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Auspicious house-construction dates in Chennai, India
March 2026 · Asia/Kolkata · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
Laying the foundation: supportive tithis and a good nakshatra with the 8th house empty. Each day below is scored purely on chart-independent factors — tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga and karana — with a good lagna window for Chennai. See today's full panchāṅga for Chennai →
These dates ignore your birth chart.
The classical method also weighs your janma nakshatra (tāra bala), Moon sign (chandra bala) and the muhūrta chart against your horoscope. Rank these same days for your chart — free, deterministic, no AI.
Rank these for YOUR chart →Best house-construction dates — March 2026
✓ Revati nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Friday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✓ Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi · Thursday
✗ Shula yoga is inauspicious
✓ Swati nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Krishna Trayodashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Friday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday · Parigha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Monday
✗ Dwadashi tithi is not preferred
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Amāvāsya (new moon) — avoid new beginnings
✓ Chitra nakshatra
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi) · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
Every day this month at a glance
Score = share of the chart-independent panchānga factors met (tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga, karana). Eclipse days score 0.
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Computed deterministically with a license-clean Vedic engine (astronomy-engine, VSOP87-grade). Lahiri ayanāṁśa, drik gaṇita, grounded in Ch.36 Table 79. Advisory only — for a chart-specific muhūrta, open the finder.