🧭Long travel / yatra
Long travel / yatra Muhurat, October 2026
2 days in October 2026 survive the long travel / yatra filter, and the longest unbroken stretch with nothing available runs 24 days. No closure touches the month, so all 31 were decided on their own panchang.
2
pass every filter
15
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 2 days that qualify
Krishna Dashami · Pushya nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 06:16 · sunset 18:02 · Abhijit 11:45-12:32 · Rahu Kaal 07:44-09:12
Krishna Panchami · Mrigashira nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 06:31 · sunset 17:37 · Abhijit 11:42-12:26 · Rahu Kaal 10:41-12:04
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.
- 5 October (Monday) · Krishna Dashami, PushyaEast barred
- 30 October (Friday) · Krishna Panchami, MrigashiraWest barred
One rule short — 15 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 8 on nakshatra, 4 on yoga, 2 on tithi, 1 on karana.
- 1 ThuKrishna Panchami, Rohini — short on nakshatra: Rohini is not in this occasion's set
- 2 FriKrishna Shashthi, Mrigashira — short on yoga: Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 WedKrishna Dwadashi, Magha — short on nakshatra: Magha is not in this occasion's set
- 8 ThuKrishna Trayodashi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
- 12 MonShukla Dwitiya, Swati — short on yoga: Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 14 WedShukla Chaturthi, Anuradha — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi
- 15 ThuShukla Panchami, Jyeshtha — short on nakshatra: Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set
- 16 FriShukla Shashthi, Jyeshtha — short on nakshatra: Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set
- 18 SunShukla Saptami, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 19 MonShukla Ashtami, Uttara Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 21 WedShukla Dashami, Dhanishta — short on yoga: Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 22 ThuShukla Ekadashi, Shatabhisha — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 23 FriShukla Dwadashi, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 25 SunShukla Chaturdashi, Revati — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 26 MonPurnima, Ashwini — short on yoga: Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches October 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 2 passed everything, 15 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 | 7 | 2 |
| Vara | Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 9 | — |
| Nakshatra | 11 of the 27 | 19 | 8 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 11 | 4 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 8 days of October fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 1, 7, 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 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 12 days of October 2026, with Mrigashira coming round twice.
Weekday supply. October 2026 holds 22 days of the right weekday (Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 2 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 October 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, 2 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Thu | Rohini is not in this occasion's set |
| 2 Fri | Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Sun | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Mon | passes every filter |
| 6 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Wed | Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Thu | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Fri | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Sat | Amavasya; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Sun | Chitra is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Mon | Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 14 Wed | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 15 Thu | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Fri | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Sun | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Mon | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Tue | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 21 Wed | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Thu | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 23 Fri | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 25 Sun | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 26 Mon | Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 27 Tue | 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; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Thu | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Rohini is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Fri | passes every filter |
| 31 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
October 2026 against the rest of 2026
2 days here, 45 days across 2026 — 11th of the twelve for a long travel / yatra, and exactly the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 0 to 3 in October alone.
The other six occasions in October 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in October they return between 0 and 3 qualifying days, median 2. This rite’s 2 is the median itself, and the reason is the 11-nakshatra set and the absence of any closure it carries.
Questions about October 2026
How many days in October 2026 are good for long travel / yatra?
2 days of the 31 pass every filter: 5 October (Monday), 30 October (Friday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 25 days. 15 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of October 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No, and not only in October 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 October 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 October 2026?
No closure touches October 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 October 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 October muhurat