The auspicious dates and timings for vivah, the wedding ceremony, in London. These hold for everyone in the city; matching the two charts is a separate reading.
May 2025
Thursday, 1 May· Vaishakha month
6:54 AM - 9:50 AM· Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Panchami
4:57 AM - 3:51 AM, 24 May· Uttara Bhadrapada, then Revati nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi, then Krishna Dwadashi
Tuesday, 27 May· Jyeshtha month
2:15 PM - 4:52 AM, 28 May· Rohini, then Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Pratipada, then Shukla Dwitiya
Wednesday, 28 May· Jyeshtha month
4:52 AM - 2:38 PM· Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Dwitiya
How these dates are chosen
A date passes when Venus and Jupiter are both visible, and not within three days either side of their setting; the Sun is in Mesha, Vrishabha, Mithuna, Tula, Vrishchika, Makara or Kumbha; the month is not an adhika month and the day is outside Chaturmas, from Devshayani Ekadashi to Prabodhini Ekadashi; and the Moon is in Rohini, Mrigashira, Magha, Uttara Phalguni, Hasta, Swati, Anuradha, Mula, Uttarashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada or Revati, leaving out the junction quarters of Magha, Mula and Revati. The timing is the span of that nakshatra clear of the inauspicious yogas (Vishkambha, Atiganda, Shoola, Ganda, Vyaghata, Vajra, Vyatipata, Parigha and Vaidhriti) and of Vishti and the fixed karanas, at least five minutes long.
Times are local to London. A day runs from sunrise to sunrise, so a window after midnight belongs to the date above it.
Check a date against your own chart
These dates hold for everyone in the city. The Kaalvit app reads each one against a person's own Moon: chandra bala and tara bala across the window, with the reasons shown. Free on your own chart.
