Idol Installation
Rules
| No. | Good | Avoid |
| 1 | See next table for different gods | Amavasya |
| 2 | Eclipse + 5 days | |
| 3 | Adik or Kshay Month | |
| 4 | Earth Quake Day + 5 days |
| Criterion | Value | For |
| Lunar Month | Vaishakh, Jyeshta, Phalgun | All gods |
| Chaitra | Best choice | |
| Maagh | Other than Vishnu all Gods | |
| Chaitra, Shravan, Asvin | Vishnu | |
| Vaishak, Jyeshta, Ashad, Sravan, Bhadrapad, Margasirsh, Maagh or Phalgun | Shiv Ling | |
| Asvin or Maagh | Devi | |
| Time | Sunrise time or Purvanha Kaal | All gods |
| Ayan | Dakshinayan | Mother, Shiv, Varah, Narasingh, Trivikram and Devi |
| Paksh | Shukla Paksh | for all gods |
| Day | Su, Mo, We, Th, Fr | for all gods |
| Tithi | 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,15 [not 4,9,14,30] | for all gods |
| 4 | Ganapathi | |
| 9 | Devi | |
| 12 | Visnu | |
| Nak | Mula Nakshatra | Devi |
| Asvini, Rohini, Mrgasiras, Punarvasu, Pushya, Utthara, Hastha, Citra, Svati, Anuradha, Uttarashada, Sravan, Dhanishta, Shatataraka, Uttarabhadrapad or Revati | for all gods | |
| Krittika to Vishaka and sravan | Vishnu | |
| Ardra | Siva | |
| Revati | Ganesh, Yaksh, Snake, Ghost, Shiv Gan | |
| Pusya | Navagraha | |
| Sravan | Jin or Mercury | |
| Lagna | Char | Yogini and other lower kshudra dieties |
| Simha | Sun | |
| Mithun | Siva | |
| Kanya | Vishnu | |
| Kumbh | Brahma | |
| Dwisvabav | Devi | |
| Houses | Moon in 3,6,10 or 11 | |
| Ari, Tau, Leo, Vir, Lib, Sag, Cap [1,2,5,6,7,9,11] | Siva Ling |
| Criterion | For |
| Day = Sun, Tue, Fri. Tithi = 12,15,30. Sun Sankranthi day. Vyathipath. Vaighrthi. Sunrise or sunset sandhya time. Night time. All this = No tulsi kund. | Hence avoid |
| Sunday no Dhurva kund. | Hence avoid. |
| Karthik month no aavla fruit leaf kund. | Hence avoid. |
| Nak = Bharani, Krittika, Ardra, Aslesa, Magha, Purva, Vishaka, Jyeshta, Mula, PBhadrapad. Tithi = 4,9,14. Day = Sunday, Tuesday or Saturday. | Durga, Village Diety, Siva |
| Nak = Bharani, Mrgasiras, Ardra, Magha or Mula Nak. Lagna
= Kumbh . Mercury in Lagna. Ven in 4. No planet in 8. |
Vethaal etc devatas and black magic |