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Purva Ashadha Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
14 days in 2026 · 18 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Purva Ashadha is the 20th of the 27 nakshatras. A panchang names a day by the nakshatra running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Purva Ashadha was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 32 days: 14 in 2026 and 18 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and five times it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (30 June 2026 and 1 July 2026; 7 January 2027 and 8 January 2027; 30 March 2027 and 31 March 2027; 7 October 2027 and 8 October 2027; 28 December 2027 and 29 December 2027).
The muhurta texts put Purva Ashadha in the Ugra (fierce) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Purva Ashadha nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 32 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 18 | 7, 8 |
| February | 14 | 4 |
| March | 13 | 3, 30, 31 |
| April | 10 | 27 |
| May | 7 | 24 |
| June | 3, 30 | 20 |
| July | 1, 28 | 18 |
| August | 24 | 14 |
| September | 20 | 10 |
| October | 18 | 7, 8 |
| November | 14 | 4 |
| December | 11 | 1, 28, 29 |
By weekday, Purva Ashadha held sunrise most often on Wednesdays and Fridays (6 times) and least on Mondays (2): Sunday 5, Monday 2, Tuesday 5, Wednesday 6, Thursday 5, Friday 6, Saturday 3. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the nakshatra run on unrelated cycles.
Festivals that fell on a Purva Ashadha day: Guru Purnima (18 July 2027), Durga Ashtami (7 October 2027) and Chhath Puja (4 November 2027).
In the cycle Purva Ashadha comes after Mula and before Uttara Ashadha; 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: पूर्वाषाढ़ा नक्षत्र.