Mundana muhurat: first haircut dates

Mundana, also called chudakarana, is the first haircut, the mundan at which a child's birth hair is shaved. It is among the most widely kept childhood sanskaras, and its shubh muhurat is judged on the child's own chart rather than only on the temple's calendar. Tarini gives you ranked, dated and timed windows for your city, with the nakshatras and tithis tradition rules out for cutting hair marked clearly, and the reasoning written out. The windows work whether you are going to a shrine such as Tirupati or a kuldevi temple, or having it done quietly at home. Families ask for the मुंडन मुहूर्त so the shave happens in a considered hour with the priest already booked.

About this muhurat

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.

Mundana is usually held in the first, third or fifth year, avoiding the even years in most traditions, and often at a family temple where the hair is offered. The child's head is shaved, sometimes leaving a tuft, and a short puja follows. Many families combine it with a visit to a kuldevi or a well-known shrine and make a day of it with relatives. Because the rite involves a small child and a barber's appointment, families like a window wide enough to absorb the waiting at a busy temple.

What you receive

• Ranked, dated and timed first haircut windows within the period you choose
• Judged against the relevant birth chart, not a generic panchang
• Days and windows to avoid, marked clearly