🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, December 2026
4 days in December 2026 clears every filter this occasion asks for, out of 31. of the 31 left, nakshatra alone accounted for 19.
4
pass every filter
11
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 4 days that qualify
Krishna Ekadashi · Hasta nakshatra · Ayushman yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 06:58 · sunset 17:23 · Abhijit 11:50-12:32 · Rahu Kaal 10:52-12:11
Krishna Trayodashi · Swati nakshatra · Shobhana yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 06:59 · sunset 17:24 · Abhijit 11:51-12:32 · Rahu Kaal 16:06-17:24
Krishna Dwitiya · Punarvasu nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 07:11 · sunset 17:30 · Abhijit 12:00-12:41 · Rahu Kaal 11:03-12:21
Krishna Ashtami · Hasta nakshatra · Shobhana yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 07:13 · sunset 17:34 · Abhijit 12:03-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 13:41-14:59
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.
- 4 December (Friday) · Krishna Ekadashi, HastaWest barred
- 6 December (Sunday) · Krishna Trayodashi, SwatiWest barred
- 25 December (Friday) · Krishna Dwitiya, PunarvasuWest barred
- 31 December (Thursday) · Krishna Ashtami, HastaSouth barred
One rule short — 11 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 6 on nakshatra, 3 on yoga, 2 on vara.
- 3 ThuKrishna Dashami, Uttara Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 9 WedShukla Pratipada, Jyeshtha — short on nakshatra: Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set
- 14 MonShukla Panchami, Shravana — short on yoga: Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 15 TueShukla Shashthi, Dhanishta — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 16 WedShukla Saptami, Shatabhisha — short on yoga: Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 19 SatShukla Dashami, Revati — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 20 SunShukla Ekadashi, Ashwini — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 21 MonShukla Dwadashi, Bharani — short on nakshatra: Bharani is not in this occasion's set
- 24 ThuKrishna Pratipada, Ardra — short on nakshatra: Ardra is not in this occasion's set
- 28 MonKrishna Panchami, Magha — short on nakshatra: Magha is not in this occasion's set
- 30 WedKrishna Saptami, Uttara Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches December 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 4 passed everything, 11 missed by a single rule, and 16 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 19 of the 31.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya | 7 | — |
| Vara | Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 19 | 6 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 11 | 3 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 3 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 6 days of December fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 3, 9, 21, 24, 28, 30 — 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 December 2026, with Shravana and Hasta coming round twice, while Mrigashira did not fall at sunrise at all — of 11 accepted stars the 27-fold division and the calendar month do not divide evenly, so a favoured one can simply be skipped.
Weekday supply. December 2026 holds 22 days of the right weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 4 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 December 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, 4 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 2 Wed | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Thu | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Fri | passes every filter |
| 5 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Sun | passes every filter |
| 7 Mon | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 8 Tue | Amavasya; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 9 Wed | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Thu | Moola is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Fri | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 13 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Mon | Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 16 Wed | Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 17 Thu | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 18 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 19 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 20 Sun | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 21 Mon | Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 22 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Thu | Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Fri | passes every filter |
| 26 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 27 Sun | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 28 Mon | Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 29 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Wed | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Thu | passes every filter |
December 2026 against the rest of 2026
The year holds 45 days for a long travel / yatra. This month's 4 ranks 4th of the twelve, level with 4 other months. July 2026 is the widest month at 6 days.
The other six occasions in December 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in December they return between 1 and 4 qualifying days, median 2. This rite’s 4 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 December 2026
How many days in December 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
4 days of the 31 pass every filter: 4 December (Friday), 6 December (Sunday), 25 December (Friday), 31 December (Thursday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 19 days. 11 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of December 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in December 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 December 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 December 2026?
No closure touches December 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 19 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 December 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 December muhurat