{"id":97226,"date":"2025-10-17T11:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seminarsonly.com\/news\/?p=97226"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:52:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T06:22:03","slug":"irctc-server-down-time-today-daily-scheduled-downtime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seminarsonly.com\/news\/irctc-server-down-time-today-daily-scheduled-downtime\/","title":{"rendered":"IRCTC Server Down Time Today | Daily Scheduled Downtime"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"model-response-message-contentr_f0978a4f4edbe407\" class=\"markdown markdown-main-panel stronger enable-updated-hr-color\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website and app undergo <b>daily scheduled maintenance<\/b> during the following window:<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Daily Scheduled Downtime (Maintenance)<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><b><span class=\"citation-61\">Time:<\/span><\/b> <b><span class=\"citation-61\">11:45 PM to 12:20 AM IST<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-61 citation-end-61\"> (Midnight)<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li><b>Duration:<\/b> Approximately 35 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>During this time, the e-ticketing service (booking, cancellation, etc.) is typically <b>unavailable<\/b>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><b>Important Notes (Unplanned Issues)<\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"citation-60\">Beyond the scheduled maintenance, IRCTC sometimes experiences <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-60\">unplanned outages or slowdowns<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-60 citation-end-60\"> due to heavy traffic, especially during the peak ticket booking times:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><b>Tatkal Booking:<\/b><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"citation-59 citation-end-59\">The website and app often face significant load and performance issues right when Tatkal bookings open:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h4><b>10:00 AM IST:<\/b><span class=\"citation-58\"> Tatkal booking opens for <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-58\">AC Classes<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-58 citation-end-58\">.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h4><b>11:00 AM IST:<\/b><span class=\"citation-57\"> Tatkal booking opens for <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-57\">Non-AC Classes<\/span><\/b><span class=\"citation-57 citation-end-57\">.<\/span><\/h4>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are facing errors or the website is down outside of the scheduled midnight maintenance, it is likely due to server overload from high user traffic, especially around the Tatkal opening times.<\/p>\n<h3>Also Read : <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seminarsonly.com\/news\/maintenance-portal-msedcl-key-functions\/\">Maintenance Portal MSEDCL | Key Functions<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">IRCTC App Down Today<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The <b>IRCTC app will generally not work for booking or cancellation during the daily scheduled downtime.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The app and website both rely on the same backend railway reservation system (PRS), and that system is temporarily shut down every night for maintenance.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>What Stops:<\/b> E-ticketing services, including:\n<ul>\n<li>Booking new tickets.<\/li>\n<li>Cancelling existing tickets.<\/li>\n<li>Checking PNR status (sometimes this basic check might be intermittently available, but core booking functions will be blocked).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The system is shut down during this period to perform crucial tasks like migrating the day&#8217;s booking data, generating reports, and performing server maintenance. <span class=\"citation-64\">You will usually receive a message like: <\/span><b><span class=\"citation-64 citation-end-64\">&#8220;Due to maintenance activity, e-ticketing service will not be available.<\/span> Please try later.&#8221;<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) website and app undergo daily scheduled maintenance during the following window: Daily Scheduled Downtime (Maintenance) Time: 11:45 PM to 12:20 AM IST&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5921],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97226","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-india"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.2) - 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