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Karva Chauth 2028: Saturday, 7 October 2028
Krishna Chaturthi · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Karva Chauth in 2028 falls on Saturday, 7 October 2028. It is kept on the Krishna Chaturthi of amanta Ashwina — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Kartika.
Why Karva Chauth Is on 7 October in 2028
The Krishna Chaturthi begins at 03:35 on 7 October 2028 and ends at 04:51 on 8 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Karva Chauth tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 7 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:17 and sets at 17:59 at New Delhi. The Krishna Chaturthi is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 7 October 2028 is the day.
In 2028 the Krishna Chaturthi lasts 25 hours 16 minutes, against 21 hours 3 minutes in 2026 and 22 hours 50 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 42 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.
When the Krishna Chaturthi begins, the Moon is in Bharani, ruled by Venus.
Karva Chauth in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Karva Chauth 2026 | 29 October 2026 | Thursday |
| Karva Chauth 2027 | 19 October 2027 | Tuesday |
| Karva Chauth 2028 | 7 October 2028 | Saturday |
Karva Chauth 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Karva Chauth 2027. Between Karva Chauth 2027 and Karva Chauth 2028 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.
Moonrise on 7 October 2028, by City
| Delhi | Delhi NCR | 20:01 |
| Mumbai | Maharashtra | 20:40 |
| Kolkata | West Bengal | 19:29 |
| Chennai | Tamil Nadu | 20:21 |
| Bangalore | Karnataka | 20:32 |
| Hyderabad | Telangana | 20:20 |
| Pune | Maharashtra | 20:37 |
| Ahmedabad | Gujarat | 20:33 |
| Jaipur | Rajasthan | 20:11 |
| Lucknow | Uttar Pradesh | 19:50 |
| Chandigarh | Punjab/Haryana | 19:57 |
| Patna | Bihar | 19:35 |
Moonrise from the generated 2028 table for each city, in IST. It moves with longitude and latitude, so a town between two of these cities falls between their times.
In the 2028 table Karva Chauth comes 5 days after Sharad Purnima and 8 days before Dhanteras.
Within six days of Karva Chauth in 2028: 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 Karva Chauth 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.