Baby and childhood muhurats

The first of the sixteen sanskaras, and the one couples most often ask about quietly. You get considered windows weighed against both charts and the season — handled privately, and without any promise we cannot keep.

The third-month rite, for the healthy growth of the child. You get the dated windows for the ceremony and the days tradition asks you to leave alone.

The godh bharai, in the fourth, sixth or eighth month. You get windows that satisfy the tradition and the fact that thirty relatives need a date they can actually travel for.

The rite performed in the first hours after birth. You get the window as soon as the birth time is known — so nobody is looking this up in a hospital corridor.

The naming ceremony, with the auspicious syllable drawn from your baby's own nakshatra. You get both halves: the sound the name should start with, and the dated windows for announcing it.

Your baby's first trip out of the house, traditionally in the fourth month. A short, careful set of windows, with the days to skip.

The first grain your child ever eats, and one of the most photographed mornings of the first year. You get dated windows timed to the child's chart rather than to the nearest free weekend.

The mundan, timed to your child's chart and not only to the temple's calendar. The windows work whether you are going to a shrine or doing it at home.

The ear-piercing rite, traditionally set in the first years. You get the auspicious windows and the days tradition sets aside.

The four rites of your baby's first year: the birth rite, the naming, the first outing and the first solids. 33% less than one at a time, and redeemed as each falls due across two years.

The mundan, the ear piercing, the first letters and the sacred thread — the milestones between roughly three and twelve. One decision now, redeemable for ten years, at 33% less than separately.