Ratha Saptami 2028: Thursday, 3 February 2028

Ratha Saptami in 2028 falls on Thursday, 3 February 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Saptami of amanta Magha.

Why Ratha Saptami Is on 3 February in 2028

The Shukla Saptami begins at 11:13 on 2 February 2028 and ends at 12:21 on 3 February 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Ratha Saptami tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 3 February 2028 the Sun rises at 07:08 and sets at 18:01 at New Delhi. The Shukla Saptami is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 3 February 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Saptami lasts 25 hours 8 minutes, against 22 hours 30 minutes in 2026 and 23 hours 8 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 10 hours 53 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Shukla Saptami begins, the Moon is in Ashwini, ruled by Ketu.

Ratha Saptami in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Ratha Saptami 2028 comes 10 days earlier in the calendar year than Ratha Saptami 2027. Between Ratha Saptami 2027 and Ratha Saptami 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 Ratha Saptami comes 2 days after Vasant Panchami and 20 days before Maha Shivratri.

Within six days of Ratha Saptami in 2028: Vasant Panchami (1 February).

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