Why are the wedding dates for Bay Area different from an Indian calendar?

The Hindu day runs from local sunrise to local sunrise, so the tithi and nakshatram in force on a given date in Bay Area are read at Bay Area's sunrise — not Chennai's. On days where an element changes near dawn the two calendars simply land on different dates. Every date on this page is computed for Bay Area specifically.

Wedding muhurtham dates 2026 in Bay Area

Q: How many wedding dates are there in 2026 for Bay Area?

37 in 2026. Dates a Tamil family would normally consider for a wedding, computed at your city's sunrise. The strictest of the five lists — three whole months, both planetary combustion periods and the rikta tithis are excluded, so a thin year is a correct result, not a broken one.

Dates a Tamil family would normally consider for a wedding, computed at your city's sunrise. The strictest of the five lists — three whole months, both planetary combustion periods and the rikta tithis are excluded, so a thin year is a correct result, not a broken one.

37 dates in 2026, computed at Bay Area sunrise.

These are dates a family would normally consider — confirm the final date and the muhurtham time with your family purohit.

Your family may also accept these

These are the rules Tamil families genuinely differ on. The dates above follow the stricter reading, which is what most houses keep. Switch one on to see the extra dates it opens up — they appear in the tables, marked optional. Check any of them with your purohit.

Pournami (full moon) — Some families do hold a muhurtham on Pournami. Off by default because most Tamil houses avoid it. 4 more dates Chathurthi (a rikta tithi) — Chathurthi is one of the rikta tithis, avoided for weddings in standard Tamil practice. Two published date lists do print weddings on it. 8 more dates Saturday — Most Tamil families avoid Saturday for the muhurtham itself. A minority accept it, usually for a morning ceremony. 13 more dates Poosam and Thiruvonam nakshatram — Two nakshatras admitted for weddings by some houses and not others. Ask your purohit before using these dates. 11 more dates

Maasi 2 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
20 Feb 2026 optional	Friday Velli	Revathi pada 1 all day	Chathurthi shukla	10:59–12:21
28 Feb 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Poosam pada 2 until 19:04, then Ayilyam	Dwadasi shukla	09:30–10:55
5 Mar 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Hastham pada 2 until 20:00, then Chithirai	Thrithiyai krishna	13:46–15:12
7 Mar 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Swathi pada 2 all day	Panchami krishna	09:24–10:51
9 Mar 2026	Monday Thingal	Anusham pada 1 all day	Sashti krishna	08:55–10:23

Panguni 5 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
14 Mar 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Uthiradam pada 3 until 16:19, then Thiruvonam	Ekadasi krishna	10:18–11:47
15 Mar 2026 optional	Sunday Nyayiru	Thiruvonam pada 3 until 17:26, then Avittam	Dwadasi krishna	17:45–19:15
19 Mar 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 15:35, then Revathi	Prathamai shukla	14:46–16:17
20 Mar 2026	Friday Velli	Revathi pada 3 until 13:57, then Ashwini	Dwithiyai shukla	11:44–13:15
27 Mar 2026 optional	Friday Velli	Poosam pada 1 all day	Dasami shukla	11:40–13:13
29 Mar 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Magham pada 1 all day	Dwadasi shukla	17:54–19:28
1 Apr 2026 optional	Wednesday Budhan	Hastham pada 1 all day	Pournami shukla	13:12–14:46
4 Apr 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Swathi pada 4 until 09:05, then Visakam	Thrithiyai krishna	09:59–11:35
6 Apr 2026	Monday Thingal	Anusham pada 3 until 14:26, then Kettai	Panchami krishna	08:21–09:58
8 Apr 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Moolam pada 2 until 20:18, then Pooradam	Sapthami krishna	13:10–14:46

Chithirai 6 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
15 Apr 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Uthirattathi pada 1 all day	Thrayodasi krishna	13:08–14:47
20 Apr 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Rohini pada 3 until 13:38, then Mrigasheersham	Chathurthi shukla	08:06–09:46
26 Apr 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Magham pada 4 until 07:57, then Pooram	Ekadasi shukla	18:11–19:53
29 Apr 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Hastham pada 4 until 11:46, then Chithirai	Thrayodasi shukla	13:05–14:48
1 May 2026 optional	Friday Velli	Swathi pada 3 until 16:05, then Visakam	Pournami shukla	11:22–13:05
3 May 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Anusham pada 2 until 21:28, then Kettai	Dwithiyai krishna	18:16–20:00
8 May 2026	Friday Velli	Uthiradam pada 4 until 08:50, then Thiruvonam	Sapthami krishna	11:19–13:04
13 May 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 11:47, then Revathi	Dwadasi krishna	13:04–14:50

Vaikasi 6 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
14 May 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Revathi pada 4 until 10:04, then Ashwini	Thrayodasi krishna	14:50–16:37
17 May 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Rohini pada 1 until 23:02, then Mrigasheersham	Prathamai shukla	18:25–20:12
18 May 2026	Monday Thingal	Mrigasheersham pada 2 until 20:11, then Thiruvathirai	Thrithiyai shukla	07:43–09:30
21 May 2026 optional	Thursday Vyazhan	Poosam pada 3 until 14:19, then Ayilyam	Sashti shukla	14:52–16:40
25 May 2026	Monday Thingal	Uthiram pada 3 until 15:38, then Hastham	Dasami shukla	07:39–09:28
28 May 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Swathi pada 2 until 22:08, then Visakam	Thrayodasi shukla	14:54–16:43
30 May 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Anusham pada 1 all day	Pournami shukla	09:27–11:16
4 Jun 2026 optional	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiradam pada 3 until 15:11, then Thiruvonam	Chathurthi krishna	14:56–16:46
5 Jun 2026 optional	Friday Velli	Thiruvonam pada 3 until 17:33, then Avittam	Panchami krishna	11:16–13:06
10 Jun 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Revathi pada 2 until 19:46, then Ashwini	Dasami krishna	13:07–14:57

Aani 6 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
15 Jun 2026	Monday Thingal	Mrigasheersham pada 4 until 06:38, then Thiruvathirai	Prathamai shukla	07:36–09:27
17 Jun 2026 optional	Wednesday Budhan	Poosam pada 1 until 23:02, then Ayilyam	Thrithiyai shukla	13:09–14:59
19 Jun 2026	Friday Velli	Magham pada 2 until 20:55, then Pooram	Sashti shukla	11:18–13:09
24 Jun 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Swathi pada 1 all day	Ekadasi shukla	13:10–15:01
27 Jun 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Anusham pada 4 until 09:41, then Kettai	Thrayodasi shukla	09:29–11:20
29 Jun 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Moolam pada 3 until 15:33, then Pooradam	Pournami shukla	07:39–09:30
1 Jul 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Uthiradam pada 2 until 20:57, then Thiruvonam	Dwithiyai krishna	13:11–15:02
2 Jul 2026 optional	Thursday Vyazhan	Thiruvonam pada 2 until 23:16, then Avittam	Thrithiyai krishna	15:02–16:52
6 Jul 2026	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 1 all day	Sapthami krishna	07:42–09:32
11 Jul 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Rohini pada 2 until 19:59, then Mrigasheersham	Dwadasi krishna	09:34–11:24
12 Jul 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Mrigasheersham pada 2 until 17:11, then Thiruvathirai	Thrayodasi krishna	18:41–20:30

Aavani 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
16 Aug 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Hastham pada 3 until 15:20, then Chithirai	Panchami shukla	18:17–19:59
22 Aug 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Moolam pada 1 all day	Dasami shukla	09:50–11:30
30 Aug 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 15:15, then Revathi	Thrithiyai krishna	18:01–19:39
31 Aug 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Revathi pada 3 until 14:54, then Ashwini	Chathurthi krishna	08:14–09:52
7 Sept 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Poosam pada 1 all day	Dwadasi krishna	08:18–09:54
11 Sept 2026	Friday Velli	Uthiram pada 2 all day	Prathamai shukla	11:29–13:04
12 Sept 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Hastham pada 2 all day	Dwithiyai shukla	09:55–11:29
14 Sept 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Swathi pada 1 all day	Chathurthi shukla	08:22–09:56
16 Sept 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Anusham pada 1 all day	Sashti shukla	13:02–14:35

Aippasi 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
29 Oct 2026 optional	Thursday Vyazhan	Mrigasheersham pada 2 until 20:34, then Thiruvathirai	Chathurthi krishna	14:11–15:32
5 Nov 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiram pada 3 until 14:26, then Hastham	Dwadasi krishna	13:09–14:28
6 Nov 2026	Friday Velli	Hastham pada 3 until 15:13, then Chithirai	Thrayodasi krishna	10:33–11:51
12 Nov 2026 optional	Thursday Vyazhan	Moolam pada 1 all day	Chathurthi shukla	13:08–14:25
15 Nov 2026	Sunday Nyayiru	Uthiradam pada 4 until 09:59, then Thiruvonam	Sashti shukla	15:40–16:57

Karthigai 5 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
16 Nov 2026 optional	Monday Thingal	Thiruvonam pada 4 until 12:47, then Avittam	Sapthami shukla	08:04–09:20
20 Nov 2026	Friday Velli	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 17:20, then Revathi	Ekadasi shukla	10:38–11:53
21 Nov 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Revathi pada 3 until 16:25, then Ashwini	Dwadasi shukla	09:23–10:38
25 Nov 2026	Wednesday Budhan	Rohini pada 4 until 07:06, then Mrigasheersham	Dwithiyai krishna	11:54–13:09
28 Nov 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Poosam pada 2 until 21:29, then Ayilyam	Panchami krishna	09:28–10:42
30 Nov 2026	Monday Thingal	Magham pada 2 until 19:30, then Pooram	Sapthami krishna	08:16–09:29
3 Dec 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Hastham pada 2 until 20:53, then Chithirai	Dasami krishna	13:10–14:23
5 Dec 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Swathi pada 2 all day	Dwadasi krishna	09:33–10:45
10 Dec 2026	Thursday Vyazhan	Moolam pada 4 until 10:28, then Pooradam	Dwithiyai shukla	13:13–14:25
12 Dec 2026 optional	Saturday Sani	Uthiradam pada 3 until 16:42, then Thiruvonam	Chathurthi shukla	09:37–10:49
13 Dec 2026 optional	Sunday Nyayiru	Thiruvonam pada 3 until 19:42, then Avittam	Panchami shukla	15:38–16:50

Why these dates

Each date above passed every rule for a wedding in our published rule set — the nakshatram and tithi prevailing at sunrise in Bay Area, the weekday, the Tamil month, and where it applies the planetary combustion (moudhyam) periods and eclipse days. The rahu kalam column is a caution rather than a filter: the date can be good and the hour still needs choosing.