🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, May 2026
Read day by day, May 2026 yields 4 dates for a long travel / yatra from its 31 days. 1 of the occasion's own 11 nakshatras never came up at sunrise this month: Punarvasu.
4
pass every filter
15
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 4 days that qualify
Krishna Ashtami · Dhanishta nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:33 · sunset 19:01 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 17:20-19:01
Krishna Dwadashi · Revati nakshatra · Priti yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:31 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 13:59-15:40
Krishna Trayodashi · Ashwini nakshatra · Ayushman yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 05:30 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 10:35-12:17
Purnima · Anuradha nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Bava karana
Sunrise 05:23 · sunset 19:13 · Abhijit 11:51-12:46 · Rahu Kaal 17:30-19:13
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.
- 10 May (Sunday) · Krishna Ashtami, DhanishtaWest barred
- 14 May (Thursday) · Krishna Dwadashi, RevatiSouth barred
- 15 May (Friday) · Krishna Trayodashi, AshwiniWest barred
- 31 May (Sunday) · Purnima, AnuradhaWest barred
One rule short — 15 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 7 on nakshatra, 3 on vara, 3 on yoga, 1 on tithi, 1 on karana.
- 1 FriPurnima, Swati — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 3 SunKrishna Dwitiya, Vishakha — short on nakshatra: Vishakha is not in this occasion's set
- 4 MonKrishna Tritiya, Anuradha — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 ThuKrishna Panchami, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 8 FriKrishna Shashthi, Uttara Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 9 SatKrishna Saptami, Shravana — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 11 MonKrishna Navami, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi
- 17 SunShukla Pratipada, Krittika — short on nakshatra: Krittika is not in this occasion's set
- 18 MonShukla Dwitiya, Rohini — short on nakshatra: Rohini is not in this occasion's set
- 19 TueShukla Tritiya, Mrigashira — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 21 ThuShukla Panchami, Pushya — short on yoga: Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 22 FriShukla Shashthi, Ashlesha — short on nakshatra: Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set
- 26 TueShukla Ekadashi, Hasta — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 28 ThuShukla Dwadashi, Chitra — short on nakshatra: Chitra is not in this occasion's set
- 29 FriShukla Trayodashi, Swati — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches May 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 4 passed everything, 15 missed by a single rule, and 12 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 11 accepted nakshatras ran on 13 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 18 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 | 18 | 7 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 9 | 3 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 5 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 7 days of May fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 3, 7, 8, 17, 18, 22, 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 13 days of May 2026, with Swati and Hasta and Anuradha coming round twice, while Punarvasu 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. May 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 13 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 May 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 Fri | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 2 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Sun | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Mon | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Tue | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Wed | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Thu | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Fri | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Sun | passes every filter |
| 11 Mon | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 12 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 13 Wed | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Thu | passes every filter |
| 15 Fri | passes every filter |
| 16 Sat | Amavasya; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sun | Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 18 Mon | Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 20 Wed | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Thu | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Fri | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 24 Sun | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Mon | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 27 Wed | Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Thu | Chitra is not in this occasion's set |
| 29 Fri | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sat | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Sun | passes every filter |
May 2026 against the rest of 2026
Set against the other eleven months, May 2026 ranks 4th of the twelve, level with 4 other months with 4 of the year's 45. The distribution is uneven by design: the closures move by weeks from year to year, so a month open this year need not be open next.
The other six occasions in May 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in May they return between 0 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 May 2026
How many days in May 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
4 days of the 31 pass every filter: 10 May (Sunday), 14 May (Thursday), 15 May (Friday), 31 May (Sunday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 16 days. 15 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of May 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in May 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 May 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 May 2026?
No closure touches May 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 18 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 May 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 May muhurat