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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Mumbai, India
November 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 Mumbai. See today's full panchāṅga for Mumbai →
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 — November 2026
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi · Thursday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Friday
✗ Vishkambha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Wednesday
✗ Atiganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Monday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Friday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Monday
✗ Amāvāsya (new moon) — avoid new beginnings
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Chitra nakshatra
✗ Trayodashi tithi is not preferred · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shukla Tritiya tithi · Thursday
✗ Jyeshtha is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Krishna Saptami tithi
✗ Pushya is not among the preferred nakshatras · Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Krishna Dashami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Purva Phalguni is not among the preferred nakshatras · 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.