Raksha Bandhan 2028: Saturday, 5 August 2028

Raksha Bandhan in 2028 falls on Saturday, 5 August 2028. It is kept on the Purnima of amanta Shravana.

Why Raksha Bandhan Is on 5 August in 2028

The Purnima begins at 11:51 on 4 August 2028 and ends at 13:39 on 5 August 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Raksha Bandhan tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 5 August 2028 the Sun rises at 05:45 and sets at 19:08 at New Delhi. The Purnima is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 5 August 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Purnima lasts 25 hours 48 minutes, against 24 hours 39 minutes in 2026 and 26 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 13 hours 23 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Purnima ends at the full moon itself, 13:39 on 5 August 2028, with the Moon in Capricorn and Shravana.

When the Purnima begins, the Moon is in Uttara Ashadha, ruled by the Sun.

Raksha Bandhan in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Raksha Bandhan 2028 comes 12 days earlier in the calendar year than Raksha Bandhan 2027. Between Raksha Bandhan 2027 and Raksha Bandhan 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 Raksha Bandhan comes 10 days after Nag Panchami and 8 days before Krishna Janmashtami.

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