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

Seemantham / valaikappu dates 2028 in Chicago

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

34 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.

34 dates in 2028, 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 2 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)	Calendar
31 Jan 2028	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 20:12, then Revathi	Panchami shukla	08:19–09:34
6 Feb 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Mrigasheersham pada 2 until 23:39, then Thiruvathirai	Ekadasi shukla	15:55–17:11

Maasi 2 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)	Calendar
27 Feb 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Uthirattathi pada 2 all day	Dwithiyai shukla	16:14–17:38
28 Feb 2028	Monday Thingal	Revathi pada 1 all day	Thrithiyai shukla	07:51–09:15

Panguni 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
26 Mar 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Uthirattathi pada 4 until 09:09, then Revathi	Prathamai shukla	17:36–19:10
27 Mar 2028	Monday Thingal	Revathi pada 4 until 11:16, then Ashwini	Dwithiyai shukla	08:14–09:48
31 Mar 2028	Friday Velli	Rohini pada 3 until 15:49, then Mrigasheersham	Sashti shukla	11:19–12:54

Chithirai 5 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
27 Apr 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Rohini pada 2 until 21:20, then Mrigasheersham	Thrithiyai shukla	14:32–16:17
30 Apr 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Punarpoosam pada 2 until 20:12, then Poosam	Sashti shukla	18:03–19:48
1 May 2028	Monday Thingal	Poosam pada 2 until 19:12, then Ayilyam	Sapthami shukla	07:31–09:16
5 May 2028	Friday Velli	Uthiram pada 3 until 12:36, then Hastham	Dwadasi shukla	11:00–12:47
8 May 2028	Monday Thingal	Swathi pada 4 until 07:12, then Visakam	Pournami shukla	07:24–09:12

Vaikasi 5 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
24 May 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Rohini pada 1 all day	Prathamai shukla	12:47–14:39
25 May 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Mrigasheersham pada 1 all day	Dwithiyai shukla	14:39–16:31
28 May 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Poosam pada 1 all day	Panchami shukla	18:24–20:16
2 Jun 2028	Friday Velli	Hastham pada 2 until 17:35, then Chithirai	Dasami shukla	10:55–12:48
4 Jun 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Swathi pada 3 until 15:15, then Visakam	Thrayodasi shukla	18:28–20:22

Aani 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
25 Jun 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Poosam pada 4 until 07:15, then Ayilyam	Thrithiyai shukla	18:35–20:29
28 Jun 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Uthiram pada 1 all day	Sapthami shukla	12:53–14:47
3 Jul 2028	Monday Thingal	Anusham pada 2 until 21:11, then Kettai	Dwadasi shukla	07:14–09:07

Aavani 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
24 Aug 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Chithirai pada 4 until 10:45, then Swathi	Panchami shukla	14:33–16:14
25 Aug 2028	Friday Velli	Swathi pada 4 until 09:19, then Visakam	Sashti shukla	11:11–12:52
31 Aug 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Uthiradam pada 3 until 14:54, then Thiruvonam	Dwadasi shukla	14:28–16:07
1 Sept 2028	Friday Velli	Thiruvonam pada 3 until 17:33, then Avittam	Thrayodasi shukla	11:11–12:49

Purattasi 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
20 Sept 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Chithirai pada 2 until 20:08, then Swathi	Thrithiyai shukla	12:43–14:15
27 Sept 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Uthiradam pada 2 until 20:48, then Thiruvonam	Dasami shukla	12:40–14:10
28 Sept 2028	Thursday Vyazhan	Thiruvonam pada 2 until 23:30, then Avittam	Ekadasi shukla	14:09–15:38

Aippasi 3 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
18 Oct 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Swathi pada 1 all day	Prathamai shukla	12:35–13:57
20 Oct 2028	Friday Velli	Anusham pada 1 all day	Thrithiyai shukla	11:13–12:34
30 Oct 2028	Monday Thingal	Uthirattathi pada 3 until 17:50, then Revathi	Thrayodasi shukla	08:39–09:57

Karthigai 4 dates

Date	Day	Nakshatram	Tithi	Avoid (rahu kalam)
17 Nov 2028	Friday Velli	Anusham pada 4 until 10:32, then Kettai	Dwithiyai shukla	10:22–11:35
22 Nov 2028	Wednesday Budhan	Thiruvonam pada 4 until 13:04, then Avittam	Sapthami shukla	11:36–12:48
26 Nov 2028	Sunday Nyayiru	Uthirattathi pada 2 all day	Dasami shukla	15:11–16:22
27 Nov 2028	Monday Thingal	Revathi pada 1 all day	Ekadasi shukla	08:05–09:16

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 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.