Bhai Dooj 2028: Thursday, 19 October 2028

Bhai Dooj in 2028 falls on Thursday, 19 October 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Dwitiya of amanta Kartika.

Why Bhai Dooj Is on 19 October in 2028

The Shukla Dwitiya begins at 05:01 on 19 October 2028 and ends at 01:59 on 20 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Bhai Dooj tests the tithi at madhyahna, the middle part of the day between sunrise and sunset (“tithi at madhyahna”).

On 19 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:24 and sets at 17:47 at New Delhi. The Shukla Dwitiya is already running at sunrise, so on 19 October 2028 the sunrise rule and the madhyahna rule agree.

In 2028 the Shukla Dwitiya lasts 20 hours 58 minutes, against 25 hours 53 minutes in 2026 and 23 hours 21 minutes in 2027: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 11 hours 23 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, so its midpoint, the centre of madhyahna, falls near 12:06.

When the Shukla Dwitiya begins, the Moon is in Swati, ruled by Rahu.

Bhai Dooj in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Bhai Dooj 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Bhai Dooj 2027. Between Bhai Dooj 2027 and Bhai Dooj 2028 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.

In the 2028 table Bhai Dooj comes 1 day after Govardhan Puja and 4 days before Chhath Puja.

Within six days of Bhai Dooj in 2028: Dhanteras (15 October), Narak Chaturdashi (16 October), Diwali (17 October), Govardhan Puja (18 October) and Chhath Puja (23 October).

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Every 2028 festival is on the festival dates page, and the year before in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Bhai Dooj 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.