You can book many IRCTC tickets in a month , but there are clear limits per user ID and per booking (PNR). Here’s the current picture in simple terms, plus how this plays out “in a day”.

Direct answer: how many tickets in a day?

IRCTC does not fix a strict “per day” count for normal users; instead, it sets a per month cap per user ID, and a limit on how many passengers you can add per ticket (PNR).

So, in practice, how many tickets you can book “in a day” is bounded by:

  • How many tickets you have already booked earlier in the month, and
  • The monthly cap for your account (Aadhaar-linked or not).

If your monthly quota is unused, you could technically book all of your remaining monthly tickets in one day.

Monthly limits on IRCTC tickets

IRCTC works with monthly limits per user ID (account), not a specific daily cap.

  • If your IRCTC ID is not Aadhaar-linked
    • You can book up to 12 tickets in a month from that user ID on the website/app.
  • If your IRCTC ID is Aadhaar-linked , and at least one passenger on booked tickets is Aadhaar-verifiable
    • You can book up to 24 tickets in a month from that user ID.

These limits were increased over time to make online booking easier, especially for families and frequent travellers.

So, if you have 24-ticket allowance and have not booked anything this month, you could book all 24 tickets on the same day (subject to other timing and category rules).

How many passengers per ticket (PNR)?

Besides monthly limits, there’s also a cap per individual booking (PNR).

  • For a normal e-ticket, up to 6 passengers can be booked in one PNR at a time in reserved classes.
  • For Tatkal tickets, the rule is stricter:
    • Maximum of 4 passengers per Tatkal e-ticket (per PNR).

This means, for example:

  • One IRCTC account, Aadhaar-linked, can do up to 24 tickets in a month.
  • If each ticket has 6 passengers (normal booking), that’s up to 144 passengers in a month , but remember, it’s still 24 separate bookings (PNRs), not unlimited PNRs.

Practical “in a day” scenarios

Think of “how many in a day” as “how fast you use your monthly quota”:

  • New month, Aadhaar-linked ID, 0 tickets used so far:
    • You can book 24 tickets today (as long as trains/seats are available and timing rules are followed).
  • New month, non–Aadhaar-linked ID:
    • You can book 12 tickets today.
  • If you already booked some earlier in the month, subtract them from your monthly limit; whatever remains, you can still book, even in a single day.

Do note:

  • Tatkal bookings have fixed opening times (10 a.m. for AC, 11 a.m. for non-AC), and tickets run out fast, so practically you may not manage to book all your theoretical quota in Tatkal mode in one day.
  • IRCTC also has some session and time-of-day controls (like not allowing online booking during a short nightly maintenance window), which indirectly limit how many tickets you can book in a single day simply by time available.

Quick HTML table for limits

Below is an HTML table summarizing the key booking limits:

html

<table>
  <thead>
    <tr>
      <th>Type</th>
      <th>Limit</th>
      <th>Condition</th>
    </tr>
  </thead>
  <tbody>
    <tr>
      <td>Monthly tickets (non–Aadhaar-linked ID)</td>
      <td>12 tickets per month</td>
      <td>IRCTC user ID not linked to Aadhaar; all normal e-tickets through website/app.[web:1][web:3][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Monthly tickets (Aadhaar-linked ID)</td>
      <td>24 tickets per month</td>
      <td>User ID linked to Aadhaar and at least one travelling passenger Aadhaar-verifiable.[web:3][web:7][web:9]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Passengers per normal e-ticket (PNR)</td>
      <td>Up to 6 passengers</td>
      <td>Reserved classes for regular online booking.[web:8]</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Passengers per Tatkal e-ticket (PNR)</td>
      <td>Up to 4 passengers</td>
      <td>As per Tatkal guidelines for online booking.[web:3]</td>
    </tr>
  </tbody>
</table>

Mini forum-style note & latest context

“Can I book a lot of tickets for one trip from a single IRCTC ID?”
In recent forum discussions, users often clarify that the real restriction is the monthly ticket cap (12 or 24) , not a hard daily cap.

Recent news and guides (2023–2025) continue to reflect the 12 tickets (non- Aadhaar) vs 24 tickets (Aadhaar-linked) structure, and there hasn’t been a widely reported reduction in these limits.

TL;DR

  • No fixed “per day” limit; IRCTC works with monthly ticket limits per user ID.
  • 12 tickets/month if your ID is not Aadhaar-linked; 24 tickets/month if Aadhaar-linked and used as per rules.
  • You can use that whole quota in a single day if you haven’t used it earlier in the month.