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A child's first haircut — odd year, gentle nakshatras.

Mundan — chudakarana in the samskara list, barasala in parts of the Telugu country — is the first ceremonial shaving of a child's head, usually in the first, third or fifth year. Even years are avoided in most traditions.

The nakshatras favoured are the gentle and swift ones, on the straightforward reasoning that the ceremony should be brief and unfrightening for the child. Ashwini, Mrigashira, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Revati are the usual set.

Many families perform it at a temple — Tirumala above all in the south — in which case the temple's own calendar and the family's travel usually decide the date more than the nakshatra does.

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Choosing within the day

Choose an odd year by the child's age, then a gentle nakshatra on a bhadra or purna tithi. Avoid rikta tithis, amavasya, and Tuesday and Saturday in most practice.

Where the ceremony is at a temple, the temple's schedule reasonably takes precedence.

Common questions

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