festival 2028
Dussehra / Vijayadashami 2028: Wednesday, 27 September 2028
Shukla Dashami · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Dussehra / Vijayadashami in 2028 falls on Wednesday, 27 September 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Dashami of amanta Ashwina.
Why Dussehra Is on 27 September in 2028
The Shukla Dashami begins at 08:09 on 27 September 2028 and ends at 09:55 on 28 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Dussehra tests the tithi at aparahna, the afternoon part of the day (“tithi in aparahna”).
On 27 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:12 and sets at 18:11 at New Delhi. The Shukla Dashami is not running at sunrise on 27 September 2028; it begins at 08:09, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Dussehra is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.
In 2028 the Shukla Dashami lasts 25 hours 46 minutes, against 25 hours 22 minutes in 2026 and 26 hours 39 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 59 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.
When the Shukla Dashami begins, the Moon is in Uttara Ashadha, ruled by the Sun.
Dussehra in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Dussehra 2026 | 20 October 2026 | Tuesday |
| Dussehra 2027 | 9 October 2027 | Saturday |
| Dussehra 2028 | 27 September 2028 | Wednesday |
Dussehra 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Dussehra 2027. Between Dussehra 2027 and Dussehra 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 Dussehra comes 1 day after Durga Ashtami and 5 days before Sharad Purnima.
Within six days of Dussehra in 2028: Durga Ashtami (26 September), Maha Navami (27 September) and Sharad Purnima (2 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 Dussehra 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.