🚗Vehicle purchase
Vehicle purchase Muhurat, April 2026
April 2026 has 30 days. 14 of them fall inside Meena Kharmas, and after the tithi, vara, nakshatra, yoga and karana filters 3 survive for a vehicle purchase.
3
pass every filter
4
one rule short
14
in a closed period
Meena Kharmas — 15 March to 14 April · 14 days of this month
The 3 days that qualify
Shukla Tritiya · Rohini nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:50 · sunset 18:49 · Abhijit 11:54-12:46 · Rahu Kaal 07:28-09:05
Shukla Saptami · Punarvasu nakshatra · Sukarma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:47 · sunset 18:51 · Abhijit 11:53-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 13:57-15:35
Shukla Trayodashi · Hasta nakshatra · Harshana yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:42 · sunset 18:55 · Abhijit 11:52-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 12:18-13:57
The days that carried the five movable (Chara) nakshatras
A vehicle is a thing that moves, so the Chara group is its own — Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta and Shatabhisha, the widest of the seven classes.
| Day | Nakshatra | Tithi | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 Sat | Swati | Krishna Dwitiya | Meena Kharmas |
| 12 Sun | Shravana | Krishna Dashami | Meena Kharmas |
| 13 Mon | Dhanishta | Krishna Ekadashi | Meena Kharmas |
| 14 Tue | Shatabhisha | Krishna Dwadashi | Meena Kharmas |
| 23 Thu | Punarvasu | Shukla Saptami | passes everything |
One rule short — 4 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 on vara, 2 on nakshatra.
- 15 WedKrishna Trayodashi, Purva Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 18 SatShukla Pratipada, Ashwini — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 21 TueShukla Panchami, Mrigashira — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 27 MonShukla Ekadashi, Purva Phalguni — short on nakshatra: Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set
Which rule did the excluding
14 days of April were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 16 that were, 3 passed everything, 4 missed by a single rule, and 9 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 13 accepted nakshatras ran on 15 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 8 of the 16.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya | 4 | — |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 6 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 13 of the 27 | 8 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | — |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of April fail on vara and nothing else — 18, 21 — so a family willing to set aside that one rule has those days available. No other single relaxation buys as much.
Nakshatra supply. 13 of the 27 are accepted for this rite, and they fell on 15 days of April 2026, with Hasta and Chitra coming round twice.
Weekday supply. April 2026 holds 18 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 10 of them outside a closure, and 3 survive the rest of the filter — against 15 days supplied by the 13 nakshatras. Unlike the sky's four limbs, this is the one the calendar fixes.
A purchase is not a samskara, so Chaturmas is widely treated as open for it. Dhanteras and Akshaya Tritiya are used regardless of the panchang.
Every day of April 2026, and what ruled it out
All 30 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 14 shut before being read, 16 examined against 13 nakshatras, 3 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 2 Thu | Meena Kharmas |
| 3 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Mon | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 7 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 8 Wed | Meena Kharmas; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Thu | Meena Kharmas; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Fri | Meena Kharmas; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 11 Sat | Meena Kharmas; Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 12 Sun | Meena Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 13 Mon | Meena Kharmas |
| 14 Tue | Meena Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 15 Wed | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Thu | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Fri | Amavasya; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 18 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 20 Mon | passes every filter |
| 21 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 22 Wed | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Thu | passes every filter |
| 24 Fri | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 25 Sat | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 27 Mon | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 28 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Wed | passes every filter |
| 30 Thu | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
April 2026 against the rest of 2026
April 2026 contributes 3 of the 29 days 2026 offers for a vehicle purchase — 3rd of the twelve, level with 3 other months, and exactly the median across the seven occasions this month. 2 months of the twelve offer nothing, none of them because the month is shut.
The other six occasions in April 2026
Same 30 days, seven different filters: in April they return between 1 and 5 qualifying days, median 3. This rite’s 3 is the median itself, and the reason is the 13-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about April 2026
How many days in April 2026 are good for vehicle purchase?
3 days of the 30 pass every filter: 20 April (Monday), 23 April (Thursday), 29 April (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 6 days. 4 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of April 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Meena Kharmas, 15 March to 14 April. The Sun is in Pisces. Auspicious beginnings are deferred through the whole transit.
Why do other sites list more vehicle purchase dates in April 2026?
The closures alone take 14 of this month's 30 days — Meena Kharmas applies here — and a list assembled without them has 14 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 16 that were examined, nakshatra removed 8.
Which nakshatras matter most for vehicle purchase?
The movable (Chara) and swift nakshatras, which suit a thing that travels, plus the soft ones. Within that set, the five movable (Chara) nakshatras is the group this occasion is built on, and April 2026 carries 5 days on which one of them falls: 4 April (Swati), 12 April (Shravana), 13 April (Dhanishta), 14 April (Shatabhisha), 23 April (Punarvasu).
Next
- Vehicle purchase across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The April 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 April muhurat