diff --git a/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java b/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
index c833b7cdaa32..9b6eb188634d 100644
--- a/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
+++ b/pinot-segment-local/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtils.java
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.JsonUtils;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.PinotMd5Mode;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.TimeUtils;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.utils.TimestampIndexUtils;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
@@ -1648,7 +1649,8 @@ private static void validateIndexingConfigAndFieldConfigList(TableConfig tableCo
     // Star-tree index config is not managed by FieldIndexConfigs, and we need to validate it separately.
     List<StarTreeIndexConfig> starTreeIndexConfigs = indexingConfig.getStarTreeIndexConfigs();
     if (CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(starTreeIndexConfigs)) {
-      validateStarTreeIndexConfigs(starTreeIndexConfigs, indexConfigsMap, schema);
+      validateStarTreeIndexConfigs(starTreeIndexConfigs, indexConfigsMap, schema,
+          TimestampIndexUtils.extractColumnsWithGranularity(tableConfig));
     }
 
     // TIMESTAMP index is not managed by FieldIndexConfigs, and we need to validate it separately.
@@ -1750,14 +1752,23 @@ private static void validateIndexingConfigAndFieldConfigListCompatibility(Indexi
   /// - 'dimensionsSplitOrder' contains all dimensions in 'skipStarNodeCreationForDimensions'
   /// - Either functionColumnPairs or aggregationConfigs must be specified, but not both
   /// - All referenced columns exist in the schema and are single-valued
+  ///
+  /// `timestampIndexColumns` holds the TIMESTAMP-index derived columns (e.g. `$ts$DAY`) declared via
+  /// [TimestampConfig#getGranularities()]. These are materialized as dictionary-encoded single-value TIMESTAMP
+  /// columns at segment generation time (see [TimestampIndexUtils#applyTimestampIndex(TableConfig, Schema)]), so
+  /// they are absent from the schema at config-validation time and are accepted here without a schema lookup.
   private static void validateStarTreeIndexConfigs(List<StarTreeIndexConfig> starTreeIndexConfigs,
-      Map<String, FieldIndexConfigs> indexConfigsMap, Schema schema) {
+      Map<String, FieldIndexConfigs> indexConfigsMap, Schema schema, Set<String> timestampIndexColumns) {
     Set<String> dimensionColumns = new HashSet<>();
     for (StarTreeIndexConfig starTreeIndexConfig : starTreeIndexConfigs) {
       // Validate dimension columns are dictionary encoded
       List<String> dimensionsSplitOrder = starTreeIndexConfig.getDimensionsSplitOrder();
       assert CollectionUtils.isNotEmpty(dimensionsSplitOrder);
       for (String dimension : dimensionsSplitOrder) {
+        if (timestampIndexColumns.contains(dimension)) {
+          dimensionColumns.add(dimension);
+          continue;
+        }
         FieldIndexConfigs indexConfigs = indexConfigsMap.get(dimension);
         Preconditions.checkState(indexConfigs != null,
             "Failed to find dimension column: %s specified in star-tree index config in schema", dimension);
@@ -1844,6 +1855,9 @@ private static void validateStarTreeIndexConfigs(List<StarTreeIndexConfig> starT
       }
 
       for (String column : Iterables.concat(dimensionColumns, aggregatedColumns)) {
+        if (timestampIndexColumns.contains(column)) {
+          continue;
+        }
         FieldSpec fieldSpec = schema.getFieldSpecFor(column);
         Preconditions.checkState(fieldSpec != null,
             "Failed to find column: %s specified in star-tree index config in schema", column);
@@ -1852,6 +1866,9 @@ private static void validateStarTreeIndexConfigs(List<StarTreeIndexConfig> starT
       }
 
       for (String column : dimensionColumns) {
+        if (timestampIndexColumns.contains(column)) {
+          continue;
+        }
         FieldSpec fieldSpec = schema.getFieldSpecFor(column);
         Preconditions.checkState(fieldSpec.isSingleValueField(),
             "Star-tree dimension columns must be single-value, but found multi-value column: %s", column);
diff --git a/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java b/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
index 0776eeda342b..0fd36dc44762 100644
--- a/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
+++ b/pinot-segment-local/src/test/java/org/apache/pinot/segment/local/utils/TableConfigUtilsTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TagOverrideConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TenantConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TierConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TimestampConfig;
+import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.TimestampIndexGranularity;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.UpsertConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.assignment.InstanceAssignmentConfig;
 import org.apache.pinot.spi.config.table.assignment.InstancePartitionsType;
@@ -2088,6 +2090,42 @@ public void testValidateIndexingConfig() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testValidateStarTreeIndexWithTimestampIndexDerivedColumns() {
+    Schema schema = new Schema.SchemaBuilder().setSchemaName(TABLE_NAME)
+        .addDateTime("OrderDate", FieldSpec.DataType.TIMESTAMP, "TIMESTAMP", "1:MILLISECONDS")
+        .addMetric("value", FieldSpec.DataType.LONG)
+        .build();
+
+    // Derived TIMESTAMP-index columns ($OrderDate$DAY, ...) are declared via TimestampConfig granularities and are
+    // materialized only at segment generation time, so they are absent from the schema here. The star-tree config
+    // referencing them in dimensionsSplitOrder must still validate.
+    FieldConfig timestampFieldConfig = new FieldConfig.Builder("OrderDate").withTimestampConfig(
+        new TimestampConfig(List.of(TimestampIndexGranularity.DAY, TimestampIndexGranularity.WEEK,
+            TimestampIndexGranularity.MONTH))).build();
+    StarTreeIndexConfig starTreeIndexConfig = new StarTreeIndexConfig(
+        List.of("$OrderDate$DAY", "$OrderDate$WEEK", "$OrderDate$MONTH"), null, List.of("COUNT__*"), null, 10000);
+    TableConfig tableConfig = new TableConfigBuilder(TableType.OFFLINE).setTableName(TABLE_NAME)
+        .setFieldConfigList(List.of(timestampFieldConfig))
+        .setStarTreeIndexConfigs(List.of(starTreeIndexConfig))
+        .build();
+    TableConfigUtils.validate(tableConfig, schema);
+
+    // A derived-looking column whose granularity was NOT declared in TimestampConfig must still be rejected.
+    StarTreeIndexConfig undeclaredGranularity = new StarTreeIndexConfig(
+        List.of("$OrderDate$HOUR"), null, List.of("COUNT__*"), null, 10000);
+    TableConfig invalidTableConfig = new TableConfigBuilder(TableType.OFFLINE).setTableName(TABLE_NAME)
+        .setFieldConfigList(List.of(timestampFieldConfig))
+        .setStarTreeIndexConfigs(List.of(undeclaredGranularity))
+        .build();
+    try {
+      TableConfigUtils.validate(invalidTableConfig, schema);
+      fail("Should fail for star-tree dimension referencing an undeclared timestamp-index granularity");
+    } catch (Exception e) {
+      // expected
+    }
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testValidateStarTreeIndexDuplicateFunctionColumnPair() {
     Schema schema = new Schema.SchemaBuilder().setSchemaName(TABLE_NAME)