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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Seattle, USA
August 2026 · America/Los_Angeles · 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 Seattle. See today's full panchāṅga for Seattle →
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
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Wednesday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Monday
✗ Shashthi tithi is not preferred
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Ashtami tithi is not preferred
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi)
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Friday
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred
✓ 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
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.