Nakshatra Peyarchi — September 2026

Chandra Nakshatra Calendar September 2026 — what this calendar shows

This is the complete Moon Nakshatra calendar for September 2026 — every entry of the Moon into a new nakshatra across the month, with pada-level timings and classical Muhurta flags. The same calendar is known by several regional names:

• Nakshatra Peyarchi (நக்ஷத்ர பெயர்ச்சி) — Tamil / South Indian name; Peyarchi literally means “transit”.
• Chandra Nakshatra Calendar / Moon Nakshatra Calendar — the plain Sanskrit / English names used in modern Vedic almanacs.
• Chandra Nakshatra Gochar (चंद्र नक्षत्र गोचर) — North Indian Hindi name; Gochar means “movement across the sky”.
• Monthly Nakshatra Calendar / Daily Nakshatra Calendar — the English descriptions most commonly used in Muhurta software and panchang apps.

All refer to the same event set: every moment the Moon crosses from one nakshatra into the next. Because the Moon covers ~13° per day and a nakshatra spans 13°20′, entries occur roughly every 24–27 hours, giving 28–30 cards per month. Each card lists the nakshatra, its ruling planet and deity, the exact entry and exit time in your local timezone, pada-level breakdown, and any classical Muhurta flags that apply.

The five Muhurta flags on each card

• 🪢 Gand Mool — one of the six “knotted root” nakshatras (Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Moola, Revati). Traditionally requires Moola Shanti puja for births; considered a caution for other beginnings.
• ⚠︎ Panchak — the ~5-day recurring window through Dhanishtha, Shatabhisha, Purva Bhadrapada, Uttara Bhadrapada, and Revati. Traditionally avoided for construction, southward travel, thatching, and cremation.
• ★ Auspicious — one of seven universally favourable nakshatras (Pushya, Rohini, Ashwini, Hasta, three Uttaras). Preferred for weddings, new ventures, gold purchases, and installations.
• ⚡︎ Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga — a specific weekday + nakshatra combination (per Muhurta Chintamani) considered favourable for all endeavours. Fires several times a month.
• ⚠︎ Yamaghantak Yoga — the opposite of Sarvartha Siddhi: an inauspicious weekday + nakshatra combination. Fires roughly once a week.

When flags conflict — the traditional rule

An auspicious nakshatra can still fall on a Panchak or Yamaghantak day, and vice versa. When both a green flag (Auspicious / Sarvartha Siddhi) and a red flag (Gand Mool / Panchak / Yamaghantak) apply on the same card, this calendar shows both badges plus an explanatory note. The card border colour follows the cautionary flag — traditional Muhurta practice weighs the negative influence higher, so the visual cue matches that verdict.

The three Moon-owned Nakshatras

In the classical Vimshottari Dasha order, three Nakshatras have the Moon (Chandra) as their ruling planet — called “Moon-owned Nakshatras” here:

• Rohini (रोहिणी) —
  • 10°00′ to 23°20′ Taurus.
  • Deity: Brahma (Prajapati), the creator.
  • Its name means “the red one”; associated with growth, fertility, beauty and material abundance. Classically counted the Moon’s most comfortable Nakshatra.
• Hasta (हस्त) —
  • 10°00′ to 23°20′ Virgo.
  • Deity: Savitar, the solar inspirer.
  • Its name means “the hand”; associated with skill, craft and dexterity. Favoured for handiwork, healing and anything needing a deft touch.
• Shravana (श्रवण) —
  • 10°00′ to 23°20′ Capricorn.
  • Deity: Vishnu, the preserver.
  • Its name means “hearing”; associated with listening, learning by ear, scripture and reputation. Favoured for study, counsel and matters settled by careful listening.

Because the Vimshottari lords repeat every ninth Nakshatra, a lord’s three sit exactly 120° apart — a trine. The Moon’s three all fall in earth signs, each occupying the same 10°00′–23°20′ stretch of its sign. Worth noting that Rohini lies wholly inside the Moon’s mooltrikona band of Taurus (3°00′01″–29°59′59″) rather than its narrow exaltation band (0°–3°00′00″), so the Moon in Rohini is strong by both Nakshatra lordship and sign dignity — but it is mooltrikona, not exaltation. Unlike the slow grahas, whose own Nakshatra can be years apart, the Moon crosses all 27 every 27.32 days, so all three come round in every month you can open here. The calendar marks them with a ☾ Moon-owned badge and a subtle silver card tint, which outranks the auspicious and caution tints when a card carries both.

Why the Moon nakshatra changes almost daily

The Moon completes one sidereal orbit of Earth in ~27.32 days — the same as the number of nakshatras. That gives an average stay of ~24 hours 20 minutes per nakshatra. Because the Moon’s orbital speed varies (faster near perigee, slower near apogee), the actual stay ranges from about 21 to 27 hours. Each nakshatra card here shows the exact duration for that visit.

Nakshatra entries are location-independent

The Moon’s sidereal longitude at any UTC instant is essentially the same for every observer on Earth (parallax adds at most ~1°, corrected for). What varies is your local wall-clock label — a nakshatra change at 3:47 AM IST in Delhi is the same instant labelled 5:17 PM PST the previous day in California. This calendar auto-detects your timezone so every entry / exit time reads in your local clock, but there’s no city picker — nakshatra events are the same everywhere.

Common questions this page answers

A whole month of Moon-nakshatra windows on one page answers a lot of Muhurta-planning questions at a glance:

• Which nakshatra is the Moon in on each day of September 2026? — scan the chronological card list. Each card gives entry and exit times, so any date in the month maps to a nakshatra in one glance.
• Which days are Pushya / Rohini / Hasta in September 2026? — find the card by name. These three are among the most-searched auspicious nakshatras for financial ventures, weddings, and skilled work.
• Which days are Gand Mool in September 2026? — look for the 🪢 Gand Mool badge. Births during these windows traditionally call for a Moola Shanti puja.
• When is Panchak in September 2026? — cards carrying the ⚠ Panchak badge fall inside the ~5-day Panchak window. For a year-wide view with sub-types, use the Panchak Calendar.
• Which days have Sarvartha Siddhi Yoga in September 2026? — the ⚡ badge marks weekday + nakshatra combinations classically favourable for all endeavours.
• Which days should I avoid for a new venture? — cards with red badges (Gand Mool, Panchak, Yamaghantak) carry classical cautions. Cards with green badges are the favourable ones.
• What pada is the Moon in at a given hour? — each card breaks its nakshatra into four padas with start / end times, so you can pin a Muhurta to a ~6-hour window rather than a whole day.

For a single specific date rather than the whole month, use Date Lookup. To search forward for when the Moon will next be in one target nakshatra, use Find Dates.

Related tools

• Live Tracker — the Moon’s current sidereal longitude, sign (Rashi), Nakshatra, Pada, sign lord, nakshatra lord, deity, and current tithi (lunar day). Auto-updates as the Moon moves.
• Date Lookup — the Moon’s complete readout at local sunrise for any past or future date. Verify your janma-nakshatra or check any historical date.
• Find Moon Transit Dates — reverse lookup. Pick a nakshatra or rashi and get every upcoming Moon window in the next 180 days — ideal for planning Moon-in-target-nakshatra Muhurta days.
• Chandra Rashi Peyarchi (Year Timeline) — also called Chandra Peyarchi. Every Moon sign visit for a chosen year as a card, with nested nakshatra sub-events. Use the arrows to view any past or future year, from 13,201 BCE onward.
• Panchak Calendar — every Panchak window in a chosen year (13–14 windows / year, ~5 days each) with its window-wide sub-type — Rog, Raj, Agni, Chor, Mrityu, or Neutral — determined by the weekday Panchak starts on.
• Ganda Moola Check — enter a birth date to check whether the natal Moon falls in one of the six Gand Mool nakshatras (Ashwini, Ashlesha, Magha, Jyeshtha, Moola, Revati). Traditional shanti-puja timing follows.