 31 days. All 10 of the occasion's nakshatras came up at least once.
0
pass every filter
7
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 11 of them. 7 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.
- Adhika Jyeshtha took 15 days of May
The nakshatra filter is the other narrow one. The ten vivah nakshatras are ten of the twenty-seven, and they fall on 13 days of May 2026 — 1 Swati, 4 Anuradha, 8 Uttara Ashadha, 13 Uttara Bhadrapada, 14 Revati, 18 Rohini, 19 Mrigashira, 23 Magha, 25 Uttara Phalguni, 26 Hasta, 27 Hasta, 29 Swati, 31 Anuradha — of which none survives everything else.
One rule short — 7 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 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
- 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; 7 missed by a single rule and 9 by two or more, though one of this rite's 10 accepted nakshatras ran on 13 days of it. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 11 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 | 2 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 7 | — |
| Nakshatra | 10 of the 27 | 11 | 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. 2 days of May fail on tithi and nothing else — 8, 14 — 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 13 days of May 2026, with Hasta and Swati and Anuradha 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 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 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 10 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; Dhanishta is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Mon | Krishna Navami is not among the favoured tithis; Shatabhisha is not in this occasion's set |
| 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; 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 |
| 27 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Dwadashi is not among the favoured tithis; Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 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
Set against the other eleven months, May 2026 ranks 6th of the twelve, level with 6 other months with 0 of the year's 7. The distribution is uneven by design: the closures move by weeks from year to year, so a month open this year need not be open next.
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 10-nakshatra set and the 5 closures it carries.
Questions about May 2026
How many days in May 2026 are good for marriage?
None of the 31 days passes every filter. 7 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 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 marriage 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 11.
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 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