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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Lagos, Nigeria
October 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 — October 2026
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi · Friday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Monday
✗ Vishkambha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Shukla Dashami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi · Thursday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Friday
✗ Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi)
✓ Krishna Panchami tithi · Thursday
✗ Rohini is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Ardra nakshatra
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Krishna Dashami tithi · Monday
✗ Pushya is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Magha is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Hasta nakshatra
✗ Amāvāsya (new moon) — avoid new beginnings · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shukla Panchami tithi · Thursday
✗ Jyeshtha is not among the preferred nakshatras
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.