What is Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026?

Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026 is the complete calendar of Sun Nakshatra transitions for the year 2026 — also called Sun Nakshatra Calendar, Surya Nakshatra Gochar, or Ravi Nakshatra Peyarchi. Because the Sun never retrogrades and moves at ~1° per day, it spends about 13.3 days in each of the 27 Nakshatras, giving exactly 27 visits per calendar year with pada-level entry and exit times.

Which Nakshatras are ruled by the Sun?

Three Nakshatras have the Sun as their ruling planet in the classical Vimshottari Dasha order: Krittika (26°40′ Aries to 10° Taurus), Uttara-Phalguni (26°40′ Leo to 10° Virgo), and Uttara-Ashadha (26°40′ Sagittarius to 10° Capricorn). This calendar highlights all three with a Sun-owned badge and offers a client-side filter to isolate them.

When is the Sun in Krittika in 2026?

Sun-in-Krittika typically falls in late April to early May — the exact window is computed by Swiss Ephemeris and shown on the Krittika card in the timeline. Because Krittika is a Sun-owned Nakshatra, classical Muhurta considers this window favourable for solar significations like leadership, initiation, and cutting through obstacles. Click the Sun-owned filter chip to isolate it.

When is the Sun in Uttara-Phalguni in 2026?

Sun-in-Uttara-Phalguni typically falls in early September, spanning the end of Sun-in-Leo and start of Sun-in-Virgo. This is one of the three Sun-owned Nakshatras, classically favoured for contracts, marriage, and formal social bonds. Exact entry / exit times for 2026 are shown on the Uttara-Phalguni card.

When is the Sun in Uttara-Ashadha in 2026?

Sun-in-Uttara-Ashadha typically falls in early to mid-January, spanning the end of Sun-in-Sagittarius and start of Sun-in-Capricorn (the Makara Sankranti crossover). Uttara-Ashadha is the third Sun-owned Nakshatra, classically called “the Universal Star” and favoured for lasting achievements. The Sun-owned filter chip isolates it.

How long does the Sun stay in each Nakshatra?

About 13.3 days on average (13d 4h to 13d 8h, varying slightly with Earth’s orbital eccentricity). Because the Sun covers 360° in 365.25 days and each Nakshatra spans 13°20′ (one-27th of the zodiac), the Sun crosses 27 Nakshatras per year with each visit lasting about 1/27th of the year. Pada-level windows are ~3.3 days each.

Why is the pada breakdown useful for the Sun but not the Moon?

Because the Sun moves so slowly. A single Sun pada lasts ~3.3 days — long enough to be a genuine muhurta-scale unit (comparable to a Panchang tithi). A Moon pada, by contrast, lasts only ~6 hours — too fast for planning most classical rituals. This calendar surfaces pada-level entry / exit on every card because those windows are practically usable for Sun-signified timing.

Can I see Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi for other years?

Yes — use the year navigator at the top of the timeline. The Swiss Ephemeris DE431 dataset covers -13,201 BCE to 17,191 CE, so you can page to any year of practical interest. The sitemap indexes the current year and adjacent years for search discoverability.

Does the Nakshatra Peyarchi timeline depend on my location?

Only for the wall-clock label. The Sun’s sidereal longitude at any UTC instant is essentially the same for every observer on Earth (parallax adds at most ~9 arc-seconds), so Nakshatra events are single astronomical instants globally. This calendar auto-detects your timezone so all entry / exit times read in your local clock, but the events themselves are the same everywhere.

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Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi — 2026

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Also known as Sun Nakshatra Calendar, Surya Nakshatra Gochar, or Ravi Nakshatra Peyarchi.

Every Sun Nakshatra visit for 2026 — 27 cards with pada-level entry / exit times. Paginate any year with the arrows below.

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Note: All calculations use Lahiri Ayanamsa (sidereal) and Swiss Ephemeris. Nakshatra entry / exit times are location-independent — only the local wall-clock label depends on your timezone. Each Sun Nakshatra visit is ~13.3 days; the year contains exactly 27 visits.

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About Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026

Sun Nakshatra Calendar 2026 — what this timeline shows

This is the complete Sun Nakshatra calendar for 2026 — every one of the 27 Sun Nakshatra visits for the year, ordered chronologically, with pada-level entry and exit times. The same calendar is known by several regional names:

Sun Nakshatra Calendar 2026 — pan-Indian English name emphasising Nakshatra transitions.
Surya Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026 (சூர்ய நக்ஷத்ர பெயர்ச்சி) — Tamil / South Indian name; Peyarchi literally means “transit”.
Surya Nakshatra Gochar 2026 (सूर्य नक्षत्र गोचर) — North Indian Hindi name; Gochar means “movement across the sky”.
Ravi Nakshatra Peyarchi 2026 — alternate South Indian name using Ravi (a common Vedic name for the Sun).
Sun Yearly Nakshatra Transit 2026 — English name used in Western Vedic astrology.

All names refer to the same 27 events: the Sun crossing from one Nakshatra to the next through the year. Because the Sun never retrogrades and moves at a nearly constant rate (~1° per day), it spends about 13.3 days in each Nakshatra and produces exactly 27 visits per calendar year.

What each card shows

Nakshatra name + symbol — the Nakshatra the Sun is currently transiting.
Ruling planet + presiding deity — e.g. Krittika is ruled by the Sun with Agni as its deity; Rohini is ruled by the Moon with Brahma as deity.
Entry / exit times in your local timezone — the exact moment the Sun crossed into and will leave this Nakshatra.
Duration — typically ~13d 4h to 13d 8h, varying slightly with Earth's orbital eccentricity.
Pada breakdown — each Nakshatra is divided into four ~3.3° padas. Since the Sun spends about 3.3 days per pada, pada-level timing is genuinely muhurta-usable (unlike the Moon's ~6-hour padas). Each pada shows its own start and end times.
☀ Sun-owned badge — visible on Krittika, Uttara-Phalguni, and Uttara-Ashadha (see below).

The three Sun-owned Nakshatras

Every Nakshatra has a ruling planet (its Nakshatra lord), assigned by the classical Vimshottari Dasha order. Three Nakshatras have the Sun as their ruling planet — called “Sun-owned Nakshatras” here:

Krittika (कृत्तिका) — 26°40′ Aries to 10° Taurus. Deity: Agni. Classically favoured for cutting through obstacles, initiation ceremonies, and leadership decisions.
Uttara-Phalguni (उत्तर फल्गुनी) — 26°40′ Leo to 10° Virgo. Deity: Aryaman. Classically favoured for contracts, marriage, and formal social bonds.
Uttara-Ashadha (उत्तर आषाढ़) — 26°40′ Sagittarius to 10° Capricorn. Deity: Vishwadevas. Classically called “the Universal Star,” favoured for victory and lasting achievements.

When the Sun transits one of these three, classical Muhurta considers solar significations (authority, visibility, leadership, ancestral matters) strengthened. This calendar highlights these visits with a Sun-owned badge, an amber-tinted card background, and a dedicated filter chip at the top of the timeline.

Sun Nakshatra vs. Sun Sign (Rashi) — different granularity

The Sun Sign (Rashi) calendar — called Surya Rashi Peyarchi (also known as Ravi Peyarchi) — tracks the Sun through 12 signs of ~30 days each, producing 12 Sankrantis per year. This calendar tracks the finer 27 Nakshatra layer, with visits of ~13.3 days each, producing 27 events per year. Both use the same sidereal Lahiri Ayanamsha reference frame. Use the Sun Sign calendar for festival timing and monthly rhythm; use this Sun Nakshatra calendar for muhurta selection and Nakshatra-based readings.

Common questions this page answers

Between the year navigator, the Sun-owned filter chip, and the 27 chronological cards, most Sun-Nakshatra timing questions are answered directly:

When is the Sun in Krittika in 2026? — click the Sun-owned filter, then look at the Krittika card. Typically late April to early May.
When is the Sun in Uttara-Phalguni in 2026? — Sun-owned filter, second card in the filtered view. Typically early September.
When is the Sun in Uttara-Ashadha in 2026? — Sun-owned filter, third card. Typically early to mid-January.
When is the Sun in Pushya / Ashwini / Rohini / Bharani in 2026? — scroll to the relevant Nakshatra card. Each shows entry, exit, and duration.
Which Sun Nakshatra was I born under? — find your birth month on this timeline. The Sun spends ~13.3 days per Nakshatra, so most months contain 2–3 Nakshatra transitions. For an exact sunrise-based reading, use the Date Lookup tool.
Which pada is the Sun in right now? — look at today's date on the timeline; each card lists its 4 padas with exact start / end. Or use the Live Tracker.
Which months contain Sun-owned Nakshatra visits? — roughly late April / May (Krittika), early September (Uttara-Phalguni), and early to mid-January (Uttara-Ashadha).

The Sun-owned filter runs entirely client-side — instant, no server round-trip. All cards remain in the underlying page HTML so browser Ctrl+F, anchor deep-links, and search engines still see every visit regardless of the active filter.

How the events are calculated

Every Nakshatra entry and pada boundary in the 2026 timeline is computed via Swiss Ephemeris DE431 with Lahiri Ayanamsha, resolved to the exact ephemeris instant via binary search. Nakshatra boundaries fall at every 13°20′ of sidereal longitude; pada boundaries at every 3°20′. Because the Sun's sidereal longitude at a given UTC instant is essentially the same for every observer on Earth (parallax adds at most ~9″ for the Sun), Nakshatra events are single astronomical instants — only the local wall-clock label depends on your timezone. No analytical formulas, interpolation tables, or approximations are used.

Related tools

Use the year arrows in the timeline header to page to 2025 or 2027. This Nakshatra-level timeline captures every Sun-in-Nakshatra window; for other Sun queries or the sign-level view, use one of these companion tools:

Live Tracker — the Sun's current sidereal longitude, sign (Rashi), Nakshatra, Pada, sign lord, and progress through the current sign. Auto-updates through the day.
Date Lookup — the Sun's complete readout at local sunrise for any past or future date. Verify your natal Sun placement or find historical Sankranti and Nakshatra timings.
Find Sun Transit Dates — reverse lookup. Pick a Nakshatra or Rashi and get every upcoming Sun window (entry + exit) in the next 730 days. Ideal for tracking specific Sun-in-Nakshatra events two years ahead.
Surya Rashi Peyarchi (Sign Year Timeline) — also called Ravi Peyarchi. Every Sankranti (Sun sign entry) for a chosen year as a card, exactly 12 per year, with Peak Exaltation (Aries) and Peak Debilitation (Libra) windows called out.
Moon Nakshatra Peyarchi (Chandra Nakshatra Calendar) — the same style of Nakshatra calendar for the Moon, with ~28–30 entries per month and classical Muhurta flags (Gand Mool, Panchak, Sarvartha Siddhi, Yamaghantak).