🚗Vehicle purchase
Vehicle purchase Muhurat, May 2027
Of the 31 days in May 2027, 3 pass the classical test for a vehicle purchase. Relax the vara rule on its own and 3 further days would come in.
3
pass every filter
8
one rule short
0
in a closed period
The 3 days that qualify
Shukla Dwadashi · Hasta nakshatra · Siddhi yoga · Balava karana
Sunrise 05:29 · sunset 19:05 · Abhijit 11:50-12:44 · Rahu Kaal 07:11-08:53
Krishna Pratipada · Anuradha nakshatra · Shiva yoga · Kaulava karana
Sunrise 05:27 · sunset 19:08 · Abhijit 11:50-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 10:35-12:17
Krishna Shashthi · Shravana nakshatra · Brahma yoga · Gara karana
Sunrise 05:25 · sunset 19:11 · Abhijit 11:50-12:45 · Rahu Kaal 12:18-14:01
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 Dashami | Vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 11 Tue | Punarvasu | Shukla Shashthi | Vara: Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 19 Wed | Swati | Shukla Chaturdashi | Tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 26 Wed | Shravana | Krishna Shashthi | passes everything |
| 27 Thu | Dhanishta | Krishna Saptami | Karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Fri | Dhanishta | Krishna Saptami | Yoga: Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Shatabhisha | Krishna Ashtami | Vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
One rule short — 8 days
They divide by the rule they missed: 3 on vara, 2 on yoga, 1 on tithi, 1 on nakshatra, 1 on karana.
- 1 SatKrishna Dashami, Shatabhisha — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 7 FriShukla Pratipada, Krittika — short on nakshatra: Krittika is not in this occasion's set
- 8 SatShukla Dwitiya, Rohini — short on vara: Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 9 SunShukla Tritiya, Mrigashira — short on vara: Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays
- 12 WedShukla Saptami, Pushya — short on yoga: Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas
- 19 WedShukla Chaturdashi, Swati — short on tithi: Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi
- 27 ThuKrishna Saptami, Dhanishta — short on karana: Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise
- 28 FriKrishna Saptami, Dhanishta — short on yoga: Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas
Which rule did the excluding
No closure touches May 2027, so all 31 days were examined. 3 passed everything, 8 missed by a single rule, and 20 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 16 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 | 3 |
| Nakshatra | 13 of the 27 | 16 | 1 |
| Yoga | none of the nine ashubha yogas | 10 | 2 |
| Karana | not Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise | 5 | 1 |
Read the last column as a counterfactual. 3 days of May fail on vara and nothing else — 1, 8, 9 — 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 2027, with Dhanishta and Shatabhisha coming round twice.
Weekday supply. May 2027 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 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 2027, 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 | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 3 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 4 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 5 Wed | Krishna Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 6 Thu | Amavasya; Bharani is not in this occasion's set |
| 7 Fri | Krittika is not in this occasion's set |
| 8 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 9 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays |
| 10 Mon | Shukla Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; Ardra is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 11 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Shula is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 12 Wed | Ganda is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 13 Thu | Ashlesha is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 14 Fri | Shukla Navami is a Rikta tithi; Magha is not in this occasion's set |
| 15 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vyaghata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 16 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Uttara Phalguni is not in this occasion's set; Vajra is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 17 Mon | passes every filter |
| 18 Tue | Tuesday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vyatipata is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 19 Wed | Shukla Chaturdashi is a Rikta tithi |
| 20 Thu | Vishakha is not in this occasion's set; Parigha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 21 Fri | passes every filter |
| 22 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Jyeshtha is not in this occasion's set |
| 23 Sun | Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Moola is not in this occasion's set |
| 24 Mon | Krishna Chaturthi is a Rikta tithi; 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 | Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
| 28 Fri | Vaidhriti is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 29 Sat | Saturday is not among the preferred weekdays; Vishkambha is one of the nine ashubha yogas |
| 30 Sun | Krishna Navami is a Rikta tithi; Sunday is not among the preferred weekdays; Purva Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set |
| 31 Mon | Uttara Bhadrapada is not in this occasion's set; Vishti (Bhadra) at sunrise |
May 2027 against the rest of 2027
Across the whole of 2027 this occasion has 38 qualifying days, and May 2027's 3 puts it 5th of the twelve, level with 2 other months. November 2027 is the widest month at 8 days.
The other six occasions in May 2027
Same 31 days, seven different filters: in May 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 May 2027
How many days in May 2027 are good for vehicle purchase?
3 days of the 31 pass every filter: 17 May (Monday), 21 May (Friday), 26 May (Wednesday). They are not evenly spread — the widest gap between two of them is 5 days. 8 further days miss on one rule alone and are listed with the rule they missed.
Is any part of May 2027 closed for auspicious beginnings?
No. None of the closed periods of 2027 that apply to this occasion — Kharmas, Adhika maas — touches May 2027, so every day in the month was decided on its own panchang.
Why do other sites list more vehicle purchase dates in May 2027?
No closure touches May 2027, so the difference is the five limbs themselves: nakshatra alone rules out 16 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 May 2027 carries 7 days on which one of them falls: 1 May (Shatabhisha), 11 May (Punarvasu), 19 May (Swati), 26 May (Shravana), 27 May (Dhanishta), 28 May (Dhanishta), 29 May (Shatabhisha).
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