Month calendar

May 2028 Hindu Calendar

Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in May 2028. It explains the likely lunar-month overlap, observance windows, and Panchang checks to verify before you choose a civil date.

Month context

May often overlaps Vaishakha and Jyeshtha

Vaishakha and Jyeshtha emphasize punya, water-giving, Ekadashi, and full-moon observances.

Hindu monthsVaishakha and Jyeshtha

Planning focus

Check Purnima and Ekadashi end times, especially when vrata or dana timing matters.

Daily Panchang table

May 2028 tithi, nakshatra, and sunrise

This crawlable month table uses Mumbai as the reference Panchang location. It gives a daily snapshot for answer engines and readers before they confirm location-specific timings on a city page.

Month startsShukla Saptami

Chaitra 2085

Month endsShukla Ashtami

Vaishakha 2085

Flagged dates14

Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks

Daily Panchang table for May 2028 in Mumbai
Date	Tithi	Nakshatra	Yoga	Sunrise	Note
1 May 2028Monday	Shukla SaptamiChaitra 2085	Punarvasu	Shula	06:10	Daily Panchang check
2 May 2028Tuesday	Shukla AshtamiChaitra 2085	Ashlesha	Ganda	06:09	Ashtami
3 May 2028Wednesday	Shukla NavamiChaitra 2085	Magha	Vriddhi	06:09	Navami
4 May 2028Thursday	Shukla DashamiChaitra 2085	Purva Phalguni	Dhruva	06:08	Daily Panchang check
5 May 2028Friday	Shukla EkadashiChaitra 2085	Uttara Phalguni	Vyaghata	06:08	Ekadashi vrata check
6 May 2028Saturday	Shukla DwadashiChaitra 2085	Hasta	Harshana	06:07	Daily Panchang check
7 May 2028Sunday	Shukla TrayodashiChaitra 2085	Chitra	Siddhi	06:07	Pradosha check
8 May 2028Monday	Shukla PurnimaChaitra 2085	Swati	Vyatipata	06:06	Purnima
9 May 2028Tuesday	Krishna PratipadaVaishakha 2085	Vishakha	Variyan	06:06	Daily Panchang check
10 May 2028Wednesday	Krishna DwitiyaVaishakha 2085	Anuradha	Parigha	06:05	Daily Panchang check
11 May 2028Thursday	Krishna TritiyaVaishakha 2085	Jyeshtha	Shiva	06:05	Daily Panchang check
12 May 2028Friday	Krishna ChaturthiVaishakha 2085	Mula	Siddha	06:04	Chaturthi
13 May 2028Saturday	Krishna PanchamiVaishakha 2085	Purva Ashadha	Sadhya	06:04	Daily Panchang check
14 May 2028Sunday	Krishna ShashthiVaishakha 2085	Uttara Ashadha	Shubha	06:04	Daily Panchang check
15 May 2028Monday	Krishna SaptamiJyeshtha 2085	Shravana	Shukla	06:03	Daily Panchang check
16 May 2028Tuesday	Krishna AshtamiJyeshtha 2085	Dhanishta	Brahma	06:03	Ashtami
17 May 2028Wednesday	Krishna NavamiJyeshtha 2085	Shatabhisha	Indra	06:03	Navami
18 May 2028Thursday	Krishna NavamiJyeshtha 2085	Purva Bhadrapada	Vaidhriti	06:02	Navami
19 May 2028Friday	Krishna DashamiJyeshtha 2085	Purva Bhadrapada	Vishkambha	06:02	Daily Panchang check
20 May 2028Saturday	Krishna EkadashiJyeshtha 2085	Uttara Bhadrapada	Priti	06:02	Ekadashi vrata check
21 May 2028Sunday	Krishna DwadashiJyeshtha 2085	Revati	Ayushman	06:02	Daily Panchang check
22 May 2028Monday	Krishna TrayodashiJyeshtha 2085	Ashwini	Saubhagya	06:01	Pradosha check
23 May 2028Tuesday	Krishna ChaturdashiJyeshtha 2085	Bharani	Shobhana	06:01	Daily Panchang check
24 May 2028Wednesday	Krishna AmavasyaVaishakha 2085	Krittika	Atiganda	06:01	Amavasya
25 May 2028Thursday	Shukla PratipadaVaishakha 2085	Rohini	Sukarma	06:01	Daily Panchang check
26 May 2028Friday	Shukla DwitiyaVaishakha 2085	Mrigashira	Dhriti	06:00	Daily Panchang check
27 May 2028Saturday	Shukla TritiyaVaishakha 2085	Ardra	Shula	06:00	Daily Panchang check
28 May 2028Sunday	Shukla ChaturthiVaishakha 2085	Punarvasu	Ganda	06:00	Chaturthi
29 May 2028Monday	Shukla PanchamiVaishakha 2085	Pushya	Dhruva	06:00	Daily Panchang check
30 May 2028Tuesday	Shukla SaptamiVaishakha 2085	Ashlesha	Vyaghata	06:00	Daily Panchang check
31 May 2028Wednesday	Shukla AshtamiVaishakha 2085	Magha	Harshana	06:00	Ashtami

What to watch in May

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 windowBuddha Purnima window

Likely windowNirjala Ekadashi window

Likely windowGanga Dussehra 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 May 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 May 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 May 2028. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.

Shukla Paksha in May 2028 Krishna Paksha in May 2028 Vaishakh 2028 month Jyeshtha 2028 month

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