nakshatra · उत्तर भाद्रपद
Uttara Bhadrapada Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
13 days in 2026 · 14 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Uttara Bhadrapada is the 26th 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 Bhadrapada was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 27 days: 13 in 2026 and 14 in 2027. It never fell between two sunrises without holding one, and once it held two sunrises in a row, naming two consecutive days (10 November 2027 and 11 November 2027).
The muhurta texts put Uttara Bhadrapada in the Dhruva (fixed) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Uttara Bhadrapada nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 27 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 24 | 14 |
| February | 20 | 10 |
| March | 19 | 10 |
| April | 16 | 6 |
| May | 13 | 3, 31 |
| June | 10 | 27 |
| July | 7 | 24 |
| August | 3, 30 | 21 |
| September | 27 | 17 |
| October | 24 | 14 |
| November | 21 | 10, 11 |
| December | 18 | 8 |
By weekday, Uttara Bhadrapada held sunrise most often on Wednesdays (6 times) and least on Tuesdays (2): Sunday 3, Monday 3, Tuesday 2, Wednesday 6, Thursday 5, Friday 3, 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 an Uttara Bhadrapada day: Gudi Padwa (19 March 2026), Sharad Purnima (14 October 2027) and Dev Uthani (10 November 2027).
In the cycle Uttara Bhadrapada comes after Purva Bhadrapada and before Revati; 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: उत्तर भाद्रपद नक्षत्र.