festival 2028
Pitru Paksha begins 2028: Sunday, 3 September 2028
Shukla Purnima · amanta Bhadrapada · computed for New Delhi
Pitru Paksha begins in 2028 falls on Sunday, 3 September 2028. It is kept on the Purnima of amanta Bhadrapada.
Why Pitru Paksha begins Is on 3 September in 2028
The Purnima begins at 02:52 on 3 September 2028 and ends at 05:17 on 4 September 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Pitru Paksha begins tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.
On 3 September 2028 the Sun rises at 06:00 and sets at 18:40 at New Delhi. The Purnima is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 3 September 2028 is the day.
In 2028 the Purnima lasts 26 hours 25 minutes, against 23 hours 12 minutes in 2026 and 25 hours 45 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 40 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Purnima ends at the full moon itself, 05:17 on 4 September 2028, with the Moon in Aquarius and Shatabhisha.
When the Purnima begins, the Moon is in Dhanishta, ruled by Mars.
Pitru Paksha begins in 2026, 2027 and 2028
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| Pitru Paksha begins 2026 | 26 September 2026 | Saturday |
| Pitru Paksha begins 2027 | 15 September 2027 | Wednesday |
| Pitru Paksha begins 2028 | 3 September 2028 | Sunday |
Pitru Paksha begins 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Pitru Paksha begins 2027. Between Pitru Paksha begins 2027 and Pitru Paksha 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 Pitru Paksha begins comes 1 day after Anant Chaturdashi and 15 days before Sarva Pitru Amavasya.
Within six days of Pitru Paksha begins in 2028: Anant Chaturdashi (2 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 Pitru Paksha 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.