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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Lagos, Nigeria
May 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 — May 2026
✓ Revati nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Thursday
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Swati nakshatra · Friday
✗ Purnima tithi is not preferred
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Monday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Swati nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Trayodashi tithi is not preferred
✓ Krishna Panchami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Mula is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred · Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Friday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi) · Vishti karana is inauspicious
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.