Why are the baby shower dates for Chennai 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 Chennai are read at Chennai'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 Chennai specifically.

Seemantham / valaikappu dates 2028 in Chennai

Q: How many baby shower dates are there in 2028 for Chennai?

33 in 2028. Dates for a seemantham or valaikappu. Traditionally held in the fifth, seventh or ninth month of pregnancy, so the window is fixed by the pregnancy and the family picks the best date inside it — use the month filter on the page rather than reading the whole year.

Dates for a seemantham or valaikappu. Traditionally held in the fifth, seventh or ninth month of pregnancy, so the window is fixed by the pregnancy and the family picks the best date inside it — use the month filter on the page rather than reading the whole year.

33 dates in 2028, computed at Chennai sunrise.

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

Thai 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
2 Feb 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Revathi pada 4 until 09:58, then Ashwini	Sashti shukla	12:22–13:49
6 Feb 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Rohini pada 3 until 12:24, then Mrigasheersham	Dasami shukla	16:44–18:11
7 Feb 2028	Monday Thingal	Mrigasheersham pada 4 until 11:09, then Thiruvathirai	Ekadasi shukla	08:01–09:28

Maasi 2 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)	Calendar
28 Feb 2028	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 13:39, then Revathi	Thrithiyai shukla	07:54–09:23
8 Mar 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Poosam pada 3 until 15:00, then Ayilyam	Dwadasi shukla	12:19–13:49

Panguni 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
27 Mar 2028	Monday Thingal	Revathi pada 2 until 21:46, then Ashwini	Prathamai shukla	07:39–09:11
31 Mar 2028	Friday Velli	Rohini pada 1 all day	Panchami shukla	10:41–12:13
9 Apr 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Hastham pada 3 until 11:52, then Chithirai	Pournami shukla	16:48–18:21

Chithirai 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
1 May 2028	Monday Thingal	Punarpoosam pada 4 until 06:42, then Poosam	Sapthami shukla	07:22–08:56
5 May 2028	Friday Velli	Uthiram pada 1 until 23:06, then Hastham	Ekadasi shukla	10:30–12:05
7 May 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Chithirai pada 2 until 19:17, then Swathi	Thrayodasi shukla	16:50–18:25
8 May 2028	Monday Thingal	Swathi pada 2 until 17:42, then Visakam	Pournami shukla	07:20–08:55

Vaikasi 5 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
25 May 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Rohini pada 3 until 14:38, then Mrigasheersham	Prathamai shukla	13:42–15:18
26 May 2028	Friday Velli	Mrigasheersham pada 3 until 14:07, then Thiruvathirai	Dwithiyai shukla	10:29–12:06
29 May 2028	Monday Thingal	Poosam pada 4 until 11:05, then Ayilyam	Panchami shukla	07:17–08:53
2 Jun 2028	Friday Velli	Hastham pada 1 all day	Dasami shukla	10:30–12:07
4 Jun 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Swathi pada 1 all day	Dwadasi shukla	16:56–18:33

Aani 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
25 Jun 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Poosam pada 2 until 17:45, then Ayilyam	Thrithiyai shukla	17:01–18:38
29 Jun 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiram pada 4 until 10:51, then Hastham	Sapthami shukla	13:49–15:25
2 Jul 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Swathi pada 4 until 07:53, then Visakam	Ekadasi shukla	17:02–18:39

Aavani 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
24 Aug 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Chithirai pada 2 until 21:15, then Swathi	Panchami shukla	13:44–15:18
25 Aug 2028	Friday Velli	Swathi pada 2 until 19:49, then Visakam	Sashti shukla	10:37–12:10
31 Aug 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiradam pada 2 all day	Dwadasi shukla	13:41–15:14
1 Sept 2028	Friday Velli	Thiruvonam pada 1 all day	Thrayodasi shukla	10:35–12:08

Purattasi 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
20 Sept 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Hastham pada 4 until 09:18, then Chithirai	Dwithiyai shukla	12:02–13:33
21 Sept 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Chithirai pada 4 until 06:38, then Swathi	Thrithiyai shukla	13:32–15:03
28 Sept 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiradam pada 4 until 07:18, then Thiruvonam	Dasami shukla	13:29–15:00
29 Sept 2028	Friday Velli	Thiruvonam pada 4 until 10:00, then Avittam	Ekadasi shukla	10:28–11:59

Aippasi 2 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)	Calendar
19 Oct 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Swathi pada 3 until 14:58, then Visakam	Dwithiyai shukla	13:22–14:50
30 Oct 2028	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 1 all day	Dwadasi shukla	07:29–08:57

Karthigai 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
17 Nov 2028	Friday Velli	Anusham pada 2 until 22:02, then Kettai	Prathamai shukla	10:27–11:53
22 Nov 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Thiruvonam pada 2 all day	Sashti shukla	11:55–13:21
27 Nov 2028	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 4 until 11:51, then Revathi	Ekadasi shukla	07:39–09:04

Why these dates

Each date above passed every rule for a baby shower in our published rule set — the nakshatram and tithi prevailing at sunrise in Chennai, 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.