nakshatra · मघा
Magha Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
13 days in 2026 · 13 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Magha is the 10th of the 27 nakshatras. A panchang names a day by the nakshatra running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Magha was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 26 days: 13 in 2026 and 13 in 2027. Once it began after one sunrise and ended before the next, so it named no day at all (between the sunrises of 13 August 2026 and 14 August 2026), and it never held two sunrises in a row.
The muhurta texts put Magha in the Ugra (fierce) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Magha nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 26 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 24 |
| February | 3 | 21 |
| March | 3, 30 | 20 |
| April | 26 | 17 |
| May | 23 | 14 |
| June | 20 | 10 |
| July | 17 | 7 |
| August | — | 4, 31 |
| September | 10 | 28 |
| October | 7 | 25 |
| November | 3 | 21 |
| December | 1, 28 | 18 |
By weekday, Magha held sunrise most often on Tuesdays (6 times) and least on Thursdays and Fridays (2): Sunday 4, Monday 3, Tuesday 6, Wednesday 4, Thursday 2, Friday 2, Saturday 5. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the nakshatra run on unrelated cycles.
Festivals that fell on a Magha day: Holi (3 March 2026) and Hariyali Teej (4 August 2027).
In the cycle Magha comes after Ashlesha and before Purva Phalguni; all 27 are on the nakshatra index. For what the five limbs are and how a day’s panchang is read, see reading the panchang and the guide to choosing a day. This page in Hindi: मघा नक्षत्र.