Pick a journey date and instantly see the day reservations open, the exact opening time, and how many days are left — all worked out from Indian Railways' current advance booking window.
Every booking day opens at 8:00 AM IST — this board updates live from your device clock.
Enter the date you plan to travel. The calculator counts back the current 60-day advance reservation window and returns the exact opening date and time.
Your booking-opening ticket will appear here once you calculate a date.
Stored only in this browser — nothing is sent to a server.
Add every journey date you're planning and get all the opening dates in one table.
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Based on today's date, here is the furthest journey you can currently reserve, and a live countdown to the next moment booking opens.
Calculating…
A short primer on the rules this calculator applies, so you can double-check the logic yourself.
The Advance Reservation Period, or ARP, is the number of days before a journey during which a ticket can be booked ahead of time. Indian Railways currently sets this window at 60 days, counted from — but not including — the day of travel.
Take the journey date and count back 60 calendar days. That earlier date is the day reservations for that specific journey date first become available, opening at 8:00 AM Indian Standard Time.
Everything travellers usually ask about the advance reservation window.
It's the window before a journey during which tickets can be booked ahead of time. Indian Railways currently allows booking up to 60 days before the date of travel, excluding the travel day itself.
Count back 60 calendar days from the journey date. That date is when reservations for that journey date first open, at 8:00 AM IST.
Advance bookings open at 8:00 AM Indian Standard Time on the opening date, regardless of where the passenger is booking from.
Tatkal booking opens one day before the date of travel and runs under its own timing, quota, and pricing rules, separate from advance reservation.
No — it applies the standard 60-day window uniformly. A handful of trains or routes may use different rules, so confirm on the official booking channel before relying on the result.
Official systems count down to server-side opening time, which can differ by a few seconds from a device clock due to network latency. This tool estimates the same 8:00 AM IST moment using your device's clock.
No. This is an independent, unofficial calculator built purely for convenience, with no affiliation to Indian Railways or IRCTC.
Today's date plus 60 days is the furthest journey date currently open for advance booking — shown live in the "Today's booking window" section above.
No. Every calculation runs locally in your browser. Nothing you type is transmitted to, or stored on, a server.
The calculator flags the input as invalid and asks for a current or future journey date, since past dates can no longer be booked.