Krishna Janmashtami 2028: Sunday, 13 August 2028

Krishna Janmashtami in 2028 falls on Sunday, 13 August 2028. It is kept on the Krishna Ashtami of amanta Shravana — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Bhadrapada.

Why Krishna Janmashtami Is on 13 August in 2028

The Krishna Ashtami begins at 04:43 on 13 August 2028 and ends at 05:37 on 14 August 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Krishna Janmashtami tests the tithi at nishita, the middle of the night (“tithi at nishita kaal”).

On 13 August 2028 the Sun rises at 05:49 and sets at 19:02 at New Delhi. The Krishna Ashtami is already running at sunrise, so on 13 August 2028 the sunrise rule and the nishita rule agree.

In 2028 the Krishna Ashtami lasts 24 hours 54 minutes, against 21 hours 49 minutes in 2026 and 22 hours 55 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 13 hours 13 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Krishna Ashtami begins, the Moon is in Bharani, ruled by Venus.

Krishna Janmashtami in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Krishna Janmashtami 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Krishna Janmashtami 2027. Between Krishna Janmashtami 2027 and Krishna Janmashtami 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 Krishna Janmashtami comes 8 days after Raksha Bandhan and 9 days before Hartalika Teej.

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