2026 Vishti Karan

Vishti, almost always called Bhadra in practice, is the seventh movable Karan and the one exception among the movable group: it is the single Karan that classical Muhurta consistently tells you to avoid. Its presiding deity is Yama, and it occurs eight times in every lunar month like the other movable Karans.

During Bhadra, auspicious undertakings — marriage, Griha Pravesh, starting a business, beginning a journey — are traditionally postponed. The prohibition is taken seriously enough that printed Panchangs mark Bhadra periods explicitly, and Raksha Bandhan and Holika Dahan observances are routinely timed to fall outside it.

The tradition does allow certain acts during Bhadra rather than treating it as wholly inert: it is considered acceptable for surgery and medical intervention, for legal disputes, and for work requiring confrontation — matters where its harsh character is regarded as suitable rather than obstructive.