🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, February 2026
Of the 28 days in February 2026, 4 pass the classical test for a long travel / yatra. Relax the nakshatra rule on its own and 6 further days would come in.
4
pass every filter
9
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 4 days that qualify
Krishna Panchami · Hasta nakshatra · Dhriti yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 07:06 · sunset 18:04 · Abhijit 12:13-12:57 · Rahu Kaal 11:13-12:35
Shukla Pratipada · Shatabhisha nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 06:57 · sunset 18:13 · Abhijit 12:12-12:57 · Rahu Kaal 12:35-13:59
Shukla Panchami · Ashwini nakshatra · Shukla yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 06:53 · sunset 18:16 · Abhijit 12:12-12:57 · Rahu Kaal 16:50-18:16
Shukla Dashami · Mrigashira nakshatra · Priti yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 06:49 · sunset 18:18 · Abhijit 12:11-12:57 · Rahu Kaal 14:00-15:26
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.
- 6 February (Friday) · Krishna Panchami, HastaWest barred
- 18 February (Wednesday) · Shukla Pratipada, ShatabhishaNorth barred
- 22 February (Sunday) · Shukla Panchami, AshwiniWest barred
- 26 February (Thursday) · Shukla Dashami, MrigashiraSouth barred
One rule short — 9 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 6 on nakshatra, 1 on tithi, 1 on vara, 1 on karana.
- 1 SunPurnima, Pushya — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 2 MonKrishna Pratipada, Ashlesha — short on nakshatra: Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set
- 9 MonKrishna Ashtami, Vishakha — short on nakshatra: Vishakha is not in this occasion's set
- 16 MonKrishna Chaturdashi, Shravana — short on tithi: Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 19 ThuShukla Dwitiya, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 20 FriShukla Tritiya, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 23 MonShukla Shashthi, Bharani — short on nakshatra: Bharani is not in this occasion's set
- 27 FriShukla Ekadashi, Ardra — short on nakshatra: Ardra is not in this occasion's set
- 28 SatShukla Dwadashi, Punarvasu — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches February 2026, so all 28 days were examined. 4 passed everything, 9 missed by a single rule, and 15 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 11 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 17 of the 28.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya | 6 | 1 |
| Vara | Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 8 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 17 | 6 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 8 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 4 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 6 days of February fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 2, 9, 19, 20, 23, 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 11 days of February 2026.
Weekday supply. February 2026 holds 20 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 11 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 February 2026, and what ruled it out
All 28 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: all examined against 11 nakshatras, 4 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 2 Mon | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 3 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Wed | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Thu | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Fri | passes every filter |
| 7 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 8 Sun | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 9 Mon | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 10 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Wed | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Thu | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 13 Fri | Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 15 Sun | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 16 Mon | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 17 Tue | Amavasya; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Wed | passes every filter |
| 19 Thu | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Fri | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 21 Sat | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 22 Sun | passes every filter |
| 23 Mon | Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Wed | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Rohini is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Thu | passes every filter |
| 27 Fri | Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
February 2026 against the rest of 2026
Across the whole of 2026 this occasion has 45 qualifying days, and February 2026's 4 puts it 4th of the twelve, level with 4 other months. July 2026 is the widest month at 6 days.
The other six occasions in February 2026
Same 28 days, seven different filters: in February they return between 1 and 4 qualifying days, median 3. 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 February 2026
How many days in February 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
4 days of the 28 pass every filter: 6 February (Friday), 18 February (Wednesday), 22 February (Sunday), 26 February (Thursday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 12 days. 9 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of February 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in February 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 February 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 February 2026?
No closure touches February 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 17 of the 28 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 February 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 February muhurat