Durga Ashtami 2028: Tuesday, 26 September 2028

Durga Ashtami in 2028 falls on Tuesday, 26 September 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Ashtami of amanta Ashwina.

Why Durga Ashtami Is on 26 September in 2028

The Shukla Ashtami begins at 06:33 on 25 September 2028 and ends at 06:58 on 26 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Durga Ashtami tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 26 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:11 and sets at 18:12 at New Delhi. The Shukla Ashtami is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 26 September 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Ashtami lasts 24 hours 25 minutes, against 26 hours 24 minutes in 2026 and 26 hours 15 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 12 hours 1 minute from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

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

Durga Ashtami in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Durga Ashtami 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Durga Ashtami 2027. Between Durga Ashtami 2027 and Durga Ashtami 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 Durga Ashtami comes 7 days after Sharad Navratri begins and 1 day before Dussehra.

Within six days of Durga Ashtami in 2028: Dussehra (27 September), Maha Navami (27 September) and Sharad Purnima (2 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 Durga Ashtami 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.