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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Seattle, USA
October 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 — October 2026
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi · Thursday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi · Friday
✗ Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Swati nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Monday
✗ Vishkambha yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi · Wednesday
✗ Ganda yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Monday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami)
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Shukla Dashami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday · Shula yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Friday
✗ Shashthi tithi is not preferred
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami) · Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ 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
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi) · 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.