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A sahit (साइत, also called muhurat) is a day the panchang deems auspicious for beginning an important undertaking — and within that day, ultimately a time window. In Nepali tradition everything from a wedding to a baby's pasni down to opening a shop is timed to one. This page lists the sahit days for each ceremony across the Bikram Sambat year, so families can shortlist dates before asking a priest for the exact lagna.
The list covers the ten ceremonies Nepali families most commonly seek dates for: vivah (wedding), bratabandha (sacred-thread initiation), pasni (first rice feeding), griha pravesh (housewarming — entering a completed home), griha aramba (starting house construction), vyaparik (business opening or major commercial start), rudri and hom (specific pujas), dhanyachhedan (first harvest cutting) and navannaprashan (first eating of the new harvest). Pick a ceremony and a BS year to see its dates.
Sahit dates come from Nepal's panchang authorities, who weigh several layers of the panchang at once: the lunar month (several months, such as Poush and the Chaturmas period, are avoided for weddings), the tithi (rikta tithis and amavasya are excluded), the weekday, the nakshatra (weddings favour a set of eleven nakshatras including Rohini, Hasta, Swati and Revati), and planetary conditions — Venus or Jupiter being combust (asta), or Jupiter transiting certain signs, can close entire windows. Hence the lopsided calendar: some months carry a dozen sahit days, others none at all.
The dates shown here follow the annual lists published by Nepal's recognised panchang tradition (Surya Panchang / Nepal Panchang Samiti), which are the same lists priests and ritual specialists across Nepal work from. When an official list for a year is not yet published, the page may show formula-based estimates for weddings computed from the classical rules — these are a planning aid, not a substitute for the published list.
A sahit day tells you which date is favourable; the precise time window within it (the lagna) depends on the couple's or person's own birth details and the ascendant at the venue. For weddings and bratabandha especially, always have a priest or jyotish confirm the exact lagna after choosing a date from this list.
Choose "Vivah" in the ceremony selector above and the current BS year — every published wedding date for the year is listed month by month. Wedding seasons in Nepal cluster in Mangsir–Magh and Baisakh–Asar, following the months the panchang permits.
Certain lunar months are traditionally closed for specific ceremonies — for weddings, the Chaturmas months (roughly Shrawan to Kartik), Poush and Chaitra are avoided. Planetary conditions such as Venus combustion can also blank out weeks that would otherwise qualify. An empty month means the panchang closed it — the printed lists priests use show the same gap.
Use this list to shortlist dates, then have a priest or jyotish fix the exact lagna (time window) for your specific case. The day-level list is common to everyone; the time within the day is personal — it depends on birth charts and the venue.
Griha aramba is the auspicious day for starting construction of a house — laying the foundation. Griha pravesh is the day for first entering and occupying a completed home. They have separate date lists because the panchang rules for each differ.
The dates follow Nepal's panchang and Nepal Time. For ceremonies held abroad, most families still follow the Nepali list for the date, but the lagna must be recalculated for the venue's location — another reason to confirm timing with a priest.
