Sharad Navratri begins 2028: Tuesday, 19 September 2028

Sharad Navratri begins in 2028 falls on Tuesday, 19 September 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Pratipada of amanta Ashwina.

Why Sharad Navratri begins Is on 19 September in 2028

The Shukla Pratipada begins at 23:53 on 18 September 2028 and ends at 20:00 on 19 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Sharad Navratri begins tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 19 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 18:21 at New Delhi. The Shukla Pratipada is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 19 September 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Pratipada lasts 20 hours 7 minutes, against 24 hours 11 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 29 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 13 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Shukla Pratipada begins, the Moon is in Uttara Phalguni, ruled by the Sun.

Sharad Navratri begins in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Sharad Navratri begins 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Sharad Navratri begins 2027. Between Sharad Navratri begins 2027 and Sharad Navratri begins 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 Sharad Navratri begins comes 1 day after Sarva Pitru Amavasya and 7 days before Durga Ashtami.

Within six days of Sharad Navratri begins in 2028: Sarva Pitru Amavasya (18 September).

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