festival 2028
Narak Chaturdashi / Choti Diwali 2028: Monday, 16 October 2028
Krishna Chaturdashi · amanta Ashwina · computed for New Delhi
Narak Chaturdashi / Choti Diwali in 2028 falls on Monday, 16 October 2028. It is kept on the Krishna Chaturdashi of amanta Ashwina — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Kartika.
Why Narak Chaturdashi Is on 16 October in 2028
The Krishna Chaturdashi begins at 15:45 on 16 October 2028 and ends at 12:05 on 17 October 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Narak Chaturdashi tests the tithi at pradosh, the span that begins at sunset (“tithi at pradosh”).
On 16 October 2028 the Sun rises at 06:22 and sets at 17:50 at New Delhi. The Krishna Chaturdashi is not running at sunrise on 16 October 2028; it begins at 15:45, after sunrise, and is current at the moment the rule names, which is why Narak Chaturdashi is kept that day rather than on the day that holds the tithi at dawn.
In 2028 the Krishna Chaturdashi lasts 20 hours 20 minutes, against 24 hours 40 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 58 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 28 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi, and sunset at 17:50 on 16 October 2028 falls inside the Krishna Chaturdashi.
When the Krishna Chaturdashi begins, the Moon is in Uttara Phalguni, ruled by the Sun.
Narak Chaturdashi in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Narak Chaturdashi 2026 | 7 November 2026 | Saturday |
| Narak Chaturdashi 2027 | 28 October 2027 | Thursday |
| Narak Chaturdashi 2028 | 16 October 2028 | Monday |
Narak Chaturdashi 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Narak Chaturdashi 2027. Between Narak Chaturdashi 2027 and Narak Chaturdashi 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 Narak Chaturdashi comes 1 day after Dhanteras and 1 day before Diwali.
Within six days of Narak Chaturdashi in 2028: Dhanteras (15 October), Diwali (17 October), Govardhan Puja (18 October) and Bhai Dooj (19 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 Narak Chaturdashi 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.