✳ Muhurtham Dates

New venture / shop opening dates 2026 in Chicago

Dates for opening a shop, office or business. The chara (movable) and kshipra (swift) nakshatras are preferred — the traditional reasoning is that a venture wants momentum, the opposite of the fixed nakshatras you want for a house.

51 dates in 2026, computed at Chicago sunrise.

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

Thai 7 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Monday Thingal Thiruvonam pada 2 all day Prathamai shukla 08:25–09:37
Wednesday Budhan Sadhayam pada 1 all day Thrithiyai shukla 12:02–13:14
Friday Velli Uthirattathi pada 1 all day Panchami shukla 10:49–12:02
Saturday Sani Revathi pada 1 all day Sashti shukla 09:36–10:49
Sunday Nyayiru Ashwini pada 1 all day Sapthami shukla 15:43–16:57
Wednesday Budhan Rohini pada 2 until 20:01, then Mrigasheersham Ekadasi shukla 12:03–13:18
Sunday Nyayiru Poosam pada 4 until 12:28, then Ayilyam Pournami shukla 15:50–17:06

Maasi 3 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Saturday Sani Revathi pada 4 until 07:37, then Ashwini Panchami shukla 09:20–10:42
Friday Velli Punarpoosam pada 2 until 22:05, then Poosam Ekadasi shukla 10:39–12:03
Saturday Sani Poosam pada 2 until 21:04, then Ayilyam Dwadasi shukla 09:14–10:39

Panguni 5 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Thursday Vyazhan Uthirattathi pada 3 until 17:35, then Revathi Prathamai shukla 14:29–16:00
Friday Velli Revathi pada 3 until 15:57, then Ashwini Dwithiyai shukla 11:27–12:58
Saturday Sani Ashwini pada 3 until 14:07, then Bharani Thrithiyai shukla 09:54–11:26
Friday Velli Poosam pada 1 all day Dasami shukla 11:22–12:56
Wednesday Budhan Hastham pada 1 all day Pournami shukla 12:54–14:30

Chithirai 3 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Thursday Vyazhan Punarpoosam pada 4 until 10:27, then Poosam Sapthami shukla 14:32–16:14
Wednesday Budhan Hastham pada 3 until 13:46, then Chithirai Thrayodasi shukla 12:48–14:32
Friday Velli Swathi pada 3 until 18:05, then Visakam Pournami shukla 11:02–12:47

Vaikasi 7 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Sunday Nyayiru Rohini pada 1 all day Prathamai shukla 18:16–20:06
Wednesday Budhan Punarpoosam pada 2 until 17:42, then Poosam Panchami shukla 12:47–14:37
Thursday Vyazhan Poosam pada 3 until 16:19, then Ayilyam Sashti shukla 14:38–16:28
Monday Thingal Uthiram pada 3 until 17:38, then Hastham Dasami shukla 07:13–09:04
Wednesday Budhan Chithirai pada 2 until 21:38, then Swathi Dwadasi shukla 12:47–14:39
Thursday Vyazhan Swathi pada 2 all day Thrayodasi shukla 14:40–16:32
Saturday Sani Anusham pada 1 all day Pournami shukla 09:03–10:55

Aani 5 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Wednesday Budhan Poosam pada 1 all day Thrithiyai shukla 12:51–14:45
Wednesday Budhan Swathi pada 1 all day Dasami shukla 12:53–14:47
Thursday Vyazhan Swathi pada 4 until 05:59, then Visakam Ekadasi shukla 14:47–16:41
Saturday Sani Anusham pada 4 until 11:41, then Kettai Thrayodasi shukla 09:05–10:59
Wednesday Budhan Poosam pada 3 until 11:16, then Ayilyam Dwithiyai shukla 12:56–14:48

Aavani 4 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Monday Thingal Chithirai pada 3 until 18:28, then Swathi Panchami shukla 07:44–09:27
Friday Velli Uthiram pada 1 all day Prathamai shukla 11:11–12:46
Saturday Sani Hastham pada 1 all day Dwithiyai shukla 09:36–11:11
Sunday Nyayiru Chithirai pada 1 all day Thrithiyai shukla 17:29–19:03

Purattasi 7 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Thursday Vyazhan Anusham pada 4 until 09:23, then Kettai Sapthami shukla 14:17–15:50
Monday Thingal Uthiradam pada 2 until 20:37, then Thiruvonam Dasami shukla 08:08–09:40
Wednesday Budhan Avittam pada 2 all day Dwadasi shukla 12:42–14:13
Thursday Vyazhan Sadhayam pada 2 all day Thrayodasi shukla 14:12–15:43
Saturday Sani Uthirattathi pada 1 all day Pournami shukla 09:41–11:11
Sunday Nyayiru Chithirai pada 4 until 12:02, then Swathi Prathamai shukla 16:50–18:15
Monday Thingal Swathi pada 3 until 13:22, then Visakam Dwithiyai shukla 08:23–09:48

Aippasi 4 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Wednesday Budhan Avittam pada 4 until 09:18, then Sadhayam Ekadasi shukla 12:34–13:56
Thursday Vyazhan Sadhayam pada 4 until 10:19, then Poorattathi Dwadasi shukla 13:55–15:16
Sunday Nyayiru Revathi pada 4 until 08:52, then Ashwini Pournami shukla 16:34–17:54
Sunday Nyayiru Uthiradam pada 4 until 11:59, then Thiruvonam Sashti shukla 15:16–16:29

Karthigai 6 dates

DateDay NakshatramTithi Avoid (rahu kalam)Calendar
Monday Thingal Thiruvonam pada 3 until 14:47, then Avittam Sapthami shukla 07:54–09:08
Friday Velli Uthirattathi pada 2 until 19:20, then Revathi Ekadasi shukla 10:23–11:36
Saturday Sani Revathi pada 2 until 18:25, then Ashwini Dwadasi shukla 09:11–10:24
Sunday Nyayiru Ashwini pada 3 until 16:45, then Bharani Thrayodasi shukla 15:12–16:24
Sunday Nyayiru Thiruvonam pada 2 until 21:42, then Avittam Panchami shukla 15:11–16:20
Monday Thingal Avittam pada 2 all day Panchami shukla 08:18–09:27

Why these dates

Dates for opening a shop, office or business. The chara (movable) and kshipra (swift) nakshatras are preferred — the traditional reasoning is that a venture wants momentum, the opposite of the fixed nakshatras you want for a house.

Each date above passed every rule for a new venture in our published rule set — the nakshatram and tithi prevailing at sunrise in Chicago, 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.