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Hindu Festival Calendar 2028
Every date is computed from its classical rule — lunar month, tithi and the part of the day the tithi must touch (sunrise, madhyahna, pradosh, nishita). Times for New Delhi.
January 2028
- 15 SatMakar Sankranti
- 31 MonVasant PanchamiShukla Panchami
Vrat days
- 8 SatPausha Putrada Ekadashi
- 9 SunRavi Pradosh
- 12 WedPausha Purnima
- 15 SatLambodara (Sakat) Sankashti
- 22 SatShattila Ekadashi
- 23 SunRavi Pradosh
- 24 MonMagha Masik Shivratri
- 26 WedMagha Amavasya
February 2028
- 23 WedMaha ShivratriKrishna Chaturdashi
Vrat days
- 6 SunJaya Ekadashi
- 8 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 10 ThuMagha Purnima
- 13 SunDwijapriya Sankashti
- 20 SunVijaya Ekadashi
- 22 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 25 FriPhalguna Amavasya
March 2028
- 10 FriHolika DahanPurnima
- 11 SatHoli
- 26 SunChaitra NavratriShukla Pratipada · until 3 Apr
Vrat days
- 7 TueAmalaki Ekadashi
- 8 WedBudha Pradosh
- 11 SatPhalguna Purnima
- 13 MonBhalachandra Sankashti
- 21 TuePapmochani Ekadashi
- 23 ThuGuru Pradosh
- 24 FriChaitra Masik Shivratri
- 26 SunChaitra Amavasya
April 2028
- 3 MonRam NavamiShukla Navami
- 9 SunHanuman JayantiPurnima
- 27 ThuAkshaya TritiyaShukla Tritiya
Vrat days
- 5 WedKamada Ekadashi
- 7 FriShukra Pradosh
- 9 SunChaitra Purnima
- 12 WedVikata Sankashti
- 20 ThuVaruthini Ekadashi
- 22 SatShani Pradosh
- 22 SatVaishakha Masik Shivratri
- 24 MonVaishakha Amavasya
May 2028
Vrat days
- 5 FriMohini Ekadashi
- 6 SatShani Pradosh
- 8 MonVaishakha Purnima
- 12 FriEkadanta Sankashti
- 20 SatApara Ekadashi
- 21 SunRavi Pradosh
- 22 MonJyeshtha Masik Shivratri
- 24 WedJyeshtha Amavasya
June 2028
Vrat days
- 3 SatNirjala Ekadashi
- 4 SunRavi Pradosh
- 7 WedJyeshtha Purnima
- 10 SatKrishnapingala Sankashti
- 18 SunYogini Ekadashi
- 20 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 21 WedAshadha Masik Shivratri
- 22 ThuAshadha Amavasya
July 2028
- 6 ThuGuru PurnimaPurnima
Vrat days
- 2 SunDevshayani Ekadashi
- 4 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 6 ThuAshadha Purnima
- 10 MonGajanana Sankashti
- 18 TueKamika Ekadashi
- 19 WedBudha Pradosh
- 20 ThuShravana Masik Shivratri
- 22 SatShravana Amavasya
August 2028
- 5 SatRaksha BandhanPurnima
- 13 SunKrishna JanmashtamiKrishna Ashtami
- 23 WedGanesh ChaturthiShukla Chaturthi
Vrat days
- 1 TueShravana Putrada Ekadashi
- 2 WedBudha Pradosh
- 5 SatShravana Purnima
- 8 TueHeramba Sankashti
- 16 WedAja Ekadashi
- 18 FriShukra Pradosh
- 18 FriBhadrapada Masik Shivratri
- 20 SunBhadrapada Amavasya
- 30 WedParsva (Parivartini) Ekadashi
September 2028
- 4 MonPitru PakshaKrishna Pratipada · until 18 Sep
- 19 TueSharad NavratriShukla Pratipada · until 26 Sep
- 26 TueDurga AshtamiShukla Ashtami
- 26 TueMaha NavamiShukla Navami
- 27 WedDussehra (Vijayadashami)Shukla Dashami
Vrat days
- 1 FriShukra Pradosh
- 3 SunBhadrapada Purnima
- 7 ThuVighnaraja Sankashti
- 15 FriIndira Ekadashi
- 16 SatShani Pradosh
- 17 SunAshvin Masik Shivratri
- 18 MonAshvin Amavasya
- 29 FriPapankusha Ekadashi
- 30 SatShani Pradosh
October 2028
- 7 SatKarwa ChauthKrishna Chaturthi
- 15 SunDhanterasKrishna Trayodashi
- 17 TueDiwali (Lakshmi Puja)Amavasya
- 18 WedGovardhan PujaShukla Pratipada
- 19 ThuBhai DoojShukla Dwitiya
- 23 MonChhath PujaShukla Shashthi
- 28 SatDev Uthani EkadashiShukla Ekadashi
Vrat days
- 3 TueAshvin Purnima
- 7 SatVakratunda Sankashti
- 14 SatRama Ekadashi
- 15 SunRavi Pradosh
- 16 MonKartika Masik Shivratri
- 18 WedKartika Amavasya
- 28 SatDevutthana (Prabodhini) Ekadashi
- 30 MonSoma Pradosh
November 2028
Vrat days
- 2 ThuKartika Purnima
- 5 SunGanadhipa Sankashti
- 12 SunUtpanna Ekadashi
- 14 TueBhauma Pradosh
- 15 WedMargashirsha Masik Shivratri
- 16 ThuMargashirsha Amavasya
- 27 MonMokshada Ekadashi
- 29 WedBudha Pradosh
December 2028
Vrat days
- 1 FriMargashirsha Purnima
- 5 TueAkhuratha Sankashti
- 12 TueSaphala Ekadashi
- 13 WedBudha Pradosh
- 14 ThuPausha Masik Shivratri
- 16 SatPausha Amavasya
- 27 WedPausha Putrada Ekadashi
- 29 FriShukra Pradosh
- 31 SunPausha Purnima
The vrats of 2028, one list each
- EkadashiEkadashi, the eleventh lunar day of each fortnight, is the most widely kept fast in the Hindu calendar, dedicated to Vishnu and observed twice a month.
- PurnimaPurnima, the full-moon day that closes the bright fortnight, is kept with a fast, the Satyanarayan katha and worship of the moon.
- AmavasyaAmavasya, the new-moon day that ends the dark fortnight, is a quiet day for remembering ancestors, bathing, charity and prayer.
- Pradosh VratPradosh Vrat is kept for Shiva on Trayodashi, the thirteenth lunar day, twice a month, with worship in the twilight after sunset.
- Sankashti ChaturthiSankashti Chaturthi is Ganesha’s monthly fast on the fourth day of the waning moon, broken only after the moon rises.
How these dates are worked out
Hindu festivals follow the lunar tithi, not the solar date. A tithi is each 12° the Moon gains on the Sun, so it lasts 19 to 27 hours and can change in the middle of a day. That is why each festival has a rule for the part of the day its tithi must touch — nishita (midnight) for Janmashtami, pradosh (early night) for Diwali, madhyahna (midday) for Ram Navami.
For each year our engine finds the lunar months (amanta, adhik months included), the start and end of every tithi, and these parts of the day from New Delhi’s sunrise and sunset, then applies each festival’s rule. Holika Dahan and Raksha Bandhan also avoid Bhadra; Ekadashi keeps Dwadashi for the parana. Makar Sankranti follows the Sun’s entry into sidereal Capricorn.
We checked our 2025 and 2026 dates against a published New Delhi almanac. Where traditions differ — Vaishnava Ekadashi, South Indian Hanuman Jayanti, amanta and purnimanta month names — each page says so.