🚗Vehicle purchase
Vehicle purchase Muhurat, January 2026
Nothing in January 2026 survives the vehicle purchase filter, and the month has no break in it at all. 14 of the 31 were closed outright.
0
pass every filter
9
one rule short
14
in a closed period
Dhanu Kharmas — 16 December to 14 January · 14 days of this month
No day qualifies
Every one of the 31 days fails on at least one limb or falls in a closed period, and nakshatra alone accounts for 10 of them. 9 days came within a single rule and are listed below — that is the set worth putting to a pandit. July 2026 and September 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this rite, level at 5 days each.
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 Sun | Punarvasu | Krishna Pratipada | Dhanu Kharmas |
| 12 Mon | Swati | Krishna Navami | Dhanu Kharmas |
| 20 Tue | Shravana | Shukla Dwitiya | Vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 21 Wed | Dhanishta | Shukla Tritiya | Yoga: Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Thu | Shatabhisha | Shukla Chaturthi | Tithi: Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 31 Sat | Punarvasu | Shukla Trayodashi | Vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
One rule short — 9 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on nakshatra, 2 on vara, 2 on karana, 1 on tithi, 1 on yoga.
- 15 ThuKrishna Dwadashi, Jyeshtha — short on nakshatra: Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set
- 16 FriKrishna Trayodashi, Moola — short on nakshatra: Moola is not in this occasion's set
- 20 TueShukla Dwitiya, Shravana — short on vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 21 WedShukla Tritiya, Dhanishta — short on yoga: Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 22 ThuShukla Chaturthi, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi
- 25 SunShukla Saptami, Revati — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 26 MonShukla Ashtami, Ashwini — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 28 WedShukla Dashami, Krittika — short on nakshatra: Krittika is not in this occasion's set
- 29 ThuShukla Ekadashi, Rohini — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
Which rule did the excluding
14 days of January were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 17 that were, none passed everything; 9 missed by a single rule and 8 by two or more, though one of this rite's 13 accepted nakshatras ran on 15 days of it. Nakshatra is the binding constraint here, ruling out 10 of the 17.
| Rule | What it asks for | Days it excluded | On its own |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tithi | anything but the 3 Rikta tithis and Amavasya | 4 | 1 |
| Vara | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday | 7 | 2 |
| Nakshatra | 13 of the 27 | 10 | 3 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 6 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 3 | 2 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of January fail on nakshatra and nothing else — 15, 16, 28 — 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 January 2026, with Punarvasu and Rohini coming round twice.
Weekday supply. January 2026 holds 18 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 10 of them outside a closure, and not one of those 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 January 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 14 shut before being read, 17 examined against 13 nakshatras, 0 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Thu | Dhanu Kharmas |
| 2 Fri | Dhanu Kharmas; Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 3 Sat | Dhanu Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ardra is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Sun | Dhanu Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Mon | Dhanu Kharmas; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 6 Tue | Dhanu Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 7 Wed | Dhanu Kharmas; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Thu | Dhanu Kharmas; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Fri | Dhanu Kharmas; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 10 Sat | Dhanu Kharmas; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Atiganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 11 Sun | Dhanu Kharmas; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 12 Mon | Dhanu Kharmas; Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 13 Tue | Dhanu Kharmas; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Wed | Dhanu Kharmas; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 15 Thu | Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 16 Fri | Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sat | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 18 Sun | Amavasya; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 19 Mon | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 20 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 21 Wed | Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Thu | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi |
| 23 Fri | Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 24 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 26 Mon | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 27 Tue | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; 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 |
| 29 Thu | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 30 Fri | Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 31 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
January 2026 against the rest of 2026
0 days here, 29 days across 2026 — 11th of the twelve, level with 1 other month for a vehicle purchase, and exactly the median across the seven occasions this month. The seven occasions between them range from 0 to 1 in January alone.
The other six occasions in January 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in January they return between 0 and 1 qualifying days, median 0. This rite’s 0 is the median itself, and the reason is the 13-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about January 2026
How many days in January 2026 are good for vehicle purchase?
None of the 31 days passes every filter. 9 days fails on a single limb and sits in no closed period, which is the set worth discussing with a pandit — they are listed above with the limb each one missed. July 2026 and September 2026 are the widest of 2026 for this occasion, level at 5 days each.
Is any part of January 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Dhanu Kharmas, 16 December to 14 January. The Sun is in Sagittarius. Auspicious beginnings are deferred through the whole transit; it ends at Makar Sankranti.
Why do other sites list more vehicle purchase dates in January 2026?
The closures alone take 14 of this month's 31 days — Dhanu Kharmas applies here — and a list assembled without them has 14 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 17 that were examined, nakshatra removed 10.
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 January 2026 carries 6 days on which one of them falls: 4 January (Punarvasu), 12 January (Swati), 20 January (Shravana), 21 January (Dhanishta), 22 January (Shatabhisha), 31 January (Punarvasu).
Next
- Vehicle purchase across all twelve months
- The same filter, run interactively
- Why each closed period is closed
- The January 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 January muhurat