

For instance, if your travel date is on 10th, then the Tatkal window will open on the app on 8th. For app-based booking, Tatkal window opens 1 day in advance(excluding the day of journey).Ticket booking starts at 10:00 AM a day prior to the journey.Indian Railways have set the booking timings over the whole country is the following for:

The Tatkal Scheme charges have been fixed by the Indian Government at the rate of 10% of basic fare for second class and 30% of basic fare for all other classes. The Indian Railway Authority has introduced this scheme in all forms of reserved classes on almost all trains in India. This scheme is used for booking journeys and travels at very short notice. The Tatkal scheme is a ticketing booking scheme established by Indian Railways.
