Booking Date Calculator
Find out exactly when advance booking opens for your journey. Indian Railways allows booking 60 days before departure.
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Booking Date Calculator
Enter your journey date to find the advance booking opening date
Select your planned travel date. Booking opens 60 days before.
How Advance Booking Works
Indian Railways (IRCTC) allows passengers to book tickets up to 60 days in advance before the journey date (excluding the journey day). Booking opens at 08:00 AM IST on the advance booking opening date.
Key Points
- • Advance Reservation Period (ARP): 60 days before journey
- • Booking opens at 08:00 AM IST on the ARP date
- • Tatkal booking opens 1 day before journey (see Tatkal calculator )
- • Premium Tatkal has no quota — dynamic pricing applies