Shani Jayanti 2028: Wednesday, 24 May 2028

Shani Jayanti in 2028 falls on Wednesday, 24 May 2028. It is kept on the Amavasya of amanta Vaishakha — the same fortnight that purnimanta calendars, the usual reckoning in north India, name after Jyeshtha.

Why Shani Jayanti Is on 24 May in 2028

The Amavasya begins at 14:10 on 23 May 2028 and ends at 13:46 on 24 May 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Shani Jayanti tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 24 May 2028 the Sun rises at 05:25 and sets at 19:10 at New Delhi. The Amavasya is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 24 May 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Amavasya lasts 23 hours 36 minutes, against 20 hours 20 minutes in 2026 and 21 hours 5 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 45 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi. The Amavasya ends at the new moon itself, 13:46 on 24 May 2028, with the Moon in Taurus and Krittika.

When the Amavasya begins, the Moon is in Bharani, ruled by Venus.

Shani Jayanti in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Shani Jayanti 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Shani Jayanti 2027. Between Shani Jayanti 2027 and Shani Jayanti 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 Shani Jayanti comes 16 days after Buddha Purnima and 9 days before Ganga Dussehra.

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