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Wedding dates 2026

59 good days for a Hindu wedding in 2026, with the hours that work on each. Times are for New Delhi; elsewhere in India they shift by a few minutes, and the days are almost always the same.

Next good date: Sat, 21 November, 6:48 am – 12:09 am (22 Nov)

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January 2026

No wedding dates this month.

February 2026 · 11 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Thu, 5 FebruaryAll day: 7:07 am – 7:06 am (6 Feb)Uttara Phalguni, HastaKrishna Chaturthi, Krishna Panchami
Fri, 6 February7:06 am – 11:37 pmHastaKrishna Panchami
Sun, 8 February12:08 am (9 Feb) – 5:02 am (9 Feb)SwatiKrishna Saptami, Krishna Ashtami
Tue, 10 February7:55 am – 1:42 am (11 Feb)AnuradhaKrishna Navami
Thu, 12 February8:20 pm – 3:05 am (13 Feb)MulaKrishna Ekadashi
Sat, 14 February6:16 pm – 3:17 am (15 Feb)Uttara AshadhaKrishna Trayodashi
Thu, 19 February8:52 pm – 6:55 am (20 Feb)Uttara BhadrapadaShukla Tritiya
Fri, 20 February6:55 am – 1:52 am (21 Feb)Uttara Bhadrapada, RevatiShukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi
Sat, 21 February1:01 pm – 1:22 pmRevatiShukla Panchami
Wed, 25 February1:28 am (26 Feb) – 6:49 am (26 Feb)MrigashiraShukla Navami, Shukla Dashami
Thu, 26 February6:49 am – 12:11 pmMrigashiraShukla Dashami

March 2026 · 8 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Mon, 2 March1:46 pm – 5:56 pm
5:28 am (3 Mar) – 6:44 am (3 Mar)
MaghaShukla Chaturdashi, Purnima
Tue, 3 March6:44 am – 7:31 amMaghaPurnima
Wed, 4 March7:39 am – 8:52 amUttara PhalguniKrishna Pratipada
Sat, 7 March11:15 am – 6:39 am (8 Mar)SwatiKrishna Chaturthi, Krishna Panchami
Sun, 8 March6:39 am – 7:04 amSwatiKrishna Panchami
Mon, 9 March4:11 pm – 11:27 pmAnuradhaKrishna Shashthi
Wed, 11 March4:41 am (12 Mar) – 6:34 am (12 Mar)MulaKrishna Navami
Thu, 12 March6:34 am – 9:58 amMulaKrishna Navami

April 2026 · 9 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Wed, 15 April3:22 pm – 10:31 pmUttara BhadrapadaKrishna Trayodashi
Sun, 19 April4:35 am (20 Apr) – 5:50 am (20 Apr)RohiniShukla Tritiya
Mon, 20 April5:50 am – 5:49 pm
4:15 am (21 Apr) – 5:49 am (21 Apr)
Rohini, MrigashiraShukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi, Shukla Panchami
Tue, 21 April5:49 am – 12:31 pmMrigashiraShukla Panchami
Sat, 25 April2:10 am (26 Apr) – 5:45 am (26 Apr)MaghaShukla Dashami
Sun, 26 April5:45 am – 8:27 pmMaghaShukla Dashami, Shukla Ekadashi
Mon, 27 April9:18 pm – 9:35 pmUttara PhalguniShukla Dwadashi
Tue, 28 April9:04 pm – 5:42 am (29 Apr)Uttara Phalguni, HastaShukla Trayodashi
Wed, 29 April5:42 am – 8:51 pmHastaShukla Trayodashi, Shukla Chaturdashi

May 2026 · 8 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Fri, 1 May10:00 am – 9:13 pmSwatiPurnima
Sun, 3 May7:10 am – 10:28 pmAnuradhaKrishna Dwitiya
Tue, 5 May7:39 pm – 5:36 am (6 May)MulaKrishna Chaturthi
Wed, 6 May5:36 am – 3:53 pmMulaKrishna Chaturthi, Krishna Panchami
Thu, 7 May6:45 pm – 5:35 am (8 May)Uttara AshadhaKrishna Shashthi
Fri, 8 May5:35 am – 12:22 pmUttara AshadhaKrishna Shashthi
Wed, 13 May8:54 pm – 5:31 am (14 May)Uttara Bhadrapada, RevatiKrishna Dwadashi
Thu, 14 May5:31 am – 4:59 pmRevatiKrishna Dwadashi, Krishna Trayodashi

June 2026 · 8 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Sun, 21 June9:31 am – 11:21 amUttara PhalguniShukla Saptami
Mon, 22 June10:31 am – 5:24 am (23 Jun)HastaShukla Ashtami, Shukla Navami
Tue, 23 June5:24 am – 10:13 amHastaShukla Navami
Wed, 24 June1:59 pm – 5:24 am (25 Jun)SwatiShukla Dashami, Shukla Ekadashi
Thu, 25 June5:24 am – 7:08 amSwatiShukla Ekadashi
Fri, 26 June7:16 pm – 5:25 am (27 Jun)AnuradhaShukla Dwadashi, Shukla Trayodashi
Sat, 27 June5:25 am – 10:11 pmAnuradhaShukla Trayodashi
Mon, 29 June4:17 pm – 4:03 am (30 Jun)MulaPurnima

July 2026 · 4 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Wed, 1 July6:51 am – 4:04 pmUttara AshadhaKrishna Pratipada, Krishna Dwitiya
Mon, 6 July1:41 am (7 Jul) – 5:29 am (7 Jul)Uttara BhadrapadaKrishna Saptami
Tue, 7 July5:29 am – 2:31 pmUttara BhadrapadaKrishna Saptami, Krishna Ashtami
Sat, 11 July12:05 am (12 Jul) – 5:31 am (12 Jul)RohiniKrishna Dwadashi, Krishna Trayodashi

August 2026

No wedding dates this month.

September 2026

No wedding dates this month.

October 2026

No wedding dates this month.

November 2026 · 4 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Sat, 21 November6:48 am – 12:09 am (22 Nov)Uttara Bhadrapada, RevatiShukla Dwadashi
Tue, 24 November11:25 pm – 6:51 am (25 Nov)RohiniKrishna Pratipada
Wed, 25 NovemberAll day: 6:51 am – 6:52 am (26 Nov)Rohini, MrigashiraKrishna Pratipada, Krishna Dwitiya
Thu, 26 November6:52 am – 5:47 pmMrigashiraKrishna Dwitiya, Krishna Tritiya

December 2026 · 7 dates

DateMuhurat (auspicious time)NakshatraTithi
Wed, 2 December10:31 am – 6:57 am (3 Dec)Uttara PhalguniKrishna Navami, Krishna Dashami
Thu, 3 December6:57 am – 10:54 am
11:04 pm – 6:58 am (4 Dec)
Uttara Phalguni, HastaKrishna Dashami, Krishna Ekadashi
Fri, 4 December6:58 am – 10:23 amHastaKrishna Ekadashi
Sat, 5 December11:49 am – 6:59 am (6 Dec)SwatiKrishna Dwadashi, Krishna Trayodashi
Sun, 6 December6:59 am – 7:41 amSwatiKrishna Trayodashi
Fri, 11 December3:04 am (12 Dec) – 7:04 am (12 Dec)Uttara AshadhaShukla Tritiya
Sat, 12 December7:04 am – 3:28 am (13 Dec)Uttara AshadhaShukla Tritiya, Shukla Chaturthi

When weddings pause in 2026

Each of these closes the calendar, whatever the nakshatra:

  • 1 January – 14 January: Kharmas (Sun in Dhanu)
  • 1 January – 4 February: Venus set (Shukra asta)
  • 15 March – 13 April: Kharmas (Sun in Meena)
  • 17 May – 14 June: Adhika (leap) month
  • 12 July – 14 August: Jupiter set (Guru asta)
  • 17 July – 16 August: Sun in Karka
  • 24 July – 19 November: Chaturmas
  • 17 August – 16 September: Sun in Simha
  • 17 September – 17 October: Sun in Kanya
  • 9 October – 31 October: Venus set (Shukra asta)
  • 16 December – 31 December: Kharmas (Sun in Dhanu)

How these dates are chosen

A wedding day needs the Sun in a favourable month: Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Tula (after Dev Uthani Ekadashi), Vrischika, Makara or Kumbha. The Sun’s months in Dhanu and Meena are Kharmas, and Karka, Simha and Kanya fall in Chaturmas, when weddings wait.

Venus (Shukra) and Jupiter (Guru) must both be visible. When either is too close to the Sun to be seen (tara asta), and for three days before it sets and after it rises, no weddings are held. Chaturmas, from Devshayani Ekadashi to Dev Uthani Ekadashi, and an adhika (leap) month are also avoided.

Within a good day, the muhurat is the time the Moon spends in one of the 11 marriage nakshatras (Rohini, Mrigashira, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada, Revati), leaving out the junction quarters of Magha, Mula and Revati (gandanta), while the yoga is not one of the 9 harmful ones and the karana is not Bhadra (Vishti) or a fixed karana. Windows shorter than five minutes are dropped.

Like most published wedding calendars, this list does not use the tithi or weekday, and it does not choose the lagna (rising sign) for the ceremony: a window of a few hours always holds a good lagna, which your priest picks for your city. It also is not personal: a date that suits the bride and groom’s own charts (their Chandra and Tara bala) is a step further.

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Which are the best wedding dates in 2026?

The 59 dates listed here all pass Panchang Shuddhi: a good solar month, Venus and Jupiter visible, a marriage nakshatra free of harmful yoga and karana. Among them, longer windows give the priest more choice of lagna.

Why are there no weddings in some months?

Kharmas (the Sun in Dhanu, mid-December to mid-January, and in Meena, mid-March to mid-April), Chaturmas (from Devshayani Ekadashi in Ashadha to Dev Uthani Ekadashi in Kartika) and the weeks when Venus or Jupiter is set close the calendar.

Are these dates the same in every city?

The days almost always are; the start and end times move by a few minutes with sunrise and longitude. Times here are for New Delhi.

Is Akshaya Tritiya always a wedding day?

It is often treated as self-auspicious, but by Panchang Shuddhi it qualifies only when the nakshatra, yoga and karana also pass, which is why it is not always in this list.

Updated 2026-10-07. Times in IST (New Delhi).