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October 2028 Hindu Calendar
Use this monthly guide for Hindu date planning in October 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 October 2028?
October 2028 Hindu calendar starts with Shukla Trayodashi and Shatabhisha Nakshatra on 1 Oct 2028. It ends with Shukla Trayodashi and Revati Nakshatra on 31 Oct 2028. Samvat flags 13 tithi checkpoints for Mumbai, including 1 Oct 2028 (Shukla Trayodashi), 3 Oct 2028 (Shukla Purnima), 7 Oct 2028 (Krishna Chaturthi), 11 Oct 2028 (Krishna Ashtami), 12 Oct 2028 (Krishna Navami). The month has 11 calculated festival dates, including Sharad Purnima, Gandhi Jayanti, Karwa Chauth.
October often overlaps Ashwin and Kartika
Sharad Navratri, Dussehra, Karwa Chauth, and the Diwali season often concentrate around this period.
Check pradosha, nishita, and sunrise rules closely because evening and night observances can differ by city.
Festival dates in October 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sharad Purnima | Shukla Purnima, Ashwin | |
| Gandhi Jayanti | Shukla Chaturdashi, Ashwin | |
| Karwa Chauth | Krishna Chaturthi, Kartik | |
| Ahoi Ashtami | Krishna Ashtami, Kartik | |
| Dhanteras | Krishna Trayodashi, Kartik | |
| Narak Chaturdashi | Krishna Chaturdashi, Kartik | |
| Diwali | Krishna Amavasya, Kartik | |
| Govardhan Puja | Shukla Pratipada, Kartik | |
| Bhai Dooj | Shukla Dwitiya, Kartik | |
| Chhath Puja | Shukla Shashthi, Kartik | |
| Tulsi Vivah | Shukla Dwadashi, Kartik |
October 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.
Bhadrapada 2085
Ashwin 2085
Ekadashi, Purnima, Amavasya, and related checks
What to watch in October
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 October 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 October 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 October 2028. Each date in the table above also opens a full daily Panchang page.