nakshatra · शतभिषा
Shatabhisha Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
13 days in 2026 · 13 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Shatabhisha is the 24th of the 27 nakshatras. A panchang names a day by the nakshatra running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Shatabhisha was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 26 days: 13 in 2026 and 13 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and it never held two sunrises in a row.
The muhurta texts put Shatabhisha in the Chara (movable) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Shatabhisha nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 26 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 22 | 12 |
| February | 18 | 8 |
| March | 17 | 8 |
| April | 14 | 4 |
| May | 11 | 1, 29 |
| June | 8 | 25 |
| July | 5 | 22 |
| August | 1, 28 | 18 |
| September | 25 | 15 |
| October | 22 | 12 |
| November | 18 | 8 |
| December | 16 | 6 |
By weekday, Shatabhisha held sunrise most often on Mondays (6 times) and least on Sundays (2): Sunday 2, Monday 6, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 5, Thursday 3, Friday 3, 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 Shatabhisha day: Raksha Bandhan (28 August 2026), Anant Chaturdashi (25 September 2026) and Pitru Paksha begins (15 September 2027).
In the cycle Shatabhisha comes after Dhanishta and before Purva 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: शतभिषा नक्षत्र.