Nakshatra Calendar 2026 — 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 2026 lists - one entry for each day, with the exact minute it ends.

The 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.

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.

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 a month at a time 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: 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.

Each nakshatra 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 twenty-seven, with their lords and 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 none of this matters much. 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.

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.

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

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 calendar 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 - 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.

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Nakshatra Calendar 2026 List — Every Period to the Minute

The Nakshatra Calendar dates 2026 list above gives the start and end of every period in IST with its type.

Nakshatra Calendar Today — Yes or No, and Until When

Nakshatra Calendar today is shown at the top of the result and in the form.

Types of Nakshatra Calendar — the Weekday Decides

Types of Nakshatra Calendar are named from the weekday the period begins: Sunday Roga, Monday Raja, Tuesday Agni, Friday Chora and Saturday Mrityu, with Wednesday and Thursday unnamed. The timeline colours each period by its type so the serious ones stand out.

Nakshatra Calendar Rules What Not to Do — the Five Classical Restrictions

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Mrityu Nakshatra Calendar — the One to Plan Around

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