Indian Railways operates around 21k trains on daily basis in order to cater to the traveller’s needs. Most of our people prefer to travel with Indian railways because of its low fare and quality service. As a huge population rely on Indian trains, so it's difficult to get a confirmed ticket but if you book 120 days in advance then the possibility of getting a confirmed ticket will definitely increase. For most of the trains or you can say almost 99% of trains allow ticket booking 120 days in advance excluding the date of journey. Please note carefully, this 120 days limit will be calculated from the day, when a train leaves its originating station and not the day when the train arrives at your boarding Intermediate station.

People often do mistakes in such cases. This calculation is also applicable for Tatkal Quota Reservation. For very few short-distance Intercity Express trains, like TAJ Express, and some more, this Advance Reservation Period limit is 60 or 30 or 10 days. Foreign Tourists can book their tickets 1 year in advance under Foreign Tourist Quota. Booking is done on the basis of their Passport.

How advance ticket date calculator works?

If you want to know the advance reservation period for your train ticket booking then simply go to the ticket date calculator page. Once reached there, select the journey date from the search box and click on the 'Find Start Booking Date' Button. After that, it will display the date on which booking starts for the given date.