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Auspicious pratiṣṭhā dates in New York, USA
August 2027 · America/New_York · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
Installing a deity: supportive tithis with an auspicious nakshatra and rising sign. Each day below is scored purely on chart-independent factors — tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga and karana — with a good lagna window for New York. See today's full panchāṅga for New York →
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 pratiṣṭhā dates — August 2027
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi · Friday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Sunday
✓ Pushya nakshatra · Krishna Trayodashi tithi · Sunday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi · Wednesday
✗ Atiganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Friday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi · Sunday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Krishna Ashtami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Pushya nakshatra · Monday
✗ Amāvāsya (new moon) — avoid new beginnings
✓ Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi)
✓ Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Sunday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious
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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.