Weddings are a beautiful event in one’s life. And if you are engaged, you might have concerns about the wedding date. A wedding is one of the most memorable days in someone’s life. So, choosing a wedding date is an essential task.

Wedding dates can vary on different aspects like your astrology (if you believe), particular dates, wedding venues, wedding day, wedding location, budget, guest list, and the most important thing is your personal preference. In this article, we will look at all these aspects individually.

1. Wedding Dates On Astrology

This is for you if you are concerned about astrology regarding your dates!

1.1. Auspicious Dates Based On Astrology

1. A New Moon: If you want to start a fresh and new life, choose a wedding date on the new moon. Because it means planting new seeds, beginning something fresh, starting something from the ground up, the best fact is that a new moon comes once every month.
2. New moon during Libra: Libra is the symbol of relationship and companionship. The fantastic factor is that Libra days are between September and October, the most popular wedding dates.
3. New moon during Capricorn season: This season occurs in winter, and Capricorn is the symbol of determination, longevity, and endurance. There are some possibilities that such dates might be similar to New Year’s Eve or Christmas Eve.
4. Supercharged New Moon: These are known as Solar Eclipse. Such events are also a practical consideration for dates. Solar eclipses occur only two or three times a year, so this can be your unique date, and it is also considered an auspicious date.
5. Jupiter Transit: Dates based on such things bring prosperity and fulfillment in new life. So, choosing your wedding date based on Jupiter’s transit gives you a meaning to select your date on a specific date.

2. Particular Dates For Wedding

Wedding dates can be based on particular dates, for example, your parents’ wedding date, your partner’s birthdate, the date of your first achievement, or it might be your lucky number date.

Some days are also fortunate for your life throughout your life, so you can also consider them as your wedding day. Specific dates give you a particular memory for your wedding. It gives you beautiful memories and attachments related to your wedding.

Your chosen date might affect your plans. Planning includes wedding vendors, certain weekends, guest lists, and budgets.

3. Dates On Wedding Budget

If you have a flexible budget for your day, it might be okay, and your venue or planning process will vary, but if you have a strict budget for your marriage, you might have to eliminate something.

Suppose you have chosen a date that is very particular to the wedding; you might have problems with your dream venue. During such dates, you usually find your specific venue already booked, or during peak wedding season, seasonal pricing is also there to disturb your wedding planning.

Suppose you are looking for a destination wedding. In that case, you will also have to see the travel plans, tickets, and hotels for accommodation. You will have to prepare a proper framework for your planning process. Usually, holiday weekends and long weekends are booked, so you will have to choose accordingly.

4. Guest List

You might have some plans regarding your guests, so your dates should also be convenient for them. Some might have plans that you do not want to have many guests except your close friends, immediate family, or both of you, and that’s it.

Some might have plans for a vast gathering, including your VIP guests. Usually, holiday weekends have prior commitments for people, so it might be possible that your guest would also have some plans. So, weekday weddings have some challenges.

Mid-week weddings: if your guest has an office or work, it might be possible that your guest would not like to hinder their work. A weekday wedding can be expensive or cheap. Usually, weekends are costly compared to other days, so you must consider them.

5. Holidays And Wedding Date

While choosing your wedding date, you must be mindful of holidays because it matters a lot. Holidays can affect your mood, list of guests, budget, venues, vendors, etc. There might be a possibility that your guests have prior commitments and are planning family-oriented holidays.

If there is a public holiday, there is a possibility of trouble in traveling or accessing public facilities. There is one more thing that holiday weekend means: families have whole pre-planned days.

Wedding planners suggest that holidays must be considered when selecting a wedding date. Many things depend on seasonal pricing, so the season of holidays can also affect your budget.

Now, the question is, which holiday will work in this case?

New Year’s Eve is usually festive, so it can be considered your wedding date. One thing is also that beginning a new year and beginning a new life with firecrackers and fairy lights always dissolves happiness in your mood and life.

You can also go for a long weekend, saving your guests and making sense of your office work if you have long and hectic office hours. So, this can be a perfect wedding date with a holiday.

6. Indoor Or Outdoor Wedding

Before choosing anything, you must decide whether you would prefer an indoor or an outdoor wedding. If you are thinking of getting married indoors, then somewhere it will be okay, but if you decide on an outdoor wedding, then you will have to take care of the following things:

6.1. Weather

Once you are OK with the season or a particular month of your wedding, you must check whether it will be suitable or we should change it. If you are thinking about a beach wedding, you must have practical considerations about beach weather. Sometimes, there are times of tropical changes like hurricanes or tornados.

Weather can also affect your budgeting because Summer season weddings are usually higher than the other days of the year. The periods of this time are counted as the busier and higher time during the year. Most of the time during the summer, tourist places are full of bookings, which is why these are expensive, and vendor availability can also be disturbed.

Planning a low-cost marriage on a snowy Wednesday in December is good, but you can also go for the beginning of saving and planning for the future early on. So, try to consider such things in outdoor weddings.

6.2. Mood

For an outdoor wedding, you will also have to take care of your mood during harsh sunlight; you will have to work on the bride’s and groom’s makeup and costume. Most probably you would not be able to wear your ideal dress. 

6.3. Budget

For an outdoor wedding, your budget can increase on proper accommodations such as tents, walls, and more, while for an indoor wedding, you will have to work on lighting, scenery, and more. Both types of weddings require a proper framework, so you should be careful about such decisions.

6.4. Supplier Availability

For your big day, you must have plans for photographers, music bands, caterers, decorators, etc. But its availability matters a lot. Usually, they are already booked during peak seasons, so you have to face problems with their availability. Avoid significant events, peak season, and other events with high demand.

6.5. Avoid Major Sporting Events and Local Events

The written factors say that wedding vendors are usually busy during these periods, so you cannot find them easily. A list of particular venues can also be affected in such times. So, choose your wedding date according to your vendor’s availability.

7. Wedding Venue

Being an engaged couple, many have their dream wedding venues. You must have your wedding plans and a wedding venue in your mind.

There might be a possibility that, according to your planned date, your particular venue is not accessible, so if you can plan ahead, you can select that particular date, and if you do not want to delay your wedding, try to find another date.

During peak wedding seasons, your dream wedding venue can be expensive, and they usually charge extra during high demand. Wedding space also depends on your budget, so select your venue according to your preference and budget.

8. Wedding Date And Season

The atmosphere you want for your big day depends on your chosen season. If you want to have a cocktail party at your wedding, choose the summer season, while if you want to have a snowy night and white Christmas Eve with sparkles of glitter, try the colder months.

Consider your wedding a spring wedding if you imagine the freshness, flower petals, and daffodil bouquet in your hand. If you plan a fall wedding, you will enjoy a nostalgic feeling with rich colors and mulled apple cider.

9. Wedding Date And Time Gap

Before the big decision, you want to have some time as a committed couple, and then you can go for a long time gap. If you are engaged and want to date after your engagement as a boyfriend and girlfriend, then you can also go for a long time interval.

Time gap allows you to create understanding between couples and their family members. During these gaps, you can plan for your dream wedding as well.

According to the wedding planner, there should be an ideal time gap between a wedding date and an engagement to avoid confusion between wedding plans. These gaps can ensure you about uncertainties such as unexpected deaths, illness, overseas travel, etc.

Time gaps can also help in budget planning because, with time gaps, you can arrange finances that can result in a hinder-free wedding.

10. Choosing A Wedding Date With Partner’s Preference

A partner’s preference is essential in a marriage because it is considered a big day in everyone’s life. You should be careful about your partner’s choice because it can create understanding between you, too.

If your fiancée wants a wedding on Mother’s Day, try to consider it necessary. It might be possible that you want a summer wedding while your partner wants a winter wedding, so both desires should work. In this case, you can go for spring season for your big day. So choose your wedding date according to your partner’s preference.

There might be a possibility that your partner wants a wedding date based on your first date of relationship. This can be a particular date for both of you as this will be remembered as two beautiful memories.

All In All

Choosing a wedding date means considering everything in your plans, such as your wedding budget, venue, family members, guests, off-season, primary season, and many more. If you have no idea about event management, try to consult a wedding planner so that you have a great wedding plan in your hand without wasting resources and money. Spending time on worthless planning can affect the best day of your life.

When planning for your marriage day, try to save the dates that can be potential for your day. There might be many dates and days that can be your dream day, but you will have to choose only one, considering all the factors.

You should not be rigid about your plans until you reach your date. Try to consider every step that you know priority about your life’s instincts.

Choosing a perfect day means considering all the pros and cons of your wedding management. It means you are viewing all the practical and personal requirements for your wedding. After knowing the above, you can efficiently plan from the wedding date to purchasing a bouquet for your partner.

Once you plan your wedding, you must consider your work leave, your family’s plans, and many more. Start inviting your guests for your special day so they can plan accordingly.

Now, you are all done to mark your calendar and count down the days for your special day. Congratulations on your wedding!

FAQs

1. Can I choose my wedding day on my fiancée’s birthday?
   That’s very appreciable as your partner will be the luckiest person in the world because she will have the most beautiful gift on her birthday. You can choose a birthday as a wedding day. It can also save you money:)
2. What should I gift her to tell her about our wedding date?
   You can gift her a red-marked calendar with the sand clock to wait for a special day in both of your lives. Apart from these things you can also gift her a cute and beautiful diary with a short note in which you mention your feelings and tell her how eagerly you are waiting for your love.
3. How can I choose my wedding dress? Wedding dresses should be according to your comfort, so always try to dress accordingly.

Last Updated on February 24, 2024 by soubhik