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Auspicious upanayana dates in Tokyo, Japan
May 2026 · Asia/Tokyo · 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 Tokyo. See today's full panchāṅga for Tokyo →
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
✓ Pushya nakshatra · Shukla Shashthi tithi · Friday
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi · Monday
✗ Parigha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Rohini nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Monday
✗ Atiganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi · Thursday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi · Thursday
✗ Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Monday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Dashami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday · Vaidhriti yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Friday
✗ Trayodashi tithi is not preferred
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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.