Opening a Bank Account Muhurat Dates 2026 — month by month नया बैंक खाता
Every opening a bank account date in 2026 that clears the classical panchang tests — 51 in total, grouped by month. The rules being applied, and the reasoning behind them, are set out on the Opening a Bank Account muhurat hub.
Opening an account is a small act with a specific classical shape: you are not acquiring wealth, you are building the container it will sit in. That points at the fixed nakshatras for durability — Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada — together with Pushya, the star of nourishment and the one every purchase and every deposit tradition converges on. Thursday is the primary weekday, since Jupiter governs accumulation and increase, with Friday behind it for Venus. Saturday is avoided for a new financial arrangement on the same reasoning that keeps it away from vehicle deliveries.
Scanned 365 days of 2026 at New Delhi sunrise · 51 clear every classical bar for this occasion.
These are panchang-shortlisted dates, not a personal verdict. Each date below clears the classical tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana tests for this occasion, computed with a Lahiri sidereal ephemeris at New Delhi sunrise. The lagna rising at the hour you actually choose, your own birth chart (Chandra bala, running dasha, any dosha) and the day’s Rahu Kaal are NOT checked here — that layer only exists once a date is run against a real chart on the muhurat finder or with Soma.
| Date | Tithi | Nakshatra | Why it qualifies | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 — 4 dates | ||||
| Thu, 1 Jan | Shukla Trayodashi | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Trayodashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Mon, 5 Jan | Krishna Dvitiya | Pushya | Pushya is a classical star for this act; Dvitiya is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Tue, 20 Jan | Shukla Dvitiya | Shravana | Shravana is a classical star for this act; Dvitiya is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 28 Jan | Shukla Dashami | Krittika | Dashami is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| February 2026 — 3 dates | ||||
| Fri, 6 Feb | Krishna Panchami | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Panchami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Fri, 20 Feb | Shukla Tritiya | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Tritiya is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Thu, 26 Feb | Shukla Dashami | Mrigashira | Dashami is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| March 2026 — 3 dates | ||||
| Sun, 1 Mar | Shukla Trayodashi | Pushya | Pushya is a classical star for this act; Trayodashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Fri, 20 Mar | Shukla Dvitiya | Revati | Dvitiya is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Wed, 25 Mar | Shukla Saptami | Mrigashira | Saptami is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| April 2026 — 4 dates | ||||
| Thu, 2 Apr | Shukla Purnima | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Mon, 20 Apr | Shukla Tritiya | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Tritiya is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Thu, 23 Apr | Shukla Saptami | Punarvasu | Saptami is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Wed, 29 Apr | Shukla Trayodashi | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Trayodashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| May 2026 — 6 dates | ||||
| Fri, 8 May | Krishna Shashthi | Uttara Ashadha | Uttara Ashadha is a classical star for this act; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Wed, 13 May | Krishna Ekadashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Ekadashi is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Thu, 14 May | Krishna Dwadashi | Revati | Dwadashi is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Fri, 15 May | Krishna Trayodashi | Ashwini | Trayodashi is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Mon, 18 May | Shukla Dvitiya | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Dvitiya is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Tue, 26 May | Shukla Ekadashi | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Ekadashi is a favoured tithi | Good |
| June 2026 — 5 dates | ||||
| Fri, 5 Jun | Krishna Panchami | Shravana | Shravana is a classical star for this act; Panchami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Wed, 10 Jun | Krishna Dashami | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Dashami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Thu, 11 Jun | Krishna Ekadashi | Revati | Ekadashi is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Wed, 17 Jun | Shukla Tritiya | Punarvasu | Tritiya is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Fri, 26 Jun | Shukla Dwadashi | Vishakha | Dwadashi is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| July 2026 — 6 dates | ||||
| Tue, 7 Jul | Krishna Saptami | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Saptami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Sun, 12 Jul | Krishna Trayodashi | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Trayodashi is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 15 Jul | Shukla Pratipada | Pushya | Pushya is a classical star for this act; Pratipada is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Mon, 20 Jul | Shukla Saptami | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Saptami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Fri, 24 Jul | Shukla Dashami | Anuradha | Anuradha is a classical star for this act; Dashami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Thu, 30 Jul | Krishna Pratipada | Shravana | Shravana is a classical star for this act; Pratipada is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| August 2026 — 4 dates | ||||
| Mon, 3 Aug | Krishna Panchami | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Panchami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 19 Aug | Shukla Saptami | Swati | Saptami is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Tue, 25 Aug | Shukla Dwadashi | Uttara Ashadha | Uttara Ashadha is a classical star for this act; Dwadashi is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 26 Aug | Shukla Trayodashi | Shravana | Shravana is a classical star for this act; Trayodashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| September 2026 — 6 dates | ||||
| Fri, 4 Sep | Krishna Ashtami | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Sun, 13 Sep | Shukla Dvitiya | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Dvitiya is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Thu, 17 Sep | Shukla Shashthi | Anuradha | Anuradha is a classical star for this act; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Mon, 21 Sep | Shukla Dashami | Uttara Ashadha | Uttara Ashadha is a classical star for this act; Dashami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 23 Sep | Shukla Dwadashi | Shravana | Shravana is a classical star for this act; Dwadashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Sun, 27 Sep | Krishna Pratipada | Uttara Bhadrapada | Uttara Bhadrapada is a classical star for this act; Pratipada is a favoured tithi | Good |
| October 2026 — 2 dates | ||||
| Thu, 1 Oct | Krishna Panchami | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Panchami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Mon, 5 Oct | Krishna Dashami | Pushya | Pushya is a classical star for this act; Dashami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| November 2026 — 3 dates | ||||
| Sun, 1 Nov | Krishna Saptami | Pushya | Pushya is a classical star for this act; Saptami is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Fri, 6 Nov | Krishna Dwadashi | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Dwadashi is a favoured tithi | Good |
| Wed, 25 Nov | Krishna Pratipada | Rohini | Rohini is a classical star for this act; Pratipada is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| December 2026 — 5 dates | ||||
| Thu, 3 Dec | Krishna Dashami | Uttara Phalguni | Uttara Phalguni is a classical star for this act; Dashami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Fri, 4 Dec | Krishna Ekadashi | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; Ekadashi is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Fri, 25 Dec | Krishna Dvitiya | Punarvasu | Dvitiya is a favoured tithi; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
| Wed, 30 Dec | Krishna Saptami | Uttara Phalguni | Uttara Phalguni is a classical star for this act; Saptami is a favoured tithi | Excellent |
| Thu, 31 Dec | Krishna Ashtami | Hasta | Hasta is a classical star for this act; the weekday lord supports this act | Good |
What 2026 actually looks like for opening a bank account
The 365-day scan of 2026 produces 51 dates for opening a bank account — 18 rated Excellent and 33 rated Good — spread across 12 of the twelve months. The first falls on 1 January 2026 (Shukla Trayodashi, Rohini) and the last on 31 December 2026 (Krishna Ashtami, Hasta). 2027 yields 45, so 2026 is the more open of the two by 6 dates. The difference is not preference: it is where that year's barred solar months, combustion windows and lunar boundaries happen to fall.
May is the richest month of 2026 for this act with 6 dates, and October the thinnest open month with 2. No month of this year is completely shut.
This occasion carries no solar-month bar and no combustion bar, so nothing closes a whole season of 2026 at once. What thins the list instead is the day-level tests, whose 2026 tally is in the table below.
| Month | Dates | If none, what shut it |
|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | — |
| February | 3 | — |
| March | 3 | — |
| April | 4 | — |
| May | 6 | — |
| June | 5 | — |
| July | 6 | — |
| August | 4 | — |
| September | 6 | — |
| October | 2 | — |
| November | 3 | — |
| December | 5 | — |
The longest run of 2026 with no qualifying date in it is 27 days, from 5 October 2026 to 1 November 2026. If your own window falls inside it, the honest answer is that this year has nothing to offer there and the adjacent year is the place to look.
Which stars and weekdays carried 2026's dates
The shortlist above is not spread evenly. These are the actual counts from 2026's own qualifying set — a different set from the adjacent year's, so a star that dominates one year can be almost absent in the next simply because of where the Moon's returns fall against the barred windows.
Stars carrying the most dates: Hasta (9×), Rohini (7×), Uttara Bhadrapada (6×), Pushya (5×), Shravana (5×), and 10 more.
Weekdays: Wednesday (12×), Friday (12×), Thursday (11×), Monday (7×), Sunday (5×), and 1 more.
Tithis: Dashami (7×), Saptami (7×), Trayodashi (6×), Dvitiya (6×), Dwadashi (5×), and 7 more.
All 8 of this act's favoured stars carried at least one date in 2026, which is unusual: in most years two or three of them fall only on days some other test has already closed.
Why the other 314 days of 2026 did not make the list
Nothing above is a shortage of data: every rejected day was rejected by a named classical test, and in 2026 the single biggest was Rikta tithi, which alone accounted for 73 days — 20.0% of the year, ahead of barred nitya yoga on 67. The tests themselves are set out on the Opening a Bank Account hub; the tally below is 2026's alone, because the bars sit on different dates each year.
| Reason | Days | Share of the year |
|---|---|---|
| Rikta tithi | 73 | 20.0% |
| barred nitya yoga | 67 | 18.4% |
| barred nakshatra | 61 | 16.7% |
| scored below the Good bar | 43 | 11.8% |
| Vishti (Bhadra) karana | 39 | 10.7% |
| barred weekday | 19 | 5.2% |
| Amavasya | 12 | 3.3% |
Where 2026's opening a bank account dates part company with the neighbouring rites
Adjacent rites share most of their classical tests, so their shortlists overlap; the same 365 sunrises were therefore scored a second time against each neighbour's own profile, and every difference below carries that rite's own reason.
| Rite | Its 2026 dates | Shared with this page | Open here only | Open there only |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Purchase | 75 | 48 | 3 | 27 |
| Business Launch | 18 | 13 | 38 | 5 |
| Company Registration | 14 | 14 | 37 | 0 |
| Date | Weekday | Tithi | Star | Open for | Why the other closes it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 January 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Shukla Trayodashi | Rohini | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: 5/10 there — Rohini is not one of its stars |
| 5 January 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Krishna Dvitiya | Pushya | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 5 January 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Krishna Dvitiya | Pushya | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 20 January 2026 | Tuesday (Mars) | Shukla Dvitiya | Shravana | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: weekday barred for this act |
| 20 January 2026 | Tuesday (Mars) | Shukla Dvitiya | Shravana | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: weekday barred for this act |
| 25 January 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Shukla Saptami | Revati | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Revati is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 25 January 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Shukla Saptami | Revati | Business Launch | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Revati is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 28 January 2026 | Wednesday (Mercury) | Shukla Dashami | Krittika | Opening a Bank Account | Gold Purchase: 5/10 there — Krittika is not one of its stars and Wednesday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 6 February 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Panchami | Hasta | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 6 February 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Panchami | Hasta | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 20 February 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Shukla Tritiya | Uttara Bhadrapada | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: 4/10 there — Uttara Bhadrapada is not one of its stars |
| 20 February 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Shukla Tritiya | Uttara Bhadrapada | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: 5/10 there — Friday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 22 February 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Shukla Panchami | Ashwini | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Ashwini is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 22 February 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Shukla Panchami | Ashwini | Business Launch | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Ashwini is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 26 February 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Shukla Dashami | Mrigashira | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: 5/10 there — Mrigashira is not one of its stars |
| 26 February 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Shukla Dashami | Mrigashira | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: 5/10 there — Mrigashira is not one of its stars |
| 8 March 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Krishna Panchami | Swati | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 3/10 there — Swati is not one of its stars, Sunday is not one of its weekday lords and it wants the waxing fortnight |
| 20 March 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Shukla Dvitiya | Revati | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: 4/10 there — Revati is not one of its stars and Friday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 21 March 2026 | Saturday (Saturn) | Shukla Tritiya | Ashwini | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: weekday barred for this act |
| 28 March 2026 | Saturday (Saturn) | Shukla Dashami | Pushya | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: weekday barred for this act |
| 2 April 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Shukla Purnima | Hasta | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: 3/10 there — Hasta is not one of its stars and Purnima is not one of its tithis |
| 4 April 2026 | Saturday (Saturn) | Krishna Dvitiya | Swati | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: weekday barred for this act |
| 12 April 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Krishna Dashami | Shravana | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 5/10 there — Sunday is not one of its weekday lords and it wants the waxing fortnight |
| 18 April 2026 | Saturday (Saturn) | Shukla Pratipada | Ashwini | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: weekday barred for this act |
| 20 April 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Shukla Tritiya | Rohini | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: 4/10 there — Rohini is not one of its stars and Monday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 21 April 2026 | Tuesday (Mars) | Shukla Panchami | Mrigashira | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Mrigashira is not one of its stars and Tuesday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 8 May 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Shashthi | Uttara Ashadha | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 8 May 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Shashthi | Uttara Ashadha | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 9 May 2026 | Saturday (Saturn) | Krishna Saptami | Shravana | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: weekday barred for this act |
| 13 May 2026 | Wednesday (Mercury) | Krishna Ekadashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | Opening a Bank Account | Gold Purchase: 5/10 there — Wednesday is not one of its weekday lords and it wants the waxing fortnight |
| 13 May 2026 | Wednesday (Mercury) | Krishna Ekadashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 13 May 2026 | Wednesday (Mercury) | Krishna Ekadashi | Uttara Bhadrapada | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 14 May 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Krishna Dwadashi | Revati | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 14 May 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Krishna Dwadashi | Revati | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 15 May 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Trayodashi | Ashwini | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 15 May 2026 | Friday (Venus) | Krishna Trayodashi | Ashwini | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: Krishna paksha — this act is kept to the waxing fortnight |
| 17 May 2026 | Sunday (Sun) | Shukla Pratipada | Krittika | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Krittika is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 18 May 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Shukla Dvitiya | Rohini | Opening a Bank Account | Business Launch: 4/10 there — Rohini is not one of its stars and Monday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 19 May 2026 | Tuesday (Mars) | Shukla Tritiya | Mrigashira | Gold Purchase | Opening a Bank Account: 3/10 there — Mrigashira is not one of its stars and Tuesday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 26 May 2026 | Tuesday (Mars) | Shukla Ekadashi | Hasta | Opening a Bank Account | Company Registration: weekday barred for this act |
| 17 June 2026 | Wednesday (Mercury) | Shukla Tritiya | Punarvasu | Opening a Bank Account | Gold Purchase: 4/10 there — Punarvasu is not one of its stars and Wednesday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 17 August 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Shukla Panchami | Chitra | Business Launch | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Chitra is not one of its stars and Monday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 14 September 2026 | Monday (Moon) | Shukla Tritiya | Chitra | Business Launch | Opening a Bank Account: 4/10 there — Chitra is not one of its stars and Monday is not one of its weekday lords |
| 24 September 2026 | Thursday (Jupiter) | Shukla Trayodashi | Dhanishta | Business Launch | Opening a Bank Account: 5/10 there — Dhanishta is not one of its stars |
Of the 3 rites compared, Business Launch's 2026 calendar sits furthest from this one — 43 days on which exactly one of the two is open — and Gold Purchase's closest, at 30. If one visit is to carry two of these rites, the shared column is where a day that serves both will be.
Why does Pushya appear on both the gold page and this one?
Because Pushya is the general star of acquisition and nourishment, and both acts are forms of taking something in and keeping it. It is one of a small number of nakshatras that recur across many occasions. Its notable exception — that it is barred for marriage despite being the most auspicious star for purchases — is a reminder that these lists are per-act, not a ranking of stars.
Frequently asked questions about opening a bank account in 2026
How many opening a bank account dates are there in 2026?
51 — 18 rated Excellent and 33 rated Good, out of 365 days scored. They fall across 12 of the twelve months, the first on 1 January 2026 and the last on 31 December 2026. May is the richest single month with 6.
Is the account opening or the first deposit the act being timed?
The first deposit. An empty account is a form, not a container of wealth; the classical act is the placing of money into it. This is genuinely useful in practice, because bank onboarding runs on the bank's schedule while your first transfer does not.
Can the same 2026 date serve both opening a bank account and business launch?
Usually, but not always. Of the 18 business launch dates in 2026, 13 are also on this page; 38 days are open for opening a bank account and shut for business launch, and 5 the other way round. 1 January 2026 is a opening a bank account date and not a business launch one, because there 5/10 there — Rohini is not one of its stars, while 25 January 2026 is the reverse — good for business launch, omitted here because 4/10 there — Revati is not one of its stars and Sunday is not one of its weekday lords. Both lists are scored from the same sunrises, so a date on both has cleared both sets of bars — what neither list can tell you is whether one day can carry two rites in your family's practice, which is a question for the priest conducting them.
Related occasions
How these opening a bank account dates were computed
For 2026 specifically that meant scoring 365 sunrises and keeping 51 of them, with Rikta tithi doing the most work of any single bar — 73 days of 2026. The earliest date it left standing is 1 January 2026 and the latest 31 December 2026. Nothing dropped is left implicit: the reason for each rejection is named in the tally above.
Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are read at sunrise in New Delhi from a Lahiri sidereal ephemeris; the Sun's sidereal sign drives the solar-month exclusions and the Sun–Venus and Sun–Jupiter separations drive the asta (combustion) bars.
The tests are Opening a Bank Account's own, listed in full on the Opening a Bank Account hub: 8 of the twenty-seven nakshatras carry its star bonus, 9 of the fifteen tithis its tithi bonus, and 3 weekday lords its weekday bonus. A waxing-fortnight day scores one point more. Across 2026's 365 sunrises those three were met on 112, 220 and 157 days, and 51 days cleared every bar and still scored 6 or better. Beyond the bars every act on this site carries, opening a bank account additionally rules out Saturday as a weekday. Where a family practice differs from what is written here, the family practice governs.
Written and maintained by Savan Vyas. Corrections are welcome — a rule we have applied wrongly is a bug, and we would rather hear about it.
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