festival 2028
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja 2028: Tuesday, 17 October 2028
Krishna Amavasya · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Diwali / Lakshmi Puja in 2028 falls on Tuesday, 17 October 2028. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Ashwina — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Kartika.
Why Diwali Is on 17 October in 2028
The Amavasya begins at 12:05 on 17 October 2028 and ends at 08:26 on 18 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Diwali tests the tithi at pradosh, the span that begins at sunset (“tithi at pradosh”).
On 17 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 17:49 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is not running at sunrise on 17 October 2028; it begins at 12:05, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Diwali is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.
In 2028 the Amavasya lasts 20 hours 21 minutes, against 25 hours 4 minutes in 2026 and 22 hours 18 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 26 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, and sunset at 17:49 on 17 October 2028 falls inside the Amavasya. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 08:26 on 18 October 2028, with the Moon in Libra and Chitra.
When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Hasta, ruled by the Moon.
Diwali in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Diwali 2026 | 8 November 2026 | Sunday |
| Diwali 2027 | 29 October 2027 | Friday |
| Diwali 2028 | 17 October 2028 | Tuesday |
Diwali 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Diwali 2027. Between Diwali 2027 and Diwali 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 Diwali comes 1 day after Narak Chaturdashi and 1 day before Govardhan Puja.
Within six days of Diwali in 2028: Dhanteras (15 October), Narak Chaturdashi (16 October), Govardhan Puja (18 October), Bhai Dooj (19 October) and Chhath Puja (23 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 Diwali 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.