festival 2028
Dhanteras 2028: Sunday, 15 October 2028
Krishna Trayodashi · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Dhanteras in 2028 falls on Sunday, 15 October 2028. It is kept on the Krishna Trayodashi of amanta Ashwina — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Kartika.
Why Dhanteras Is on 15 October in 2028
The Krishna Trayodashi begins at 19:17 on 15 October 2028 and ends at 15:45 on 16 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Dhanteras tests the tithi at pradosh, the span that begins at sunset (“tithi at pradosh”).
On 15 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:22 and sets at 17:51 at New Delhi. The Krishna Trayodashi is not running at sunrise on 15 October 2028; it begins at 19:17, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Dhanteras is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.
In 2028 the Krishna Trayodashi lasts 20 hours 28 minutes, against 24 hours 17 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 47 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 29 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, and sunset at 17:51 on 15 October 2028 falls outside the Krishna Trayodashi.
When the Krishna Trayodashi begins, the Moon is in Purva Phalguni, ruled by Venus.
Dhanteras in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Dhanteras 2026 | 6 November 2026 | Friday |
| Dhanteras 2027 | 27 October 2027 | Wednesday |
| Dhanteras 2028 | 15 October 2028 | Sunday |
Dhanteras 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Dhanteras 2027. Between Dhanteras 2027 and Dhanteras 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 Dhanteras comes 8 days after Karva Chauth and 1 day before Narak Chaturdashi.
Within six days of Dhanteras in 2028: Narak Chaturdashi (16 October), Diwali (17 October), Govardhan Puja (18 October) and Bhai Dooj (19 October).
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 Dhanteras 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.