Maha Navami 2028: Wednesday, 27 September 2028

Maha Navami in 2028 falls on Wednesday, 27 September 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Navami of amanta Ashwina.

Why Maha Navami Is on 27 September in 2028

The Shukla Navami begins at 06:58 on 26 September 2028 and ends at 08:09 on 27 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Maha Navami tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 27 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:12 and sets at 18:11 at New Delhi. The Shukla Navami is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 27 September 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Navami lasts 25 hours 11 minutes, against 25 hours 58 minutes in 2026 and 26 hours 34 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 Navami begins, the Moon is in Purva Ashadha, ruled by Venus.

Maha Navami in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Maha Navami 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Maha Navami 2027. Between Maha Navami 2027 and Maha Navami 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 Maha Navami comes 1 day after Durga Ashtami and 5 days before Sharad Purnima.

Within six days of Maha Navami in 2028: Durga Ashtami (26 September), Dussehra (27 September) and Sharad Purnima (2 October).

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