Calculator · Last checked 12 Nov 2026
When is this truck's fitness due?
Two dates in, one date out. The rule changes when a truck turns eight, and that is the renewal most registers get wrong.
Leave the last fitness date blank for a truck still on its first certificate.
Next renewals, if each is done on the due date
- 12 Mar 2026 to 11 Mar 20282 years
- 12 Mar 2028 to 11 Mar 2029Annual
- 12 Mar 2029 to 11 Mar 2030Annual
The rule applied
What this calculator assumes
A transport vehicle's fitness certificate is valid for two years when new, renewable every two years until the vehicle is eight years old, and every year after that (CMVR rule 62).
Source: Central Motor Vehicles Rules, 1989, rule 62 · Last checked 12 Nov 2026
- Up to 8 years old
- 2 years
- Over 8 years old
- 1 year
- Penalty for no fitness
- Up to ₹5,000
- Repeat offence
- Up to ₹10,000
How it works
The short explainer
How the date is worked out
The calculator takes the vehicle's age on the day the last certificate was issued. If the truck was under eight years old that day, the certificate runs for two years. If it was eight or older, it runs for one year. If you leave the last fitness date blank, it treats the registration date as the first certificate, because a new transport vehicle's first fitness is issued at registration.
The due date is the day the certificate lapses. A truck cannot legally run on the road after that date until it is re-tested and passed. Driving without a valid fitness certificate is an offence under Section 192 of the Motor Vehicles Act: up to ₹5,000 for a first offence and up to ₹10,000 after that. States can set different compounding amounts.
Why the eighth year catches fleets out
A truck bought in 2018 has run on a two-year cycle for its whole life. The munshi's register says "fitness every two years". In its ninth year the cycle drops to one year, and the next renewal arrives twelve months early. If the register still says two years, the truck runs a full year without fitness.
The testing itself is moving to registered automated testing stations (ATS) under a phased MoRTH mandate. Booking a slot can take longer than walking into the RTO used to, so plan the test at least two to three weeks before the due date. Read more in Fitness certificates at automated testing stations and the fitness certificate guide.
For a whole fleet
Fitness dates read from VAHAN, with the eighth-year switch built in
- Validity read from the vehicle record, never typed.
- The two-year or annual cycle applied from the registration date.
- WhatsApp reminders at 30, 15, 7 and 1 days: munshi to book the slot, driver to bring the truck.
- The new certificate attached to the renewal task when it is done.
Ashok Leyland 4220 · Tractor-trailer, 42 t · Ludhiana branch · Driver Gurdeep Singh
- FitnessFC/PB08/2024/40018Expired 3d ago
- National permitNP/PB/2023/09311Valid
- NP authorisationAUTH/2026/PB/30144Valid
- InsurancePolicy 4410/2219/202526 days left
- PUCPUC PB-08-10422Valid
- Road taxTax PB 2026-27 Q3Valid
Questions about the fitness due date calculator
Is the rule the same for buses and trucks?
Rule 62 applies to transport vehicles, which covers goods vehicles and buses on contract or stage carriage permits. Some states and some vehicle classes have had additional conditions. Check your RTO's current practice for buses.
What if the truck was re-registered in another state?
Use the original registration date. Vehicle age runs from the first registration, not the date of the new number.
Does the new certificate start from the test date or the old expiry?
In most cases validity runs from the date the new certificate is issued, so testing very early can shorten the cycle. Check the dates printed on the new certificate, and plan the test in the last few weeks before the due date.
Is the result legal advice?
No. The calculator applies the rule as stated above. Your fitness certificate and the VAHAN record show the actual validity, and they win if they differ.
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