Days for seemantham, simantonnayana or godh bharai in New Delhi to December 2027, from verse 8 of the Muhurta Chintamani's Samskara prakarana, in plain words.
In shortThe next listed day for seemantham (godh bharai) in New Delhi is Thursday 12 November 2026, 2:19 pm to 6:09 pm. After it: Sun 15 Nov, 2:01 am to 6:44 am (early hours of 16 Nov); Fri 20 Nov, 6:56 am to 7:00 pm. All 115 days are in the table below; for another city or other dates, use the muhurat finder.
Verse 8 of the Muhurta Chintamani's Samskara prakarana pairs nakshatras with weekdays for the seemantham: Mrigashira, Pushya, Moola, Shravana, Punarvasu or Hasta on Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday, or a fixed nakshatra or Revati on a benefic weekday, avoiding the Rikta tithis, Amavasya, Shashthi, Ashtami and Dwadashi. The table lists the days for New Delhi.
Simantonnayana, often called seemantham, and close in purpose to the godh bharai, is the blessing of a mother in the middle months of her pregnancy. The Muhurta Chintamani gives it verse 8 of its Samskara prakarana (chapter 5). This page reads the verse and lists the days in New Delhi on which it holds. The month of pregnancy comes first, so read the list for the weeks that fit your family’s timing.
How it works
Verse numbers are those of the edition with Mahidhara Sharma’s Hindi commentary (Venkateshwar Press), whose reading we follow.
Weekday and nakshatra together. The verse gives two sets. On Thursday, Tuesday or Sunday the Moon should be in Mrigashira, Pushya, Moola, Shravana, Punarvasu or Hasta. As an alternative, on a benefic weekday, the fixed nakshatras (Rohini, Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha, Uttara Bhadrapada) and Revati are also accepted. We take the benefic weekdays as Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, so Thursday accepts both sets and Saturday neither.
Tithi. Not the Rikta tithis (Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi), not Amavasya, not Dwadashi, not Shashthi and not Ashtami.
The leaped month and asta. Mahidhara Sharma, on chapter 1, verse 47, quotes the rule that the ceremonies from seemantham to annaprashana are tied to a fixed time and are not held back by a leaped month or by Jupiter or Venus being combust. So neither is applied here, as on the namakaran page.
As on every page here, Vishti karana and the yogas Vyatipata and Vaidhriti are avoided (chapter 1, verse 34).
Reading the result
Each listed day has a window of at least five minutes in which every condition holds, with the nakshatra and tithi shown. A window after midnight belongs to the day before. Because the verse names the sixth or eighth month of pregnancy, only the weeks that fall in that month matter to you; pick from those. For another city use the muhurat finder.
Where traditions differ
Families hold this ceremony in different months and under different names. The verse names the sixth or eighth month; your family’s custom decides. We follow the verse for the day and leave the month to you.
What it does not do
The verse also asks that the lord of the month of pregnancy be strong, that benefics stand in the angles and trines and malefics in the 3rd, 6th or 11th house, and that the lagna be in a male navamsha at the hour. Those depend on the hour and the mother’s own chart, and are for your astrologer. Nothing here is medical advice; the mother’s health and comfort come first, so please follow her doctor on timing and travel. Chapter 1, verses 34 and 35 also name things every auspicious act avoids that this page does not check: the person’s own birth nakshatra, month and tithi and a parent’s shraddha day; a day touched by three tithis or a tithi that touches three days (tithi kshaya and vriddhi); kulika, the half-prahara and mahapata; and the opening part of the yogas Vishkambha, Vajra, Shoola, Ganda, Atiganda and Vyaghata and the first half of Parigha. An almanac that applies them may list fewer days.
Seemantham days for New Delhi, October 2026 to December 2027: 115 days
All 115 days are given below with their time windows.
The closest list to this one is the namakaran list: 73 of these 115 days are namakaran days too, and on 46 of them the window is the same.
On Sunday, Tuesday or Thursday: Mrigashira, Pushya, Moola, Shravana, Punarvasu or Hasta. On Monday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday: Rohini, the three Uttaras or Revati.
↳ In which month of pregnancy is it held?
Verse 8 names the sixth or eighth month. Some families follow their own custom instead; the table shows the days and leaves the month to you.
↳ Why is there no asta or leaped month check?
The ceremonies from seemantham to annaprashana are tied to the stage of pregnancy or the child's age, and the rule Mahidhara Sharma quotes says the leaped month and asta do not hold them back.
↳ Is godh bharai the same as seemantham?
They are close in purpose, a blessing for the mother and the child to come, and families use the names in different ways. This page applies the classical rule for simantonnayana.
↳ Can I get dates for my own city?
Yes. The muhurat finder runs the same rule for any place and dates.