🚗Vehicle purchase
Vehicle purchase Muhurat, May 2026
Of the 31 days in May 2026, 2 pass the classical test for a vehicle purchase, and 15 never reached the test at all — Adhika Jyeshtha covers them. Relax the vara rule on its own and 2 further days would come in.
2
pass every filter
7
one rule short
15
in a closed period
Adhika Jyeshtha — 17 May to 15 June · 15 days of this month
The 2 days that qualify
Krishna Dwadashi · Revati nakshatra · Priti yoga · Taitila karana
Sunrise 05:31 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 13:59-15:40
Krishna Trayodashi · Ashwini nakshatra · Ayushman yoga · Vanija karana
Sunrise 05:30 · sunset 19:04 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 10:35-12:17
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 Fri | Swati | Purnima | Karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 9 Sat | Shravana | Krishna Saptami | Vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Sun | Dhanishta | Krishna Ashtami | Vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Mon | Shatabhisha | Krishna Navami | Tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 29 Fri | Swati | Shukla Trayodashi | Adhika Jyeshtha |
One rule short — 7 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 2 on vara, 2 on nakshatra, 1 on tithi, 1 on yoga, 1 on karana.
- 1 FriPurnima, Swati — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 4 MonKrishna Tritiya, Anuradha — short on yoga: Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 7 ThuKrishna Panchami, Purva Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 8 FriKrishna Shashthi, Uttara Ashadha — short on nakshatra: Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set
- 9 SatKrishna Saptami, Shravana — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 10 SunKrishna Ashtami, Dhanishta — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 11 MonKrishna Navami, Shatabhisha — short on tithi: Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi
Which rule did the excluding
15 days of May were shut by a closure and never examined. Of the 16 that were, 2 passed everything, 7 missed by a single rule, and 7 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 9 of the 16.
| 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 | 9 | 2 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 4 | 1 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 2 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 2 days of May fail on vara and nothing else — 9, 10 — 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 May 2026, with Swati and Hasta and Anuradha coming round twice, while Punarvasu did not fall at sunrise at all — of 13 accepted stars the 27-fold division and the calendar month do not divide evenly, so a favoured one can simply be skipped.
Weekday supply. May 2026 holds 17 days of the right weekday (Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday), 9 of them outside a closure, and 2 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 May 2026, and what ruled it out
All 31 days with the verdict and the reason, each linked to its own panchang page: 15 shut before being read, 16 examined against 13 nakshatras, 2 through.
| Day | Verdict |
|---|---|
| 1 Fri | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 2 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 3 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 4 Mon | Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Tue | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 6 Wed | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Thu | Purva Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Fri | Uttara Ashadha is not in this occasion's set |
| 9 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Mon | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi |
| 12 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 13 Wed | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 14 Thu | passes every filter |
| 15 Fri | passes every filter |
| 16 Sat | Amavasya; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 17 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 18 Mon | Adhika Jyeshtha |
| 19 Tue | Adhika Jyeshtha; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 20 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 21 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha; Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 22 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Magha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 24 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set |
| 25 Mon | Adhika Jyeshtha; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 26 Tue | Adhika Jyeshtha; Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 27 Wed | Adhika Jyeshtha; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Thu | Adhika Jyeshtha |
| 29 Fri | Adhika Jyeshtha; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sat | Adhika Jyeshtha; Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishakha is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Sun | Adhika Jyeshtha; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
May 2026 against the rest of 2026
Across the whole of 2026 this occasion has 29 qualifying days, and May 2026's 2 puts it 7th of the twelve, level with 2 other months. July 2026 and September 2026 are the widest, level at 5 days each, and 2 months of the year have none at all.
The other six occasions in May 2026
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in May they return between 0 and 4 qualifying days, median 2. This rite’s 2 is the median itself, and the reason is the 13-nakshatra set and the 2 closures it carries.
Questions about May 2026
How many days in May 2026 are good for vehicle purchase?
2 days of the 31 pass every filter: 14 May (Thursday), 15 May (Friday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 1 day. 7 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of May 2026 closed for auspicious beginnings?
Adhika Jyeshtha, 17 May to 15 June. An intercalary lunar month: a lunation with no solar ingress inside it. It is excluded entirely for marriage and griha pravesh, and most years do not have one — which is why advice carried over from another year misses it.
Why do other sites list more vehicle purchase dates in May 2026?
The closures alone take 15 of this month's 31 days — Adhika Jyeshtha applies here — and a list assembled without them has 15 more days to draw on than this one does. Of the 16 that were examined, nakshatra removed 9.
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 May 2026 carries 5 days on which one of them falls: 1 May (Swati), 9 May (Shravana), 10 May (Dhanishta), 11 May (Shatabhisha), 29 May (Swati).
Next
- Vehicle purchase 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