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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Lagos, Nigeria
January 2026 · Africa/Lagos · 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 Lagos. See today's full panchāṅga for Lagos →
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 — January 2026
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Revati nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi · Thursday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Friday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
✓ Swati nakshatra · Monday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi)
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Monday
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred
✓ Ardra nakshatra
✗ Purnima tithi is not preferred · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Krishna Panchami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Magha is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Chitra nakshatra
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami) · Sunday 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.