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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Seattle, USA
September 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 — September 2026
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Thursday
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi · Wednesday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Shukla Tritiya tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Krishna Tritiya tithi · Monday
✗ Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Swati nakshatra · Monday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi)
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Krishna Saptami tithi · Thursday
✗ Krittika is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami) · Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Krishna Dashami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday · Vyatipata yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Krishna Dwadashi tithi · Monday
✗ Pushya 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.