🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, January 2026
January 2026 has 31 days. None of them falls inside a closed period, and after the tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana filters one survives for a long travel / yatra.
1
pass every filter
16
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The day that qualify
Shukla Saptami · Revati nakshatra · Siddha yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 07:12 · sunset 17:54 · Abhijit 12:12-12:54 · Rahu Kaal 16:34-17:54
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.
- 25 January (Sunday) · Shukla Saptami, RevatiWest barred
One rule short — 16 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 7 on nakshatra, 4 on yoga, 3 on tithi, 1 on vara, 1 on karana.
- 1 ThuShukla Trayodashi, Rohini — short on nakshatra: Rohini is not in this occasion's set
- 2 FriShukla Chaturdashi, Mrigashira — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 4 SunKrishna Pratipada, Punarvasu — short on yoga: Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 5 MonKrishna Dwitiya, Pushya — short on yoga: Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 WedKrishna Panchami, Magha — short on nakshatra: Magha is not in this occasion's set
- 8 ThuKrishna Shashthi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 11 SunKrishna Ashtami, Chitra — short on nakshatra: Chitra is not in this occasion's set
- 12 MonKrishna Navami, Swati — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi
- 14 WedKrishna Ekadashi, Anuradha — short on yoga: Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 15 ThuKrishna Dwadashi, Jyeshtha — short on nakshatra: Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set
- 16 FriKrishna Trayodashi, Moola — short on nakshatra: Moola is not in this occasion's set
- 20 TueShukla Dwitiya, Shravana — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 21 WedShukla Tritiya, Dhanishta — short on yoga: Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 22 ThuShukla Chaturthi, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi
- 26 MonShukla Ashtami, Ashwini — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 28 WedShukla Dashami, Krittika — short on nakshatra: Krittika is not in this occasion's set
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches January 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 1 passed everything, 16 missed by a single rule, and 14 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 | 6 | 3 |
| Vara | Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 19 | 7 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 11 | 4 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 6 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 7 days of January fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 1, 7, 8, 11, 15, 16, 28 — 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 January 2026, with Punarvasu coming round twice.
Weekday supply. January 2026 holds 22 days of the right weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 1 survives 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 January 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, 1 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Thu | Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 2 Fri | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 3 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Sun | Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Mon | Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 6 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 7 Wed | Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Thu | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Fri | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Sun | Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 12 Mon | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 13 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Wed | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Thu | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Fri | Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sat | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 18 Sun | Amavasya; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Mon | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 20 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 21 Wed | Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Thu | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 23 Fri | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Sun | passes every filter |
| 26 Mon | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 27 Tue | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Wed | Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 29 Thu | Rohini is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 30 Fri | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
January 2026 against the rest of 2026
January 2026 contributes 1 of the 45 days 2026 offers for a long travel / yatra — 12th of the twelve, and above the 0 that is the median across the seven occasions this month. Every month of the year offers at least one.
The other six occasions in January 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in January they return between 0 and 1 qualifying days, median 0. This rite’s 1 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 January 2026
How many days in January 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
1 day of the 31 pass every filter: 25 January (Sunday). 16 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of January 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in January 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 January 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 January 2026?
No closure touches January 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 January 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 January muhurat