Gudi Padwa, Ugadi & Chaitra Navratri 2028: Monday, 27 March 2028

Gudi Padwa, Ugadi & Chaitra Navratri in 2028 falls on Monday, 27 March 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Pratipada of amanta Chaitra.

Why Gudi Padwa Is on 27 March in 2028

The Shukla Pratipada begins at 10:01 on 26 March 2028 and ends at 11:43 on 27 March 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Gudi Padwa tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 27 March 2028 the Sun rises at 06:16 and sets at 18:36 at New Delhi. The Shukla Pratipada is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 27 March 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Pratipada lasts 25 hours 42 minutes, against 21 hours 59 minutes in 2026 and 23 hours 8 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 20 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Shukla Pratipada begins, the Moon is in Uttara Bhadrapada, ruled by Saturn.

Gudi Padwa in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Gudi Padwa 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Gudi Padwa 2027. Between Gudi Padwa 2027 and Gudi Padwa 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 Gudi Padwa comes 16 days after Holi and 7 days before Ram Navami.

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 Gudi Padwa 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.