🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, August 2026
Of the 31 days in August 2026, 3 pass the classical test for a long travel / yatra. Relax the nakshatra rule on its own and 4 further days would come in.
3
pass every filter
9
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 3 days that qualify
Krishna Ekadashi · Mrigashira nakshatra · Harshana yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 05:47 · sunset 19:06 · Abhijit 11:59-12:53 · Rahu Kaal 17:26-19:06
Shukla Saptami · Swati nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:52 · sunset 18:56 · Abhijit 11:58-12:50 · Rahu Kaal 12:24-14:02
Shukla Trayodashi · Shravana nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:56 · sunset 18:49 · Abhijit 11:57-12:48 · Rahu Kaal 12:22-13:59
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.
- 9 August (Sunday) · Krishna Ekadashi, MrigashiraWest barred
- 19 August (Wednesday) · Shukla Saptami, SwatiNorth barred
- 26 August (Wednesday) · Shukla Trayodashi, ShravanaNorth barred
One rule short — 9 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 4 on nakshatra, 3 on vara, 1 on tithi, 1 on yoga.
- 1 SatKrishna Tritiya, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 3 MonKrishna Panchami, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 4 TueKrishna Shashthi, Revati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 13 ThuShukla Pratipada, Ashlesha — short on nakshatra: Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set
- 17 MonShukla Panchami, Chitra — short on nakshatra: Chitra is not in this occasion's set
- 18 TueShukla Shashthi, Swati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 24 MonShukla Dwadashi, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 27 ThuShukla Chaturdashi, Dhanishta — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 28 FriPurnima, Shatabhisha — short on yoga: Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches August 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 3 passed everything, 9 missed by a single rule, and 19 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 14 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 17 of the 31.
| 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 | 9 | 3 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 17 | 4 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 12 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 6 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 4 days of August fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 3, 13, 17, 24 — 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 14 days of August 2026, with Swati and Shatabhisha and Revati coming round twice.
Weekday supply. August 2026 holds 22 days of the right weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 3 survive the rest of the filter — against 14 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 August 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: all examined against 11 nakshatras, 3 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 2 Sun | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Wed | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Thu | Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 7 Fri | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Rohini is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 9 Sun | passes every filter |
| 10 Mon | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Tue | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 12 Wed | Amavasya; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Thu | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 14 Fri | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Mon | Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 18 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Wed | passes every filter |
| 20 Thu | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Sun | Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Mon | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 26 Wed | passes every filter |
| 27 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 28 Fri | Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Sun | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Mon | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
August 2026 against the rest of 2026
Across the whole of 2026 this occasion has 45 qualifying days, and August 2026's 3 puts it 9th of the twelve, level with 1 other month. July 2026 is the widest month at 6 days.
The other six occasions in August 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in August they return between 0 and 4 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 3 is the median itself, and the reason is the 11-nakshatra set and the absence of any closure it carries.
Questions about August 2026
How many days in August 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
3 days of the 31 pass every filter: 9 August (Sunday), 19 August (Wednesday), 26 August (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 10 days. 9 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of August 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in August 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 August 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 August 2026?
No closure touches August 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 17 of the 31 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 August 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 August muhurat