nakshatra · पूर्व भाद्रपद
Purva Bhadrapada Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
14 days in 2026 · 14 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Purva Bhadrapada is the 25th 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 Bhadrapada was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 28 days: 14 in 2026 and 14 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and twice it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (19 November 2026 and 20 November 2026; 19 August 2027 and 20 August 2027).
The muhurta texts put Purva Bhadrapada in the Ugra (fierce) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Purva Bhadrapada nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 28 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 23 | 13 |
| February | 19 | 9 |
| March | 18 | 9 |
| April | 15 | 5 |
| May | 12 | 2, 30 |
| June | 9 | 26 |
| July | 6 | 23 |
| August | 2, 29 | 19, 20 |
| September | 26 | 16 |
| October | 23 | 13 |
| November | 19, 20 | 9 |
| December | 17 | 7 |
By weekday, Purva Bhadrapada held sunrise most often on Tuesdays (6 times) and least on Mondays (2): Sunday 3, Monday 2, Tuesday 6, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday 5, 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 Bhadrapada day: Vasant Panchami (23 January 2026), Pitru Paksha begins (26 September 2026) and Dev Uthani (20 November 2026).
In the cycle Purva Bhadrapada comes after Shatabhisha and before Uttara Bhadrapada; 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: पूर्व भाद्रपद नक्षत्र.