Muhūrta · Electional timing
Auspicious naming-ceremony dates in Chicago, USA
August 2026 · America/Chicago · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
A child's naming: a benefic-owned lagna, a gentle nakshatra and the 8th empty. Each day below is scored purely on chart-independent factors — tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga and karana — with a good lagna window for Chicago. See today's full panchāṅga for Chicago →
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#1 · Best this month
Monday, 3 August 2026
Krishna PanchamiUttara BhadrapadaYoga: SukarmaKarana: Taitila
Recommended lagna window (Sagittarius rising): 17:16–19:01
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi · Monday
#2
Saturday, 15 August 2026
Shukla TritiyaUttara PhalguniYoga: SiddhaKarana: Gara
Recommended lagna window (Libra rising): 11:28–13:43
✓ Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi · Saturday
#3
Monday, 17 August 2026
Shukla PanchamiChitraYoga: ShubhaKarana: Balava
Recommended lagna window (Virgo rising): 09:30–11:00
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi · Monday
#4
Saturday, 1 August 2026
Krishna TritiyaShatabhishaYoga: ShobhanaKarana: Vishti
Recommended lagna window (Libra rising): 12:14–14:44
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Saturday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
#5
Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Krishna SaptamiAshwiniYoga: ShulaKarana: Bava
Recommended lagna window (Sagittarius rising): 17:03–18:48
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Shula yoga is inauspicious
#6
Saturday, 8 August 2026
Krishna EkadashiRohiniYoga: VyaghataKarana: Bava
Recommended lagna window (Libra rising): 11:51–14:06
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi · Saturday
✗ Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
#7
Monday, 10 August 2026
Krishna TrayodashiPunarvasuYoga: VajraKarana: Gara
Recommended lagna window (Sagittarius rising): 16:53–18:38
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Krishna Trayodashi tithi · Monday
✗ Vajra yoga is inauspicious
#8
Tuesday, 25 August 2026
Shukla TrayodashiUttara AshadhaYoga: SaubhagyaKarana: Kaulava
Recommended lagna window (Virgo rising): 08:09–09:24
✓ Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Shukla Trayodashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
#9
Sunday, 30 August 2026
Krishna TritiyaUttara BhadrapadaYoga: ShulaKarana: Vanija
Recommended lagna window (Virgo rising): 07:59–10:14
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Sunday
✗ Shula yoga is inauspicious
#10
Thursday, 20 August 2026
Shukla AshtamiAnuradhaYoga: IndraKarana: Bava
Recommended lagna window (Libra rising): 11:18–13:18
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred
#11
Wednesday, 26 August 2026
Shukla ChaturdashiShravanaYoga: ShobhanaKarana: Gara
Recommended lagna window (Sagittarius rising): 15:40–17:25
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
#12
Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Krishna ShashthiRevatiYoga: DhritiKarana: Vanija
Recommended lagna window (Cancer rising): 05:47–06:47
✓ Revati nakshatra
✗ Shashthi tithi is not preferred · Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
Every day this month at a glance
Sat 1 Aug
Shatabhisha88
Sun 2 Aug
Purva Bhadrapada25
Mon 3 Aug
Uttara Bhadrapada100
Tue 4 Aug
Revati63
Wed 5 Aug
Ashwini88
Thu 6 Aug
Bharani38
Fri 7 Aug
Krittika25
Sat 8 Aug
Rohini88
Sun 9 Aug
Ardra38
Mon 10 Aug
Punarvasu88
Tue 11 Aug
Pushya50
Wed 12 Aug
Ashlesha0
Thu 13 Aug
Magha25
Fri 14 Aug
Purva Phalguni50
Sat 15 Aug
Uttara Phalguni100
Sun 16 Aug
Hasta63
Mon 17 Aug
Chitra100
Tue 18 Aug
Swati63
Wed 19 Aug
Vishakha63
Thu 20 Aug
Anuradha75
Fri 21 Aug
Jyeshtha13
Sat 22 Aug
Mula50
Sun 23 Aug
Mula50
Mon 24 Aug
Purva Ashadha38
Tue 25 Aug
Uttara Ashadha88
Wed 26 Aug
Shravana75
Thu 27 Aug
Dhanishta50
Fri 28 Aug
Shatabhisha63
Sat 29 Aug
Purva Bhadrapada63
Sun 30 Aug
Uttara Bhadrapada88
Mon 31 Aug
Revati63
Score = share of the chart-independent panchānga factors met (tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga, karana). Eclipse days score 0.
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.