Vahan Muhurat in May 2026

There are 6 vahan muhurat dates in May 2026: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11 and 14 May. The first window is Friday, 1 May 2026, 05:04 – 04:35 (2 May).

Computed for Kolkata from the positions of the Sun and the Moon — not copied from a printed list.
Every window shows the nakshatra, tithi and weekday it was cleared on.

May 2026 vahan muhurat dates and timings

Date	Muhurat	Nakshatra	Tithi	Why it qualifies
Friday, 1 May 2026	05:04 – 04:35 (2 May)	Swati	Purnima (30 Apr, 21:13 – 1 May, 22:53) Krishna Pratipada (1 May, 22:53 – 3 May, 00:50)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Friday
Sunday, 3 May 2026	03:02 – 05:02 (4 May)	Anuradha	Krishna Tritiya (4 May, 03:02 – 5 May, 05:24)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Sunday
Monday, 4 May 2026	05:02 – 09:58	Anuradha	Krishna Tritiya (4 May, 03:02 – 5 May, 05:24)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Monday
Sunday, 10 May 2026	04:58 – 15:07	Dhanishta	Krishna Ashtami (9 May, 14:03 – 10 May, 15:07)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Sunday
Monday, 11 May 2026	15:25 – 01:28 (12 May)	Shatabhisha	Krishna Dashami (11 May, 15:25 – 12 May, 14:52)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Monday
Thursday, 14 May 2026	11:21 – 22:34	Revati	Krishna Trayodashi (14 May, 11:21 – 15 May, 08:31)	Vehicle nakshatra and tithi, Thursday

What closes days in May 2026

Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026

Vahan Muhurat rules used on this page

Where these rules come from: the vehicle-purchase rules that the two largest computed almanacs share — the same nakshatras, tithis and weekdays. Both lists were checked for New Delhi across 2026 and 2027, and every date either prints is on this page.
Weekday: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or Sunday (the Vedic weekday, which changes at sunrise). Never Tuesday or Saturday.
Nakshatra: the Moon in one of these 12 — Rohini, Mrigashira, Punarvasu, Pushya, Hasta, Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha and Revati.
Tithi: Pratipada, Tritiya, Panchami, Shashti, Ashtami, Dashami, Ekadashi, Trayodashi of either fortnight, and Purnima. Never Dwitiya, Chaturthi, Saptami, Navami, Dwadashi, Chaturdashi or Amavasya.
Season: none. Neither computed vehicle list closes Kharmas, Chaturmas or a month, nor applies Guru or Shukra asta; only an adhika month is closed. Adhika Jyeshtha, an adhika month, runs from 17 May 2026 to 15 June 2026.
Rahu Kaal: many families also avoid Rahu Kaal on the day of the purchase or the first drive. The windows here do not cut it out; check the day's Rahu Kaal for your city.
The movable nakshatras: Punarvasu, Swati, Shravana, Dhanishta and Shatabhisha are the chara (movable) stars, the ones most often named for a vehicle; the rest are the fixed, soft and swift stars both lists also allow.
The day: sunrise to the next sunrise, for Kolkata. A day any closed period touches is left out whole; inside the days that remain, the muhurat is the time when every condition above holds at once, for at least 20 minutes.
Not checked here: the buyer's own chart (the Moon's place from the birth sign, the fourth house) and the lagna at the moment of purchase.

Vahan Muhurat 2026 — the full rules and the whole year's list

Vahan Muhurat 2026 by month

Muhurat for another city

The day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, and sunrise differs across India by well over an hour — so a window near dawn can belong to a different date in another city, and every clock time moves.

These links recompute the list for the city you pick. They are variants of this page: each carries a canonical back to the address above and asks search engines not to index it.

Common questions

Is there a vahan muhurat in May 2026?

Yes, on 6 days: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11 and 14 May.

What time is the muhurat on Friday, 1 May 2026?

05:04 – 04:35 (2 May) in Kolkata, with the Moon in Swati.

When is the next vahan muhurat after May 2026?

Wednesday, 17 June 2026.