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Auspicious upanayana dates in Cairo, Egypt
March 2026 · Africa/Cairo · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
The sacred-thread rite: a benefic-owned lagna, a good 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 Cairo. See today's full panchāṅga for Cairo →
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 upanayana dates — March 2026
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Monday
✓ Revati nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Friday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi · Thursday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Friday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Shukla Shashthi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Pushya nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday · Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday · Parigha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Saptami tithi is not preferred
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.