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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Chennai, India
August 2026 · Asia/Kolkata · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
Beginning learning: a Mercury/Jupiter-friendly nakshatra, Uttarāyaṇa preferred, 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 Chennai. See today's full panchāṅga for Chennai →
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 vidyārambha dates — August 2026
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi · Monday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Monday
✗ Vajra yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Shula yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Trayodashi tithi is not preferred
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
✓ Revati nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Monday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Krishna Panchami tithi · Monday
✗ Uttara Bhadrapada is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Revati nakshatra
✗ Shashthi tithi is not preferred · Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Swati nakshatra
✗ Shashthi tithi is not preferred · Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
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.