🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, May 2027
Read day by day, May 2027 yields 4 dates for a long travel / yatra from its 31 days. All 11 of the occasion's nakshatras came up at least once.
4
pass every filter
8
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 4 days that qualify
Shukla Tritiya · Mrigashira nakshatra · Sukarma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:34 · sunset 19:01 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 17:20-19:01
Shukla Dwadashi · Hasta nakshatra · Siddhi yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 05:29 · sunset 19:05 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 07:11-08:53
Krishna Pratipada · Anuradha nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:27 · sunset 19:08 · Abhijit 11:50-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 10:35-12:17
Krishna Shashthi · Shravana nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:25 · sunset 19:11 · Abhijit 11:50-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 12:18-14:01
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.
- 9 May (Sunday) · Shukla Tritiya, MrigashiraWest barred
- 17 May (Monday) · Shukla Dwadashi, HastaEast barred
- 21 May (Friday) · Krishna Pratipada, AnuradhaWest barred
- 26 May (Wednesday) · Krishna Shashthi, ShravanaNorth barred
One rule short — 8 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on nakshatra, 2 on yoga, 1 on tithi, 1 on vara, 1 on karana.
- 1 SatKrishna Dashami, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 2 SunKrishna Ekadashi, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 7 FriShukla Pratipada, Krittika — short on nakshatra: Krittika is not in this occasion's set
- 12 WedShukla Saptami, Pushya — short on yoga: Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 19 WedShukla Chaturdashi, Swati — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 23 SunKrishna Tritiya, Moola — short on nakshatra: Moola is not in this occasion's set
- 27 ThuKrishna Saptami, Dhanishta — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 28 FriKrishna Saptami, Dhanishta — short on yoga: Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches May 2027, so all 31 days were examined. 4 passed everything, 8 missed by a single rule, and 19 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 | 1 |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 18 | 3 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 10 | 2 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 5 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of May fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 2, 7, 23 — 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 2027, with Dhanishta and Shatabhisha coming round twice.
Weekday supply. May 2027 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 2027, 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 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 2 Sun | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 3 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Wed | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Thu | Amavasya; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Fri | Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Sun | passes every filter |
| 10 Mon | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 11 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Wed | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Thu | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 15 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 16 Sun | Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 17 Mon | passes every filter |
| 18 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 19 Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 20 Thu | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 21 Fri | passes every filter |
| 22 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sun | Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Mon | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 26 Wed | passes every filter |
| 27 Thu | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Fri | Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sun | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
May 2027 against the rest of 2027
Set against the other eleven months, May 2027 ranks 5th of the twelve, level with 4 other months with 4 of the year's 51. 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 2027
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in May they return between 0 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 May 2027
How many days in May 2027 are good for long travel / yatra?
4 days of the 31 pass every filter: 9 May (Sunday), 17 May (Monday), 21 May (Friday), 26 May (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 8 days. 8 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of May 2027 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in May 2027: 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 2027 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 2027?
No closure touches May 2027, 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