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Festivals 2028

DateObservanceDecided byStanding
Sat 8 JanPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 9 Jan, 06:25–08:46Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 9 JanŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 14 JanBhogiKept the day before Pongal.Determinate
Fri 14 JanSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 15 JanPongalThe Sun enters Makara after the sunset before this day.Determinate
Sat 15 JanMakara SaṅkrāntiThe Sun enters Makara on this day, counted from midnight.Determinate
Sun 16 JanMattu PongalKept the day after Pongal.Determinate
Sat 22 JanṢaṭtilā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 23 Jan, 06:29–08:50Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 23 JanKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 24 JanŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 25 JanYama TarpaṇaCaturdaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Sun 30 JanGaṇeśa JayantīMaghi Ganesh JayantiCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 30 JanTila CaturthīCaturthī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 31 JanŚrī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 31 JanVasanta PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 3 FebRatha SaptamīSaptamī covers 97 of 97 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Mon 7 FebJayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 8 Feb, 06:29–06:52Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 7 FebBhīṣma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 8 FebŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 10 FebMāghī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 FebSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 20 FebVijayā EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 21 Feb, 13:36–15:59Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 22 FebKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 23 FebMahāśivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 29 FebVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 7 MarĀmalakī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 8 Mar, 06:21–08:45Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 8 MarŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 10 MarHolikā DahanaPūrṇimā covers 144 of 144 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Sat 11 MarHolīKept the day after Holikā Dahana.Determinate
Sat 11 MarVasantotsavaPratipadā touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Boundary
Mon 13 MarSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī does not reach moonrise on either day.Boundary
Sat 18 MarŚītalāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 MarPāpamocanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 22 Mar, 06:55–08:39Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 23 MarKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 24 MarŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sun 26 MarNavarātrārambha (Caitra)Chaitra NavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 MarGaurī TṛtīyāGangaurTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 MarSaubhāgya Śayana VrataTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 30 MarVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 31 MarLakṣmī PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 AprRāma NavamīNavamī covers 37 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 3 AprBhavānī UtpattiAṣṭamī covers 11 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 5 AprKāmadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 6 Apr, 13:26–15:53Ekādaśī touches no sunrise; it is kept on the day it falls.Determinate
Fri 7 AprAnaṅga TrayodaśīTrayodaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 7 AprŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 AprViṣṇudamanaka CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 9 AprCaitrī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 12 AprSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Thu 13 AprVaiśākhīThe Sun enters Meṣa on this day, counted from sunrise.Determinate
Thu 20 AprVarūthinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Fri 21 Apr, 06:00–08:28Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 22 AprKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 22 AprŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Boundary
Thu 27 AprAkṣaya TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 247 of 247 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 27 AprParaśurāma JayantīTṛtīyā covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 28 AprVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 29 AprŚaṅkara JayantīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 1 MayGaṅgotpattiGanga SaptamiSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 MayMohinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 6 May, 05:56–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 5 MayParaśurāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 5 MayRukmiṇī DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 6 MayŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 7 MayNṛsiṃha CaturdaśīNarasimha JayantiCaturdaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 8 MayBuddha PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 8 MaySampat Gaurī VrataPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 12 MaySaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 20 MayAparā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 21 May, 05:54–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 21 MayKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 22 MayŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Fri 26 MayRambhā TṛtīyāTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 27 MayVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 MayAraṇya Gaurī VrataṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 29 MaySkanda Ṣaṣṭhī (Jyaiṣṭha)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 3 JunNirjalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 4 Jun, 05:54–08:24Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 4 JunŚrī Rāma DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 4 JunŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 6 JunVaṭa Sāvitrī VrataPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 10 JunSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sun 18 JunYoginī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 19 Jun, 13:27–15:57Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 20 JunKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 21 JunŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 24 JunRathayātrāDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 26 JunVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 27 JunSkanda PañcamīPañcamī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Wed 28 JunVivasvat SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 2 JulHariśayanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 3 Jul, 06:00–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 4 JulŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 6 JulVyāsa PūjāPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 6 JulGuru PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 JulKokilā VrataPūrṇimā covers 150 of 150 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Thu 6 JulŚiva ŚayanotsavaPūrṇimā covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 8 JulAśūnya Śayana Vrata (Āṣāḍha)Dvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 10 JulSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 18 JulKāmikā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 19 Jul, 06:03–08:33Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 19 JulKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 92 of 92 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 20 JulŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 24 JulMadhusravā TṛtīyāHariyali TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 25 JulVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 26 JulNāga PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 1 AugPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 2 Aug, 06:05–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 1 AugDāmodara DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 2 AugŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 4 AugṚṣi TarpaṇaPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Boundary
Sat 5 AugRakṣā BandhanaRakhiThe second half of Pūrṇimā covers 455 of 1440 minutes of the day.Boundary
Sun 6 AugAśūnya Śayana VrataDvitīyā is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 8 AugKajjalī TṛtīyāKajari TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 AugBahulā CaturthīCaturthī covers 148 of 148 minutes of sāyāhna.Determinate
Wed 9 AugSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Boundary
Fri 11 AugHala ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 12 AugŚītalā SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 13 AugJanmāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 16 AugAjā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 17 Aug, 13:29–15:56Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 18 AugKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 93 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 18 AugŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Sat 19 AugAghora CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 84 of 93 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 21 AugRudra VrataPratipadā covers 40 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 22 AugHaritālikā VrataHartalika TeejTṛtīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 23 AugGaṇeśa CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 24 AugṚṣi PañcamīPañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 25 AugSūrya Ṣaṣṭhī (Bhādrapada)Ṣaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 26 AugMuktābharaṇa VrataSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 27 AugRādhāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 30 AugParivartanī EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 31 Aug, 06:04–08:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Thu 31 AugVāmana JayantīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 1 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 94 of 94 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 2 SepAnanta CaturdaśīCaturdaśī covers 147 of 147 minutes of the first three muhūrtas after sunrise.Determinate
Thu 7 SepSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 9 SepCandra ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 11 SepJitāṣṭamīJitiyaAṣṭamī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Boundary
Mon 11 SepMahālakṣmī Vrata SamāpanaAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Fri 15 SepIndirā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 16 Sep, 06:01–08:27Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 16 SepKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 95 of 95 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 17 SepŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Mon 18 SepMahālaya AmāvāsyāSarvapitṛ AmāvāsyāAmāvasyā covers 146 of 146 minutes of aparāhṇa.Determinate
Tue 19 SepNavarātrārambhaNavratriPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Fri 22 SepVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī does not reach madhyāhna on either day; the source then takes the second.Determinate
Sun 24 SepDurgā SaptamīSaptamī does not reach the first muhūrta after sunrise on either day.Boundary
Mon 25 SepMahāṣṭamīDurga AshtamiAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 26 SepMahānavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 28 SepVijayā DaśamīDussehraDaśamī with Śravaṇa covers 157 of 724 minutes of the day time.Determinate
Fri 29 SepPāśāṅkuśā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sat 30 Sep, 05:59–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sat 30 SepŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sat 7 OctKaraka CaturthīKarwa ChauthCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 7 OctSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Wed 11 OctAhoyī AṣṭamīAṣṭamī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Sat 14 OctRamā EkādaśīPāraṇa Sun 15 Oct, 05:57–08:21Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Sun 15 OctGovatsa DvādaśīVasu BarasDvādaśī covers 82 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 15 OctYama DīpadānaTrayodaśī covers 14 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Sun 15 OctKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 14 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Mon 16 OctŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 17 OctNaraka CaturdaśīChoti DiwaliCaturdaśī covers 96 of 96 minutes of aruṇodaya.Determinate
Tue 17 OctLakṣmī PūjāDiwaliAmāvasyā covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 17 OctKālī PūjāAmāvasyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Wed 18 OctGovardhana PūjāPratipadā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 18 OctBali PūjāPratipadā covers 96 of 96 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 18 OctDyūta PratipadPratipadā covers 89 of 239 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 19 OctYama DvitīyāBhai DoojDvitīyā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 OctNāga CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sat 21 OctVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 23 OctSūrya ṢaṣṭhīChhathṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 25 OctGopāṣṭamīAṣṭamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 26 OctAkṣaya NavamīAmla NavamiNavamī covers 238 of 238 minutes of pūrvāhṇa.Determinate
Thu 26 OctDurgā NavamīNavamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 29 OctPrabodhinī EkādaśīPāraṇa Mon 30 Oct, 05:58–08:20Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Mon 30 OctŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 97 of 97 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Wed 1 NovRāsayātrāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Thu 2 NovKārtikī PūrṇimāPūrṇimā covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Sun 5 NovSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Mon 13 NovUtpannā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 14 Nov, 06:01–08:23Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 14 NovKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 14 NovŚivarātriCaturdaśī does not reach niśītha on either day.Boundary
Mon 20 NovVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Tue 21 NovNāga Pañcamī (Mārgaśīrṣa)Pañcamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 22 NovCampā ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 22 NovSkanda ṢaṣṭhīṢaṣṭhī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Thu 23 NovMitra SaptamīSaptamī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Mon 27 NovMokṣadā EkādaśīPāraṇa Tue 28 Nov, 13:09–15:30Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Tue 28 NovAkhaṇḍa DvādaśīDvādaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 29 NovŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Fri 1 DecDattātreyotpattiDatta JayantiPūrṇimā covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Tue 5 DecSaṅkaṣṭa CaturthīCaturthī is current at moonrise.Determinate
Tue 12 DecSaphalā EkādaśīPāraṇa Wed 13 Dec, 06:13–08:34Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Wed 13 DecKṛṣṇa Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate
Thu 14 DecŚivarātriCaturdaśī covers 48 of 48 minutes of niśītha.Determinate
Tue 19 DecVināyaka CaturthīCaturthī covers 48 of 48 minutes of madhyāhna.Determinate
Wed 27 DecPutradā EkādaśīPāraṇa Thu 28 Dec, 06:21–08:41Ekādaśī holds at sunrise.Determinate
Fri 29 DecŚukla Pradoṣa VrataTrayodaśī covers 98 of 98 minutes of pradoṣa.Determinate

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