🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, March 2026
The filter for a long travel / yatra returns 5 days in March 2026 from 31. Every rejection below carries the limb it failed on, so the working can be checked rather than taken on trust.
5
pass every filter
6
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 5 days that qualify
Shukla Trayodashi · Pushya nakshatra · Shobhana yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 06:46 · sunset 18:20 · Abhijit 12:10-12:56 · Rahu Kaal 16:54-18:20
Krishna Panchami · Swati nakshatra · Dhruva yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 06:39 · sunset 18:25 · Abhijit 12:08-12:55 · Rahu Kaal 16:56-18:25
Krishna Dwadashi · Dhanishta nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 06:30 · sunset 18:30 · Abhijit 12:06-12:54 · Rahu Kaal 08:00-09:30
Shukla Dwitiya · Revati nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 06:25 · sunset 18:32 · Abhijit 12:04-12:53 · Rahu Kaal 10:58-12:28
Shukla Saptami · Mrigashira nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 06:19 · sunset 18:35 · Abhijit 12:02-12:51 · Rahu Kaal 12:27-13:59
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.
- 1 March (Sunday) · Shukla Trayodashi, PushyaWest barred
- 8 March (Sunday) · Krishna Panchami, SwatiWest barred
- 16 March (Monday) · Krishna Dwadashi, DhanishtaEast barred
- 20 March (Friday) · Shukla Dwitiya, RevatiWest barred
- 25 March (Wednesday) · Shukla Saptami, MrigashiraNorth barred
One rule short — 6 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on vara, 2 on nakshatra, 1 on yoga.
- 4 WedKrishna Pratipada, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 15 SunKrishna Ekadashi, Shravana — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 17 TueKrishna Trayodashi, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 21 SatShukla Tritiya, Ashwini — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 26 ThuShukla Ashtami, Ardra — short on nakshatra: Ardra is not in this occasion's set
- 28 SatShukla Dashami, Pushya — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches March 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 5 passed everything, 6 missed by a single rule, and 20 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 | 3 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 19 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 12 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 4 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of March fail on vara and nothing else — 17, 21, 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 March 2026, with Pushya coming round twice.
Weekday supply. March 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 March 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, 5 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sun | passes every filter |
| 2 Mon | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 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 |
| 5 Thu | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 6 Fri | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 7 Sat | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sun | passes every filter |
| 9 Mon | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 10 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 11 Wed | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Thu | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 13 Fri | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 15 Sun | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 16 Mon | passes every filter |
| 17 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 18 Wed | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Thu | Amavasya; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Fri | passes every filter |
| 21 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 22 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Mon | Krittika is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Wed | passes every filter |
| 26 Thu | Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 28 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 29 Sun | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 30 Mon | Magha is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
March 2026 against the rest of 2026
March 2026 is 2nd of the twelve, level with 1 other month of 2026 for this rite. July 2026 carries the most at 6, out of 45 for the year.
The other six occasions in March 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in March they return between 0 and 5 qualifying days, median 0. 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 March 2026
How many days in March 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
5 days of the 31 pass every filter: 1 March (Sunday), 8 March (Sunday), 16 March (Monday), 20 March (Friday), 25 March (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 8 days. 6 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of March 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in March 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 March 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 March 2026?
No closure touches March 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 March 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 March muhurat