Good for
Setting out on a long journey, pilgrimage, relocation, an important business trip. Pushya, Punarvasu, Anuradha, Shravana and Revati are the classical travel-friendly nakshatras.
Auspicious windows · TRAVEL
Travel muhurat · next 60 days from 21 May 2026
Top 8 windows scored against classical rules, computed for Columbus. Free.
Better to avoid
Bharani, Krittika, Magha, Vishakha and Mula, Tuesday and Saturday, the Chaturthi, Navami and Chaturdashi tithis. Skip Amavasya for any first-day departure.
Top 8 travel windows
Scored 2026-05-21 through 2026-07-20 for Columbus. Updated daily.
- 17Jun
#1
Wed
Wednesday, 17 June
Shukla Tritiya · Pushya · Dhruva
- +Nakshatra: Pushya (top match)
- +Tithi: Shukla Tritiya
100Excellent - 20Jul
#2
Mon
Monday, 20 July
Shukla Saptami · Hasta · Shiva
- +Nakshatra: Hasta (favorable)
- +Tithi: Shukla Saptami
93Excellent - 21May
#3
Thu
Thursday, 21 May
Shukla Shashthi · Pushya · Vriddhi
- +Nakshatra: Pushya (top match)
- +Vara: Thu (favorable)
88Excellent - 5Jun
#4
Fri
Friday, 5 June
Krishna Panchami · Shravana · Indra
- +Nakshatra: Shravana (favorable)
- +Tithi: Krishna Panchami
83Excellent - 11Jun
#5
Thu
Thursday, 11 June
Krishna Ekadashi · Ashwini · Shobhana
- +Nakshatra: Ashwini (favorable)
- +Tithi: Krishna Ekadashi
83Excellent - 15Jul
#6
Wed
Wednesday, 15 July
Shukla Dwitiya · Pushya · Vajra
- +Nakshatra: Pushya (top match)
- +Tithi: Shukla Dwitiya
- !Inauspicious yoga: Vajra
82Excellent - 22Jun
#7
Mon
Monday, 22 June
Shukla Ashtami · Hasta · Variyana
- +Nakshatra: Hasta (favorable)
- +Vara: Mon (favorable)
81Excellent - 22May
#8
Fri
Friday, 22 May
Shukla Saptami · Ashlesha · Dhruva
- +Tithi: Shukla Saptami
- +Vara: Fri (favorable)
75Excellent
How we score
Each candidate day starts at a neutral 50 out of 100. We add up to 25 points for a favoured nakshatra and up to 12 for a favoured tithi, plus smaller bonuses for the right vara (weekday) and paksha. We subtract 30 for an avoided nakshatra, 18 for an avoided tithi or inauspicious yoga, and 15 if Vishti karana (Bhadra) falls on the day. The rules are drawn from BPHS, Muhurta Chintamani and Pandit J.N. Bhasin's tables, and we cite the matching limb in the reasons column so you can see why a window scored what it did.
Lahiri ayanamsa for 21 May 2026: 24.2275°.
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