Murti Sthapana: Idol Installation
You will bring the deity home once, and care for the murti for a lifetime. Begin at the right hour.
You will bring the deity home once, and care for the murti for a lifetime. Begin at the right hour.
When you install a murti, you want the deity's presence to settle in it. You want blessings for the home or the temple, for years to come. It is a lifelong promise, made in devotion.
The classical texts on muhurta shastra are stricter about this rite than about most others at home. That care is exactly what a family wants when it will not be repeated. We read those rules for the place where the murti will sit, on that place's own sunrise.
What you get
Auspicious windows for the installation, for the place where the murti will sit, each with a start and end time. The top 3 most auspicious ones highlighted. The months and days to avoid tagged along with the reasons. And, the classical text reference behind each recommendation.
What we need
The birth date, time and place of each yajamana (host), the place of installation, and the months you are working within.
Murti sthapana, or deva pratishtha, is the installation of a murti in a home shrine or a temple. It is the moment the image becomes the deity of that house. The muhurat times that installation, and it is not repeated.
Free: every auspicious day in 2026 and 2027
Still choosing a date? See every auspicious day to install a murti in 2026 and 2027, month by month, then get the muhurat worked out for your family.
Read more in the Knowledge Hub
- Abujh Muhurat 2026 & 2027: What Are They, and Should You Still Take Out a Muhurat?
- Vidyarambham 2026: Date, Right Age and How to Do Vidyarambha at Home
- What Happens During a Puja: Every Step and What It Means
Testimonials
The house was replastered top to bottom and the deity was out of the shrine for eleven weeks. My husband installed her in 1974 and I was standing in that room. I am the only one left who was. So the hour she went back was never going to be whichever morning the mason finished, and the page is in the puja cupboard where my daughter will find it.