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Auspicious upanayana dates in Cairo, Egypt
May 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 — May 2026
✓ Uttara Ashadha nakshatra · Krishna Shashthi tithi · Friday
✓ Revati nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Thursday
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Monday
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Monday
✗ Parigha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vishkambha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Pushya nakshatra · Shukla Shashthi tithi · Thursday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Uttara Phalguni nakshatra · Shukla Dashami tithi · Monday
✗ Vajra yoga is inauspicious
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Monday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
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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.