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Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
14 days in 2026 · 15 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Uttara Ashadha is the 21st of the 27 nakshatras. A panchang names a day by the nakshatra running at sunrise, and between 1 January 2026 and 31 December 2027 Uttara Ashadha was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 29 days: 14 in 2026 and 15 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and twice it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (21 September 2026 and 22 September 2026; 21 June 2027 and 22 June 2027).
The muhurta texts put Uttara Ashadha in the Dhruva (fixed) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Uttara Ashadha nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 29 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 19 | 9 |
| February | 15 | 5 |
| March | 14 | 4 |
| April | 11 | 1, 28 |
| May | 8 | 25 |
| June | 4 | 21, 22 |
| July | 2, 29 | 19 |
| August | 25 | 15 |
| September | 21, 22 | 11 |
| October | 19 | 9 |
| November | 15 | 5 |
| December | 12 | 2, 30 |
By weekday, Uttara Ashadha held sunrise most often on Thursdays and Saturdays (6 times) and least on Wednesdays (2): Sunday 3, Monday 5, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 2, Thursday 6, Friday 3, Saturday 6. Over two years that spread is chance, not a pattern; the weekday and the nakshatra run on unrelated cycles.
Festivals that fell on an Uttara Ashadha day: Maha Shivratri (15 February 2026), Guru Purnima (29 July 2026), Durga Ashtami (19 October 2026), Chhath Puja (15 November 2026), Dussehra (9 October 2027) and Maha Navami (9 October 2027).
In the cycle Uttara Ashadha comes after Purva Ashadha and before Shravana; 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: उत्तराषाढ़ा नक्षत्र.