festival 2028
Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2028: Monday, 18 September 2028
Krishna Amavasya · amanta Bhadrapada · computed for New Delhi
Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2028 falls on Monday, 18 September 2028. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Bhadrapada — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Ashwina.
Why Sarva Pitru Amavasya Is on 18 September in 2028
The Amavasya begins at 03:47 on 18 September 2028 and ends at 23:53 on 18 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Sarva Pitru Amavasya tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 18 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:07 and sets at 18:22 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 18 September 2028 is the day.
In 2028 the Amavasya lasts 20 hours 6 minutes, against 23 hours 44 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 11 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 15 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 23:53 on 18 September 2028, with the Moon in Virgo and Uttara Phalguni.
When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Purva Phalguni, ruled by Venus.
Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2026 | 10 October 2026 | Saturday |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 | 30 September 2027 | Thursday |
| Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2028 | 18 September 2028 | Monday |
Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027. Between Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2027 and Sarva Pitru Amavasya 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 Sarva Pitru Amavasya comes 15 days after Pitru Paksha begins and 1 day before Sharad Navratri begins.
Within six days of Sarva Pitru Amavasya in 2028: Sharad Navratri begins (19 September).
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 Sarva Pitru Amavasya 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.