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December 2028 Hindu Calendar

Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in December 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 December 2028?

December 2028 Hindu calendar starts with Shukla Purnima and Krittika Nakshatra on 1 Dec 2028. It ends with Shukla Purnima and Ardra Nakshatra on 31 Dec 2028. Samvat flags 15 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 1 Dec 2028 (Shukla Purnima), 2 Dec 2028 (Shukla Purnima), 5 Dec 2028 (Krishna Chaturthi), 9 Dec 2028 (Krishna Ashtami), 10 Dec 2028 (Krishna Navami). The month has 1 calculated festival date, including Dattatreya Jayanti.

StartsShukla PurnimaKrittika Nakshatra

EndsShukla PurnimaArdra Nakshatra

Daily detailsDecember 2028 tithi calendarNakshatra, paksha, and vrat dates

Month context

December often overlaps Margashirsha and Pausha

Margashirsha and Pausha bring Gita Jayanti, Dhanurmasa traditions, and quieter winter vrata planning.

Hindu monthsMargashirsha and Pausha

Planning focus

Use this month for steady Panchang habit-building: Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and local sunrise changes.

Festival planning index

Festival dates in December 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.

Calculated festival dates in December 2028
Festival	Date	Hindu date
Dattatreya Jayanti	Fri, 1 December 2028	Shukla Purnima, Margashirsha

Daily Panchang table

December 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.

Month startsShukla Purnima

Kartik 2085

Month endsShukla Purnima

Margashirsha 2085

Flagged dates15

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for December 2028 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 Dec 2028Friday	Shukla PurnimaKartik 2085	Krittika	Shiva	06:55	Purnima
2 Dec 2028Saturday	Shukla PurnimaMargashirsha 2085	Rohini	Siddha	06:56	Purnima
3 Dec 2028Sunday	Krishna PratipadaMargashirsha 2085	Mrigashira	Sadhya	06:57	Daily Panchang check
4 Dec 2028Monday	Krishna TritiyaMargashirsha 2085	Ardra	Shubha	06:57	Daily Panchang check
5 Dec 2028Tuesday	Krishna ChaturthiMargashirsha 2085	Punarvasu	Shukla	06:58	Chaturthi
6 Dec 2028Wednesday	Krishna PanchamiMargashirsha 2085	Pushya	Brahma	06:58	Daily Panchang check
7 Dec 2028Thursday	Krishna ShashthiMargashirsha 2085	Ashlesha	Indra	06:59	Daily Panchang check
8 Dec 2028Friday	Krishna SaptamiMargashirsha 2085	Magha	Vaidhriti	07:00	Daily Panchang check
9 Dec 2028Saturday	Krishna AshtamiMargashirsha 2085	Purva Phalguni	Priti	07:00	Ashtami
10 Dec 2028Sunday	Krishna NavamiMargashirsha 2085	Uttara Phalguni	Ayushman	07:01	Navami
11 Dec 2028Monday	Krishna DashamiMargashirsha 2085	Hasta	Saubhagya	07:01	Daily Panchang check
12 Dec 2028Tuesday	Krishna EkadashiMargashirsha 2085	Chitra	Shobhana	07:02	Ekadashi vrata check
13 Dec 2028Wednesday	Krishna DwadashiMargashirsha 2085	Swati	Atiganda	07:02	Daily Panchang check
14 Dec 2028Thursday	Krishna TrayodashiMargashirsha 2085	Vishakha	Sukarma	07:03	Pradosha check
15 Dec 2028Friday	Krishna ChaturdashiMargashirsha 2085	Anuradha	Dhriti	07:04	Daily Panchang check
16 Dec 2028Saturday	Krishna AmavasyaMargashirsha 2085	Mula	Ganda	07:04	Amavasya
17 Dec 2028Sunday	Shukla DwitiyaMargashirsha 2085	Purva Ashadha	Vriddhi	07:05	Daily Panchang check
18 Dec 2028Monday	Shukla TritiyaMargashirsha 2085	Uttara Ashadha	Dhruva	07:05	Daily Panchang check
19 Dec 2028Tuesday	Shukla ChaturthiMargashirsha 2085	Uttara Ashadha	Vyaghata	07:06	Chaturthi
20 Dec 2028Wednesday	Shukla ChaturthiMargashirsha 2085	Shravana	Harshana	07:06	Chaturthi
21 Dec 2028Thursday	Shukla PanchamiMargashirsha 2085	Dhanishta	Vajra	07:07	Daily Panchang check
22 Dec 2028Friday	Shukla ShashthiMargashirsha 2085	Shatabhisha	Siddhi	07:07	Daily Panchang check
23 Dec 2028Saturday	Shukla SaptamiMargashirsha 2085	Purva Bhadrapada	Vyatipata	07:08	Daily Panchang check
24 Dec 2028Sunday	Shukla AshtamiMargashirsha 2085	Uttara Bhadrapada	Variyan	07:08	Ashtami
25 Dec 2028Monday	Shukla NavamiMargashirsha 2085	Revati	Parigha	07:09	Navami
26 Dec 2028Tuesday	Shukla DashamiMargashirsha 2085	Ashwini	Shiva	07:09	Daily Panchang check
27 Dec 2028Wednesday	Shukla EkadashiMargashirsha 2085	Bharani	Siddha	07:09	Ekadashi vrata check
28 Dec 2028Thursday	Shukla DwadashiMargashirsha 2085	Krittika	Sadhya	07:10	Daily Panchang check
29 Dec 2028Friday	Shukla TrayodashiMargashirsha 2085	Rohini	Shubha	07:10	Pradosha check
30 Dec 2028Saturday	Shukla ChaturdashiMargashirsha 2085	Mrigashira	Shukla	07:10	Daily Panchang check
31 Dec 2028Sunday	Shukla PurnimaMargashirsha 2085	Ardra	Brahma	07:11	Purnima

What to watch in December

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.

Likely windowGita Jayanti window

Likely windowMokshada Ekadashi window

Likely windowDhanurmasa window

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 December 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 December 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 December 2028. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in December 2028 Krishna Paksha in December 2028 Margashirsha 2028 month Paush 2028 month

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