festival 2028
Govardhan Puja / Annakut 2028: Wednesday, 18 October 2028
Shukla Pratipada · amanta Kartika · computed for New Delhi
Govardhan Puja / Annakut in 2028 falls on Wednesday, 18 October 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Pratipada of amanta Kartika.
Why Govardhan Puja Is on 18 October in 2028
The Shukla Pratipada begins at 08:26 on 18 October 2028 and ends at 05:01 on 19 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Govardhan Puja tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 18 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:23 and sets at 17:48 at New Delhi. The Shukla Pratipada begins after that sunrise and is over before the next one, so it holds no sunrise at all — a kshaya tithi — and the convention the panchang generator applies, recorded in its source, keeps Govardhan Puja on the day the tithi begins.
In 2028 the Shukla Pratipada lasts 20 hours 35 minutes, against 25 hours 28 minutes in 2026 and 22 hours 46 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 25 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.
When the Shukla Pratipada begins, the Moon is in Chitra, ruled by Mars.
Govardhan Puja in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Govardhan Puja 2026 | 10 November 2026 | Tuesday |
| Govardhan Puja 2027 | 30 October 2027 | Saturday |
| Govardhan Puja 2028 | 18 October 2028 | Wednesday |
Govardhan Puja 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Govardhan Puja 2027. Between Govardhan Puja 2027 and Govardhan 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 Govardhan Puja comes 1 day after Diwali and 1 day before Bhai Dooj.
Within six days of Govardhan Puja in 2028: Dhanteras (15 October), Narak Chaturdashi (16 October), Diwali (17 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 Govardhan 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.