Buddha Purnima 2028: Monday, 8 May 2028

Buddha Purnima in 2028 falls on Monday, 8 May 2028. It is kept on the Purnima of amanta Vaishakha.

Why Buddha Purnima Is on 8 May in 2028

The Purnima begins at 03:33 on 8 May 2028 and ends at 01:18 on 9 May 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Buddha Purnima tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 8 May 2028 the Sun rises at 05:34 and sets at 19:00 at New Delhi. The Purnima is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 8 May 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Purnima lasts 21 hours 45 minutes, against 25 hours 40 minutes in 2026 and 24 hours 26 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 13 hours 26 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Purnima ends at the full moon itself, 01:18 on 9 May 2028, with the Moon in Libra and Vishakha.

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

Buddha Purnima in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Buddha Purnima 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Buddha Purnima 2027. Between Buddha Purnima 2027 and Buddha Purnima 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 Buddha Purnima comes 1 day after Narasimha Jayanti and 16 days before Shani Jayanti.

Within six days of Buddha Purnima in 2028: Narasimha Jayanti (7 May).

Related

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 Buddha Purnima 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.