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Wedding dates in 2026

Dates chosen the way a panchangam chooses them — nakshatra, tithi, vara, yoga and karana — with the reason given for every one, and the reason given for every period that has none.

36 dates

Periods with no dates, and why

1 Jan 2026 — 17 Feb 2026
Shukra — Venus — is combust. Venus is the karaka of the spouse and of conjugal harmony, and marriages are not held while it is set. This happens roughly every eighteen months and can last two months when Venus passes behind the Sun.

15 Jul 2026 — 13 Aug 2026
Guru — Jupiter — is combust, too close to the Sun for its light to be seen. Jupiter is the karaka of the husband and of dharma, and no marriage is performed while it is set. This happens once a year and lasts about a month.

24 Jul 2026 — 19 Nov 2026
Chaturmas — the four months from Devshayani Ekadashi to Prabodhini Ekadashi, when Vishnu is held to sleep. No marriage is performed in this period. It is the reason wedding calendars run empty from late July to late November, and it ends on Prabodhini Ekadashi, which is itself the first auspicious day of the season.

19 Oct 2026 — 28 Oct 2026
Shukra — Venus — is combust. Venus is the karaka of the spouse and of conjugal harmony, and marriages are not held while it is set. This happens roughly every eighteen months and can last two months when Venus passes behind the Sun.

The dates

DateDayNakshatraTithiStrength
20 Feb 2026FridayUttara BhadrapadaShukla TrithiyaiExcellent
26 Feb 2026ThursdayMrigashiraShukla DasamiExcellent
5 Mar 2026ThursdayUttara PhalguniKrishna DwitiyaiExcellent
8 Mar 2026SundaySwatiKrishna PanchamiGood
20 Mar 2026FridayRevatiShukla DwitiyaiExcellent
25 Mar 2026WednesdayMrigashiraShukla SaptamiExcellent
30 Mar 2026MondayMaghaShukla DwadasiWorkable
2 Apr 2026ThursdayHastaShukla Pournami / AmavasaiGood
8 Apr 2026WednesdayMulaKrishna ShashtiWorkable
20 Apr 2026MondayRohiniShukla TrithiyaiExcellent
26 Apr 2026SundayMaghaShukla DasamiExcellent
29 Apr 2026WednesdayHastaShukla TrayodasiExcellent
4 May 2026MondayAnuradhaKrishna TrithiyaiGood
8 May 2026FridayUttara AshadhaKrishna ShashtiGood
13 May 2026WednesdayUttara BhadrapadaKrishna EkadasiGood
14 May 2026ThursdayRevatiKrishna DwadasiGood
18 May 2026MondayRohiniShukla DwitiyaiExcellent
25 May 2026MondayUttara PhalguniShukla DasamiExcellent
29 May 2026FridaySwatiShukla TrayodasiExcellent
31 May 2026SundayAnuradhaShukla Pournami / AmavasaiWorkable
10 Jun 2026WednesdayUttara BhadrapadaKrishna DasamiExcellent
11 Jun 2026ThursdayRevatiKrishna EkadasiExcellent
22 Jun 2026MondayUttara PhalguniShukla AshtamiWorkable
25 Jun 2026ThursdaySwatiShukla EkadasiExcellent
2 Jul 2026ThursdayUttara AshadhaKrishna DwitiyaiExcellent
8 Jul 2026WednesdayRevatiKrishna AshtamiWorkable
12 Jul 2026SundayRohiniKrishna TrayodasiGood
25 Nov 2026WednesdayRohiniKrishna PrathamaiWorkable
26 Nov 2026ThursdayMrigashiraKrishna DwitiyaiExcellent
3 Dec 2026ThursdayUttara PhalguniKrishna DasamiExcellent
4 Dec 2026FridayHastaKrishna EkadasiExcellent
6 Dec 2026SundaySwatiKrishna TrayodasiGood
10 Dec 2026ThursdayMulaShukla PrathamaiGood
28 Dec 2026MondayMaghaKrishna PanchamiExcellent
30 Dec 2026WednesdayUttara PhalguniKrishna SaptamiExcellent
31 Dec 2026ThursdayHastaKrishna AshtamiGood

Which of these suit you

The dates above are the same for everyone in the city. These two checks are not: tarabala counts the day's star from your own, and chandrabala reads the Moon's sign from yours. Give both birth stars and the list below says which dates clear for both of you — and for the ones that do not, who they are blocked for.

How these are chosen

Each date has to pass panchanga shuddhi: the nakshatra must be one classically named for the purpose, the tithi must not be Rikta, the karana must not be Bhadra, and for a wedding neither Guru nor Shukra may be combust. Every date below carries the reasons it passed.

Where the classical lists disagree about which stars are acceptable, we take only the ones they all agree on. That makes this list shorter than some. A date we leave out costs you nothing; a date we wrongly include costs you a wedding.

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