The Mundan Sanskara: First Haircut

The temple, the barber and the relatives are easier to book once the date is settled.

The mundan is a family tradition, often kept at the family temple. You want the child to grow up healthy and strong. Tradition also holds that the first hair carries impurities from past lives, and the mundan clears them.

The classical texts on muhurta shastra are firm about which days suit a first haircut. A good day lets the whole family plan around it. We read those rules for the city where the mundan happens, so a temple rite in India is timed on that town.

What you get

Auspicious windows for the mundan for the city of the rite. The top 3 most auspicious ones highlighted. The days to avoid tagged along with the reasons. And, the classical text reference behind each recommendation.

What we need

The child's birth date, time and place, and the city where the mundan happens (not where you live).

Mundan, or chudakarana, is the child's first haircut, often done at a family temple. Tradition places it in the first, third or fifth year. The muhurat picks the day and the hour inside it.