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August 2028 Hindu Calendar
Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in August 2028. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.
At a glance
What is the Hindu calendar for August 2028?
August 2028 Hindu calendar starts with Shukla Ekadashi and Jyeshtha Nakshatra on 1 Aug 2028. It ends with Shukla Dwadashi and Uttara Ashadha Nakshatra on 31 Aug 2028. Samvat flags 13 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 1 Aug 2028 (Shukla Ekadashi), 3 Aug 2028 (Shukla Trayodashi), 5 Aug 2028 (Shukla Purnima), 9 Aug 2028 (Krishna Chaturthi), 13 Aug 2028 (Krishna Ashtami). The month has 9 calculated festival dates, including Varalakshmi Vrat, Raksha Bandhan, Kajari Teej.
August often overlaps Shravana and Bhadrapada
This is often one of the densest festival periods, with sibling, Krishna, Ganesha, and vrata observances.
Do not rely on civil date alone. Raksha Bandhan, Janmashtami, and Ganesh Chaturthi depend on precise tithi and sometimes nakshatra windows.
Festival dates in August 2028
These are the annual festivals calculated inside this civil month. Open the festival page for its rule, or the date for that day's full Panchang.
| Festival | Date | Hindu date |
|---|---|---|
| Varalakshmi Vrat | Shukla Chaturdashi, Shravana | |
| Raksha Bandhan | Shukla Purnima, Shravana | |
| Kajari Teej | Krishna Tritiya, Bhadrapada | |
| Krishna Janmashtami | Krishna Ashtami, Bhadrapada | |
| Independence Day | Krishna Dashami, Bhadrapada | |
| Hartalika Teej | Shukla Tritiya, Bhadrapada | |
| Ganesh Chaturthi | Shukla Chaturthi, Bhadrapada | |
| Rishi Panchami | Shukla Panchami, Bhadrapada | |
| Radha Ashtami | Shukla Ashtami, Bhadrapada |
August 2028 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise
This month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. Open a city page before planning an observance that depends on local timings.
Ashadha 2085
Shravana 2085
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks
What to watch in August
These observances often appear around this civil month, but exact dates must be calculated for 2028. Lunar tithis can shift across sunrise, evening, moonrise, or night windows.
How to use this month
Civil dates do not always line up neatly with Hindu lunar days. A tithi can begin or end during the civil day, so important observances depend on which tithi prevails at the rule-specific time such as sunrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita.
- 1.Open the interactive calendar and switch to August 2028.
- 2.Select candidate dates and compare tithi, paksha, nakshatra, sunrise, and sunset.
- 3.For festivals, confirm the rule moment: sunrise, madhyahna, pradosha, moonrise, or nishita.
- 4.Open the full Panchang for the chosen day before using it for a vrata, puja, travel, or ceremony.
Why the table still needs local verification
Hindu calendar dates are calculated from the Sun, Moon, and local day. A single civil month can contain parts of two Hindu lunar months, and a festival window may move into the previous or next civil month depending on the year.
Treat this Mumbai-based table as a readable reference for August 2028. Use it to understand the likely Hindu-calendar context, then rely on the city Panchang and festival pages when a vrata, puja, or ceremony depends on local sunrise, moonrise, pradosha, madhyahna, or nishita timing.
Paksha and Hindu month pages
Zoom into the fortnight windows or the underlying Hindu lunar months for August 2028. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.