Nakshatra Calendar 2026–2027 — Day Wise, With End Timings

The Moon travels through twenty-seven nakshatras in a lunar month, spending about a day in each. The nakshatra running at sunrise gives the day its name in the panchang, and that is what a nakshatra calendar 2027 lists - one entry for each day, with the exact minute it ends.

The nakshatra end time is the part that matters and the part most calendars omit. Because a nakshatra lasts a little more or a little less than twenty-four hours, it rarely coincides with a calendar day. A ceremony planned for Pushya nakshatra must be held before Pushya ends, not merely on the day the calendar labels Pushya.

Everything on this page is computed from the Moon's actual sidereal position for the city you choose, so both the day assignment and the end time are local rather than national. That is what makes this a nakshatra calendar day wise for your own city.

The card at the top of this page gives the nakshatra today and tomorrow, each with its ruling planet, its end time and what the tradition considers it suited to. It refreshes every day, so the nakshatra today and tomorrow are always current.

Knowing which nakshatra is today is the quickest daily check in the panchang, and it is used for more everyday decisions than tithi or yoga. Buying gold on Pushya, starting a journey under Ashwini, signing an agreement under Uttara Phalguni, beginning study under Shravana - these are the ordinary uses.

The ruling planet matters as much as the name. Each nakshatra belongs to one of the nine planets in the Vimshottari order, and that planet colours the day: a Saturn nakshatra suits patient, structural work; a Mercury one suits trade and communication; a Mars one suits decisive action.

Below the daily card sits the full nakshatra date wise list for the month you select, with the day of the week, the nakshatra at sunrise, its lord, its end time and a short note on what it suits.

Reading the nakshatra calendar by month shows the rhythm clearly. The twenty-seven run in fixed order, so the same nakshatra returns every twenty-seven or twenty-eight days, and a favourable one you missed comes round again within the month.

This is how families plan the small things with a nakshatra date wise list: a date for a housewarming puja, the day to buy a vehicle, when to start a child's schooling. For the bigger ceremonies - marriage, griha pravesh, mundan - the dedicated muhurat calculators on this site apply the full set of conditions rather than the nakshatra alone.

Use the nakshatra calendar by month view for any month of any year by changing the selection above; nothing is limited to the current year.

Among the 27 nakshatras and their lords, each has a character drawn from its presiding deity, its ruling planet and its classification as fixed, movable, gentle, sharp or fierce. Here are the ones that come up most often in practical muhurat.

The full list of all 27 nakshatras and their lords, with the number of days each gets in your chosen year, is in the table at the foot of the result. The counts vary slightly from year to year because the lunar month is not a whole number of days.

A practical caution: a good nakshatra alone does not make a good muhurat. Tithi, weekday, the lagna at the moment and the exclusion periods all matter. The nakshatra is the first filter, not the last word.

The nakshatra end timing is what converts a calendar entry into a usable window. If Pushya runs until 2:40 in the afternoon, a purchase made at four o'clock is not made in Pushya, whatever the calendar says on that row.

Three consequences follow. A day may carry two nakshatras, with one ending in the morning and the next running until the following day. A nakshatra may begin late at night and be credited to the next day. And two cities can label the same date differently when a nakshatra ends between their sunrises.

For everyday decisions the nakshatra end time matters less. For a ceremony - a naming, a first haircut, a shop opening - it matters a great deal, and it is why every row on this page carries the end time to the minute rather than just the name.

Every row in the calendar above belongs to one of these twenty-seven. The 27 nakshatras and their lords follow the Vimshottari order - Ketu, Venus, Sun, Moon, Mars, Rahu, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury - three times round the zodiac, which is why the lords repeat every nine stars.

Read the 27 nakshatras and their lords together with the group. The lord colours the day - a Saturn star suits patient work, a Mercury star trade and talk - and the group says what kind of work fits: fixed stars for what should last, movable stars for travel, swift stars for quick business, gentle stars for pleasant things, and sharp or fierce stars for cutting away rather than starting.

The same 27 nakshatras and their lords also run your Vimshottari dasha: the lord of your birth star is the first mahadasha of your life. That is the link between a daily nakshatra calendar day wise and your own chart.

A nakshatra calendar by month is most useful when you have a few things to place in the same month. Suppose you want to buy some gold, start a short course and take a trip. Here is how to use the nakshatra date wise list for it in a few minutes.

1. Mark the Pushya days. Pushya comes once in about twenty-seven days, so a month usually has one, sometimes two. That is the first choice for the purchase - and if it falls on a Thursday or Sunday, it is Guru Pushya or Ravi Pushya.
2. Mark the fixed and swift stars for the course. Rohini, the three Uttaras, Hasta and Pushya suit a beginning that should last. Pick one that also falls on a good weekday for you.
3. Mark the movable stars for the trip. Swati, Punarvasu, Shravana, Dhanishta and Shatabhisha suit travel. Check the nakshatra end time: if the star ends at nine in the morning, a journey starting at noon is already in the next star.
4. Strike out what clashes. Remove the sharp and fierce stars for anything you are starting, and check the tithi and the day's rahu kaal before you fix a time.

The nakshatra date wise list does most of the work; the nakshatra end time on each row decides the hour. For a wedding, griha pravesh or mundan, use the dedicated muhurat calculators, which add the lagna and the exclusion periods to the nakshatra calendar day wise view.

Most people who use a nakshatra calendar day wise use it the same way each morning. It takes two minutes:

1. Open the nakshatra today and tomorrow card. Note the star, its lord and its nakshatra end time. If the star changes before noon, the afternoon belongs to the next one.
2. Check the group. A fixed or swift star is a good day to start; a sharp or fierce one is a day to finish, clear or confront.
3. Look one week ahead in the nakshatra date wise list. If something important is coming, see which day of the week carries a better star for it.
4. Match it to your own star. Count from your birth nakshatra to today's: the 3rd, 5th and 7th in each cycle of nine counted from your own (vipat, pratyak and vadha tara) are traditionally the ones to avoid for important work, and the tarabala calculator does this count for you.

That is the whole daily use. The nakshatra today and tomorrow card answers "what is the day like", the nakshatra calendar by month answers "which day is best", and the nakshatra end time answers "until when".

1. The Moon's position. Its sidereal longitude is computed with the Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa, and divided by 13 degrees 20 minutes to give the nakshatra.

2. At your sunrise. The reading is taken at your city's sunrise, which is what determines the day's nakshatra in panchang and on each row of the nakshatra calendar day wise.

3. The end time. The moment the Moon crosses into the next nakshatra is found to the minute and converted to your local time - the nakshatra end time on every row.

Muhurta classifies the twenty-seven into groups by temperament, and knowing which group a day belongs to explains why it suits some work and not other.

Dhruva (fixed) - the three Uttaras and Rohini. Suited to anything meant to last: laying a foundation, planting, marriage, taking up a long appointment.

Chara (movable) - Swati, Punarvasu, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha. Suited to travel, vehicles, changing residence and anything that involves motion.

Mridu (gentle) - Mrigashira, Revati, Chitra, Anuradha. Suited to art, clothing, ornaments, friendship and pleasant undertakings.

Kshipra (swift) - Ashwini, Pushya, Hasta. Suited to trade, medicine and work that must be completed quickly.

Tikshna (sharp) - Ardra, Ashlesha, Jyeshtha, Mula. Suited to surgery, confrontation and severing what must be severed; avoided for beginnings.

Ugra (fierce) - Bharani, Magha, Purva Phalguni, Purva Ashadha, Purva Bhadrapada. Associated with destruction and control; avoided for auspicious work.

The remaining two, Krittika and Vishakha, are mixed. When you read a row in the nakshatra date wise list above, the group tells you as much as the name.

Buying. Pushya is the single most cited nakshatra for purchases, and when it falls on a Sunday or Thursday - Ravi Pushya or Guru Pushya - jewellers across India build campaigns around it. Rohini, Hasta and Revati also serve well. What is avoided is buying anything significant on the sharp and fierce nakshatras.

Travel. The movable group suits journeys, with Ashwini, Punarvasu, Shravana and Revati the most cited. Combined with a clear disha shool and a good choghadiya, that is the whole traditional travel check - and it takes a minute using the calculators here.

Starting something. Study, a course, a new role or a small business all favour the fixed and swift groups. Uttara Phalguni, Uttara Ashadha and Uttara Bhadrapada carry the sense of a thing taking root, while Hasta and Pushya carry momentum.

For anything larger than what a nakshatra calendar by month can settle - a marriage, a house entry, a child's first haircut - the nakshatra is only the first of several conditions, and the dedicated muhurat pages on this site apply the rest.

These are the questions people ask most after opening a nakshatra calendar day wise - how to read a row, why there are two end times, and how the calendar differs from a muhurat.

How do I read a nakshatra date wise list?

Each row is one civil day. The nakshatra named on the row is the one running at sunrise in your city, and the time beside it is the nakshatra end time. After that minute the next star runs until its own end, which may be the next day or later the same day.

Why does the nakshatra today and tomorrow card show two end times?

One for each day. The nakshatra today and tomorrow card gives the star at each sunrise and the minute it ends, so you can see whether the star you want covers the morning, the afternoon or only part of the day.

Is the nakshatra end time the same in every city?

The moment is the same everywhere; the clock time is not. The nakshatra end time is shown in your local time, and the star named at sunrise can differ between two cities when a change falls between their sunrises.

Is a nakshatra calendar enough to choose a muhurat?

For small daily choices, often yes. For ceremonies, no: a muhurat also needs the tithi, the weekday, the lagna at the moment and the exclusion periods, which the muhurat calculators add on top of the nakshatra calendar by month.

If you are checking a date from another calendar, compare the nakshatra end time, not just the name on the row. This nakshatra calendar day wise prints the sunrise it used and the end time to the minute, so any row can be checked.