Chhath Puja 2028: Monday, 23 October 2028

Chhath Puja in 2028 falls on Monday, 23 October 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Shashthi of amanta Kartika.

Why Chhath Puja Is on 23 October in 2028

The Shukla Shashthi begins at 20:54 on 22 October 2028 and ends at 20:53 on 23 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Chhath Puja tests the tithi at pradosh, the span that begins at sunset (“tithi at pradosh”).

On 23 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:27 and sets at 17:43 at New Delhi. The Shukla Shashthi is already running at sunrise, so on 23 October 2028 the sunrise rule and the pradosh rule agree.

In 2028 the Shukla Shashthi lasts 23 hours 59 minutes, against 26 hours 37 minutes in 2026 and 26 hours 6 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 16 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, and sunset at 17:43 on 23 October 2028 falls inside the Shukla Shashthi.

When the Shukla Shashthi begins, the Moon is in Mula, ruled by Ketu.

Chhath Puja in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Chhath Puja 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Chhath Puja 2027. Between Chhath Puja 2027 and Chhath Puja 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 Chhath Puja comes 4 days after Bhai Dooj and 5 days before Dev Uthani.

Within six days of Chhath Puja in 2028: Diwali (17 October), Govardhan Puja (18 October), Bhai Dooj (19 October) and Dev Uthani (28 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 Chhath Puja 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.