Garbhadhan - ritual to guarantee conception

Pumsavana - ritual to protect the fetus and to have a boy 

Simantonnayana - ritual done during the last month of pregnancy for the proper mental formation of the child.

Jatakarma - birth ritual involving the preparation of the astrological chart of the child.

Namakarana - ritual of naming the child. This ceremony is performed in the home, usually when the child is eleven to forty days old.

Nishkramana taking the child out of the house for the first time.

Annaprasana - The first feeding of rice ; usually done in front of the God in a temple.

Chudakarana - ritual of first cutting of the hair.

Karnavedha - ritual of boring the earlobes of the child for putting in gold earrings.

Vidyarambha - the beginning of the child learning the alphabet.

Upanayana - the holy thread ritual by which the boy becomes a dwija or 'twice born' This ceremony is performed when the boy is between the ages of nine and fifteen.

Vedarambha - commencement of Vedic studies. 

Keshanta - ritual of first shaving of the head.

Samavartana - ritual of home coming after completion of studies.

Viveha - the marraige ritual.

Anthyesthi - funeral rites.