nakshatra · उत्तर फाल्गुनी
Uttara Phalguni Nakshatra: Every Day It Held Sunrise, 2026 and 2027
14 days in 2026 · 12 in 2027 · sunrise at New Delhi
Uttara Phalguni is the 12th 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 Phalguni was the nakshatra at sunrise in New Delhi on 26 days: 14 in 2026 and 12 in 2027. Once it began after one sunrise and ended before the next, so it named no day at all (between the sunrises of 18 April 2027 and 19 April 2027), and it never held two sunrises in a row.
The muhurta texts put Uttara Phalguni in the Dhruva (fixed) group, which is the class the muhurat filter reads it by. Its own page, Uttara Phalguni nakshatra, covers it as a birth star.
The 26 Days, Month by Month
| Month | 2026 | 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| January | 9 | 26 |
| February | 5 | 23 |
| March | 5 | 22 |
| April | 1, 28 | — |
| May | 25 | 16 |
| June | 22 | 12 |
| July | 19 | 9 |
| August | 15 | 6 |
| September | 12 | 2, 29 |
| October | 9 | 27 |
| November | 5 | 23 |
| December | 3, 30 | 20 |
By weekday, Uttara Phalguni held sunrise most often on Thursdays (5 times) and least on Sundays (2): Sunday 2, Monday 4, Tuesday 4, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5, Friday 4, 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 an Uttara Phalguni day: Hariyali Teej (15 August 2026), Holi (22 March 2027), Nag Panchami (6 August 2027) and Dhanteras (27 October 2027).
In the cycle Uttara Phalguni comes after Purva Phalguni and before Hasta; 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 फाल्गुनी नक्षत्र.