🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, April 2026
5 days in April 2026 survive the long travel / yatra filter, and the longest unbroken stretch with nothing available runs 9 days. No closure touches the month, so all 30 were decided on their own panchang.
5
pass every filter
12
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 5 days that qualify
Purnima · Hasta nakshatra · Dhruva yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 06:10 · sunset 18:39 · Abhijit 12:00-12:49 · Rahu Kaal 13:58-15:32
Krishna Dashami · Shravana nakshatra · Sadhya yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 05:59 · sunset 18:45 · Abhijit 11:56-12:47 · Rahu Kaal 17:09-18:45
Krishna Ekadashi · Dhanishta nakshatra · Shubha yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 05:58 · sunset 18:45 · Abhijit 11:56-12:47 · Rahu Kaal 07:34-09:10
Shukla Saptami · Punarvasu nakshatra · Sukarma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:47 · sunset 18:51 · Abhijit 11:53-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 13:57-15:35
Shukla Trayodashi · Hasta nakshatra · Harshana yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:42 · sunset 18:55 · Abhijit 11:52-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 12:18-13:57
The barred direction on each day
Yatra carries a rule the filter cannot apply for you, because it depends on where you are going: the dishashool, one direction shut on each weekday.
- 2 April (Thursday) · Purnima, HastaSouth barred
- 12 April (Sunday) · Krishna Dashami, ShravanaWest barred
- 13 April (Monday) · Krishna Ekadashi, DhanishtaEast barred
- 23 April (Thursday) · Shukla Saptami, PunarvasuSouth barred
- 29 April (Wednesday) · Shukla Trayodashi, HastaNorth barred
One rule short — 12 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 7 on nakshatra, 4 on vara, 1 on tithi.
- 4 SatKrishna Dwitiya, Swati — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 6 MonKrishna Chaturthi, Anuradha — short on tithi: Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi
- 8 WedKrishna Shashthi, Moola — short on nakshatra: Moola is not in this occasion's set
- 10 FriKrishna Ashtami, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 14 TueKrishna Dwadashi, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 15 WedKrishna Trayodashi, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 18 SatShukla Pratipada, Ashwini — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 19 SunShukla Dwitiya, Bharani — short on nakshatra: Bharani is not in this occasion's set
- 20 MonShukla Tritiya, Rohini — short on nakshatra: Rohini is not in this occasion's set
- 21 TueShukla Panchami, Mrigashira — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 26 SunShukla Dashami, Magha — short on nakshatra: Magha is not in this occasion's set
- 27 MonShukla Ekadashi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches April 2026, so all 30 days were examined. 5 passed everything, 12 missed by a single rule, and 13 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 12 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 18 of the 30.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya | 7 | 1 |
| Vara | Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 8 | 4 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 18 | 7 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 10 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 4 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 7 days of April fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 8, 10, 15, 19, 20, 26, 27 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 11 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 12 days of April 2026, with Hasta coming round twice.
Weekday supply. April 2026 holds 22 days of the right weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 5 survive the rest of the filter — against 12 days supplied by the 11 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
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.
Every day of April 2026, and what ruled it out
All 30 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: all examined against 11 nakshatras, 5 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 2 Thu | passes every filter |
| 3 Fri | Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Sun | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Mon | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 7 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 8 Wed | Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Thu | Moola is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Fri | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Sat | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 12 Sun | passes every filter |
| 13 Mon | passes every filter |
| 14 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 15 Wed | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Thu | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Fri | Amavasya; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Sun | Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Mon | Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 21 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 22 Wed | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Thu | passes every filter |
| 24 Fri | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 25 Sat | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Sun | Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Mon | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Wed | passes every filter |
| 30 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
April 2026 against the rest of 2026
5 days here, 45 days across 2026 — 2nd of the twelve, level with 1 other month for a long travel / yatra, and above the 3 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 1 to 5 in April alone.
The other six occasions in April 2026
Same 30 days, seven different filters: in April they return between 1 and 5 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 5 is on the generous side of that, and the reason is the 11-nakshatra set and the absence of any closure it carries.
Questions about April 2026
How many days in April 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
5 days of the 30 pass every filter: 2 April (Thursday), 12 April (Sunday), 13 April (Monday), 23 April (Thursday), 29 April (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 10 days. 12 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of April 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in April 2026: no closed period is applied to long travel / yatra anywhere in the year. Kharmas, Adhika maas and Chaturmas gate the samskaras and the undertakings meant to last, which is where this site applies them; a journey is judged on the panchang of the day it begins. Every day of April 2026 was decided on the five limbs and on the weekday rule, which bars Tuesday and Saturday.
Why do other sites list more long travel / yatra dates in April 2026?
No closure touches April 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 18 of the 30 days, and 5 of the five bite at all this month. A list that returns four or five dates for any month you name is not reading a panchang.
Does a qualifying day work for travel in any direction?
No, and that is the one rule this page cannot apply for you. The dishashool bars one direction on each weekday — Sunday West, Monday East, Wednesday North, Thursday South, Friday West — and it depends entirely on where you are going. The table above gives the barred direction for each day so you can rule it in or out yourself.
Next
- Long travel / yatra across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The April panchang in full
Computed at sunrise for New Delhi from the JPL DE421 ephemeris; all five limbs change through the day, so a day listed here can turn at noon.
Ask a pandit for the April muhurat