Buying a home or a plot is, for most families, the largest purchase of a lifetime, and it is natural to want the day of signing to be a good one. In modern practice the day that counts is usually the day of registration, because that is when ownership passes, so most families choose the registration date and treat the booking amount as an earlier step. This page helps with that choice, and it is careful about what it can honestly claim.
What the source does and does not say
The Muhurta Chintamani has no section on buying and selling land or property as we know it. What it does have is the Vastu prakarana, which sets out the rules for the ground on which a house is laid, the building of the house and its first entry. The rules for entering a house are used on our griha pravesh page. For a purchase, the nearest guidance is the same chapter’s concern with the house and its ground, so this page applies the nakshatras and days that chapter favours for a dwelling, and the tag above says so: the classical rule nearest to this event.
That is a choice of ours, made because the property is one that will be dwelt in, and it should not be mistaken for a quotation. Almanacs differ more on this event than on any other, and some give long lists of dates for registering property that follow their own conventions. If your family or your lawyer works to a different list, that is a legitimate difference.
The conditions applied
Nakshatra. The fixed nakshatras, Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha and Uttara Bhadrapada, which suit an act meant to last, and the gentle nakshatras, Mrigashira, Revati, Chitra and Anuradha. Eight in all. This is the same group as for entering a house.
Weekday. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday. Many people favour Thursday in particular for matters of property, since it is the day of Jupiter, the planet of growth and stability, and Friday, the day of Venus, the planet of comfort and home. Both are in the list.
Tithi. The Rikta tithis, Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdashi of each fortnight, and Amavasya, are avoided. The others are left open.
Karana and yoga. The Vishti karana and the yogas Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are avoided.
Not applied. Months are not restricted, as they are for entering a house, and the leaped month, Chaturmas and the asta of Venus and Jupiter are not checked, because the nearest rule does not ask for it. A purchase is an agreement made on paper; the entry into the house is where those conditions weigh more.
How to use the table
Treat the table as a shortlist of candidate days for signing the agreement or registering the deed. The window shows when the nakshatra, tithi, yoga and karana agree. Government offices keep their own hours, so you may find that the registrar’s working day only overlaps part of a window, or none. In that case choose the nearest listed day, or ask your astrologer whether a signature at a particular hour of the window can serve.
Keep the practical side first. Check the title, the approvals, the payment schedule and the stamp duty with a lawyer or adviser before you consider the muhurat. No choice of date takes the place of that work, and nothing on this page is legal or financial advice.
What your astrologer adds
A list of days cannot check your own chart. The family astrologer looks at tarabala and chandrabala for the buyer, at the strength of the fourth house, which is the house of home and property in the chart, and at the lagna of the hour. Some also look at the direction of the main door for the house, which is a Vastu matter. These checks decide between two days that both appear in the table, and they are why we call a listed day a candidate, not a recommendation.
Other places and other events
The windows depend on the place. This table is for New Delhi; use the muhurat finder for another city. The step that follows a purchase is entering the house, and the day of entry has its own rules on the griha pravesh page. If you are buying a vehicle instead, see the vehicle page, and for every event the muhurat hub. The panchang of your city shows the day’s details.
Where this fits in the whole purchase
A property purchase has several steps: the booking, the agreement to sell, the payment of the balance, the registration and the possession. Families who follow muhurat choose one or two of these for a listed day, most often the registration and the entry. It is rarely practical to choose all, and no tradition we know of asks for it. If the registration date is fixed by the seller or the authority, take the listed day nearest to it for the part you can move, and rely on the rest of your preparation for the part you cannot.