🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, 2026 & 2027
All 730 days of 2026 and 2027 run through the filters this rite asks for. 96 days pass all of them — 45 in 2026, 51 in 2027. No annual closure applies to this occasion, so the remainder failed on a limb the month pages name one by one.
96
days pass everything
260
one rule short
0
in a closed period
0
of 24 months with none
Why one year is wider than the other
2027 returns 51 qualifying days for a long travel / yatra and 2026 returns 45. The filter is identical in both and so is the closure list, so the whole difference is in where the closures fall — an intercalary lunar month in 2026 and not in 2027, and combustions that cost 45 days in 2026 against 8 days in 2027 because a combustion inside Chaturmas takes days Chaturmas had already shut. Take those two out of both years and the gap in open days falls from 73 days to 6; the cluster page works that through for all 7 occasions.
For this rite the effect is uneven rather than a shift. January 1 then 5, March 5 then 1, November 3 then 7, February 4 then 7 — 3 months of the twelve return the same count in both years, and even those do not return the same dates. 10 calendar dates qualifies in both years: 18 February, 26 February, 2 April, 12 April, 29 April, 25 June, 30 July, 1 November, 26 November, 31 December.
| Year | Qualify | One short | Closed | Lost that would have passed | Open days in the calendar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 45 | 133 | 0 | 0 | 102 |
| 2027 | 51 | 127 | 0 | 0 | 175 |
“Open days in the calendar” counts the days no closure covers at all, before any limb is read, and is the same figure for every occasion. The two columns before it are this rite’s own.
Month by month, 2026 and 2027
Every month offers something, though the counts are far from even. Each row links to the day-by-day working.
2026 · 45 qualifying days of 365
| Month | Qualify | One short | Closed periods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | 1 | 16 | none | Days → |
| February 2026 | 4 | 9 | none | Days → |
| March 2026 | 5 | 6 | none | Days → |
| April 2026 | 5 | 12 | none | Days → |
| May 2026 | 4 | 15 | none | Days → |
| June 2026 | 4 | 10 | none | Days → |
| July 2026 | 6 | 8 | none | Days → |
| August 2026 | 3 | 9 | none | Days → |
| September 2026 | 4 | 11 | none | Days → |
| October 2026 | 2 | 15 | none | Days → |
| November 2026 | 3 | 11 | none | Days → |
| December 2026 | 4 | 11 | none | Days → |
2027 · 51 qualifying days of 365
| Month | Qualify | One short | Closed periods | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2027 | 5 | 9 | none | Days → |
| February 2027 | 7 | 5 | none | Days → |
| March 2027 | 1 | 14 | none | Days → |
| April 2027 | 6 | 14 | none | Days → |
| May 2027 | 4 | 8 | none | Days → |
| June 2027 | 3 | 12 | none | Days → |
| July 2027 | 4 | 11 | none | Days → |
| August 2027 | 2 | 14 | none | Days → |
| September 2027 | 4 | 11 | none | Days → |
| October 2027 | 4 | 10 | none | Days → |
| November 2027 | 7 | 9 | none | Days → |
| December 2027 | 4 | 10 | none | Days → |
Every qualifying day, in full
The whole shortlist on one page — 96 days across 24 months of 2026 and 2027, with the tithi and nakshatra that carried each. Between them sits the longest empty stretch of the two years: 25 days from 26 June 2027 to 20 July 2027 with nothing available for this rite at all.
January 2026 · 1 day
- 25 JanuarySundayShukla Saptami· Revati
February 2026 · 4 days
- 6 FebruaryFridayKrishna Panchami· Hasta
- 18 FebruaryWednesdayShukla Pratipada· Shatabhisha
- 22 FebruarySundayShukla Panchami· Ashwini
- 26 FebruaryThursdayShukla Dashami· Mrigashira
March 2026 · 5 days
April 2026 · 5 days
May 2026 · 4 days
June 2026 · 4 days
July 2026 · 6 days
August 2026 · 3 days
September 2026 · 4 days
- 13 SeptemberSundayShukla Dwitiya· Hasta
- 23 SeptemberWednesdayShukla Dwadashi· Shravana
- 24 SeptemberThursdayShukla Trayodashi· Dhanishta
- 28 SeptemberMondayKrishna Dwitiya· Revati
October 2026 · 2 days
- 5 OctoberMondayKrishna Dashami· Pushya
- 30 OctoberFridayKrishna Panchami· Mrigashira
November 2026 · 3 days
- 1 NovemberSundayKrishna Saptami· Pushya
- 26 NovemberThursdayKrishna Dwitiya· Mrigashira
- 29 NovemberSundayKrishna Shashthi· Pushya
December 2026 · 4 days
- 4 DecemberFridayKrishna Ekadashi· Hasta
- 6 DecemberSundayKrishna Trayodashi· Swati
- 25 DecemberFridayKrishna Dwitiya· Punarvasu
- 31 DecemberThursdayKrishna Ashtami· Hasta
January 2027 · 5 days
- 11 JanuaryMondayShukla Tritiya· Dhanishta
- 15 JanuaryFridayShukla Saptami· Revati
- 20 JanuaryWednesdayShukla Trayodashi· Mrigashira
- 27 JanuaryWednesdayKrishna Shashthi· Hasta
- 31 JanuarySundayKrishna Dashami· Anuradha
February 2027 · 7 days
- 7 FebruarySundayShukla Pratipada· Dhanishta
- 11 FebruaryThursdayShukla Panchami· Revati
- 12 FebruaryFridayShukla Shashthi· Ashwini
- 18 FebruaryThursdayShukla Dwadashi· Punarvasu
- 19 FebruaryFridayShukla Trayodashi· Pushya
- 26 FebruaryFridayKrishna Shashthi· Swati
- 28 FebruarySundayKrishna Ashtami· Anuradha
March 2027 · 1 day
- 11 MarchThursdayShukla Tritiya· Revati
April 2027 · 6 days
May 2027 · 4 days
June 2027 · 3 days
July 2027 · 4 days
August 2027 · 2 days
September 2027 · 4 days
- 3 SeptemberFridayShukla Tritiya· Hasta
- 5 SeptemberSundayShukla Panchami· Swati
- 12 SeptemberSundayShukla Dwadashi· Shravana
- 26 SeptemberSundayKrishna Ekadashi· Pushya
October 2027 · 4 days
- 4 OctoberMondayShukla Panchami· Anuradha
- 10 OctoberSundayShukla Dashami· Shravana
- 20 OctoberWednesdayKrishna Panchami· Mrigashira
- 22 OctoberFridayKrishna Saptami· Punarvasu
November 2027 · 7 days
- 1 NovemberMondayShukla Tritiya· Anuradha
- 8 NovemberMondayShukla Dashami· Shatabhisha
- 12 NovemberFridayShukla Trayodashi· Revati
- 18 NovemberThursdayKrishna Panchami· Punarvasu
- 19 NovemberFridayKrishna Shashthi· Pushya
- 24 NovemberWednesdayKrishna Ekadashi· Hasta
- 26 NovemberFridayKrishna Trayodashi· Swati
December 2027 · 4 days
- 3 DecemberFridayShukla Panchami· Shravana
- 5 DecemberSundayShukla Saptami· Dhanishta
- 9 DecemberThursdayShukla Ekadashi· Revati
- 31 DecemberFridayShukla Tritiya· Shravana
Each date links to its own panchang page for the end times of the tithi and nakshatra, and for Rahu Kaal and Abhijit inside the day. The window for the ceremony itself is elected inside one of these days against the charts of the people involved — that is a second pass no calendar can do.
The filter, in full
Nakshatra: 11 of the 27 — the movable and swift nakshatras, which is what the classical texts assign to a journey.
Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, Ashwini, Pushya, Hasta, Mrigashira, Anuradha, Revati.
Tithi: anything but the Rikta tithis — Chaturthi, Navami, Chaturdashi — and Amavasya.
Vara: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday. Yoga: the nine ashubha yogas excluded. Karana: Vishti excluded.
Closures: none apply. Yatra has a weekday rule of its own — the dishashool, a direction barred on each day — which depends on where you are going and is not applied here. Tuesday and Saturday are excluded as the generally avoided days.
Which of its own nakshatras did the work
A set of 11 nakshatras does not contribute evenly. Shravana and Revati produced the most qualifying days for this rite across 2026 and 2027, 12 of the 96 each. Every one of them produced at least one.
- Shravana12
- Revati12
- Hasta11
- Mrigashira10
- Dhanishta9
- Punarvasu8
- Pushya8
- Anuradha8
- Swati7
- Ashwini6
- Shatabhisha5
By weekday. Of the 5 weekdays this rite accepts, Sunday and Friday returned the most at 24 days each — Sunday 24, Friday 24, Wednesday 18, Thursday 16, Monday 14. The weekday is the one limb whose supply the calendar fixes rather than the sky: 2026 and 2027 together hold 522 days of an accepted weekday, 522 of them outside a closure, and 96 survive the rest of the filter.
What the closures cost this rite
None of the 5 kinds of closed period applies to this occasion, which is why it clears more days than any other on the site: all 730 days of 2026 and 2027 were judged on their own panchang. Not applied: Asta, Kharmas, Holashtak, Adhika maas, Chaturmas.
Why each closed period is closed, and why last year’s dates do not carry over →Questions
How many auspicious days for long travel / yatra are there in 2026 and 2027?
96 days pass every filter this occasion asks for, out of 730 — 45 in 2026 and 51 in 2027. 0 days fall inside a closed period and were never examined; the rest failed on one or more of the five limbs. February 2027 and November 2027 are the widest of the 24 months, level at 7 days each.
Are 2027's dates just 2026's moved by a few days?
No — the change is a redistribution, not a shift, and it is different for every rite. 2027 returns 51 qualifying days for a long travel / yatra and 2026 returns 45, but the months move independently: January goes from 1 to 5, March goes from 5 to 1, November goes from 3 to 7, while 3 months of the twelve return the same count in both years. Only 10 calendar dates qualifies in both years for this rite — 18 February, 26 February, 2 April, 12 April, 29 April, 25 June, 30 July, 1 November, 26 November, 31 December. The reason is above — an intercalary month in one year and not the other, and combustions that fall inside Chaturmas in one year and in open season in the other.
Which months of 2026 and 2027 are closed for long travel / yatra?
Not one of the 24 is closed end to end for this occasion. Closures still remove 0 days across the two years, but they always leave part of the month open.
What rules out a day for long travel / yatra?
Over 2026 and 2027 together, nakshatra did the most excluding: it ruled out 434 of the 730 days that were examined at all. The rule most worth relaxing is a different one: 134 days fail on nakshatra and nothing else, so setting that single rule aside and holding the other four would return 230 days instead of 96. The movable and swift nakshatras, which is what the classical texts assign to a journey. The full filter is set out above, and each month page names the failing limb for every single day.
Which nakshatra gives the most days for long travel / yatra?
Shravana and Revati, with 12 each of the 96 across 2026 and 2027. Every one of this rite's 11 nakshatras produced at least one qualifying day, though not in equal numbers. By weekday, Sunday and Friday returned the most at 24 days each.
The other 6 occasions
Qualifying days in 2026 and 2027, computed with each occasion’s own filter.
Next
Computed at sunrise for New Delhi from the JPL DE421 ephemeris. Tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana are Sun–Moon angles and hold anywhere in India; sunrise and the windows derived from it shift with longitude.
Ask a pandit for the muhurat