🚗Vehicle purchase
Vehicle purchase Muhurat, August 2026
Read day by day, August 2026 yields 3 dates for a vehicle purchase from its 31 days. All 13 of the occasion's nakshatras came up at least once.
3
pass every filter
9
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 3 days that qualify
Shukla Panchami · Chitra nakshatra · Shubha yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 05:51 · sunset 18:58 · Abhijit 11:58-12:51 · Rahu Kaal 07:29-09:08
Shukla Saptami · Swati nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:52 · sunset 18:56 · Abhijit 11:58-12:50 · Rahu Kaal 12:24-14:02
Shukla Trayodashi · Shravana nakshatra · Saubhagya yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:56 · sunset 18:49 · Abhijit 11:57-12:48 · Rahu Kaal 12:22-13:59
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Sat | Shatabhisha | Krishna Tritiya | Vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Tue | Punarvasu | Krishna Chaturdashi | Tithi: Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 18 Tue | Swati | Shukla Shashthi | Vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Wed | Swati | Shukla Saptami | passes everything |
| 26 Wed | Shravana | Shukla Trayodashi | passes everything |
| 27 Thu | Dhanishta | Shukla Chaturdashi | Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 28 Fri | Shatabhisha | Purnima | Yoga: Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
One rule short — 9 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 4 on vara, 3 on nakshatra, 1 on tithi, 1 on yoga.
- 1 SatKrishna Tritiya, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 3 MonKrishna Panchami, Uttara Bhadrapada — short on nakshatra: Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set
- 4 TueKrishna Shashthi, Revati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 9 SunKrishna Ekadashi, Mrigashira — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 13 ThuShukla Pratipada, Ashlesha — short on nakshatra: Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set
- 18 TueShukla Shashthi, Swati — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 24 MonShukla Dwadashi, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 27 ThuShukla Chaturdashi, Dhanishta — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 28 FriPurnima, Shatabhisha — short on yoga: Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches August 2026, so all 31 days were examined. 3 passed everything, 9 missed by a single rule, and 19 missed by two or more, in a month where one of this rite's 13 accepted nakshatras ran on 16 days. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 15 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 | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 14 | 4 |
| Nakshatra | 13 of the 27 | 15 | 3 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 12 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 6 | — |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 4 days of August fail on vara and nothing else — 1, 4, 9, 18 — 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 16 days of August 2026, with Swati and Shatabhisha and Revati coming round twice.
Weekday supply. August 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), none of them inside a closure, and 3 survive the rest of the filter — against 16 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 August 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 13 nakshatras, 3 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 2 Sun | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 5 Wed | Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Thu | Bharani is not in this occasion's set; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 7 Fri | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 9 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Mon | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Tue | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 12 Wed | Amavasya; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Thu | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 14 Fri | Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Sun | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 17 Mon | passes every filter |
| 18 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Wed | passes every filter |
| 20 Thu | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 23 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Mon | 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 | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 28 Fri | Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 30 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Mon | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
August 2026 against the rest of 2026
Set against the other eleven months, August 2026 ranks 3rd of the twelve, level with 3 other months with 3 of the year's 29. 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 August 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in August they return between 0 and 4 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 August 2026
How many days in August 2026 are good for vehicle purchase?
3 days of the 31 pass every filter: 17 August (Monday), 19 August (Wednesday), 26 August (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 7 days. 9 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of August 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No. None of the closed periods of 2026 that apply to this occasion — Kharmas, Adhika maas — touches August 2026, so every day in the month was decided on its own panchang.
Why do other sites list more vehicle purchase dates in August 2026?
No closure touches August 2026, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 15 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.
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 August 2026 carries 7 days on which one of them falls: 1 August (Shatabhisha), 11 August (Punarvasu), 18 August (Swati), 19 August (Swati), 26 August (Shravana), 27 August (Dhanishta), 28 August (Shatabhisha).
Next
- Vehicle purchase across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The August 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 August muhurat