Hindu Calendarपञ्चाङ्ग कैलेण्डर

Hindu Calendar 2028

All Hindu festivals in calendar year 2028

10 festivals listed below — each anchored to its Hindu month and tithi (lunar day), with the Gregorian date for this year. Click any festival for the full reading.

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Festivals

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Hindu Months

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Major

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Vrats

Pausha

पौषDecember – January

Coldest month. Sun begins its northward journey at Makar Sankranti (transitioning from Pausha to Magha). Tamil Pongal and Punjabi Lohri fall around the same time.

Bhogi Pandigai

போகி பண்டிகை

regional

The first day of the Tamil 4-day Pongal harvest festival — old things go on the bonfire.

Tithi: Solar (eve of Thai Pongal)Date: 14 Jan 2028 · Fri

Lohri

लोहड़ी

regional

Punjab's harvest bonfire festival — celebrated on the eve of Makar Sankranti.

Tithi: Solar (eve of Makar Sankranti)Date: 14 Jan 2028 · FriDuration: single-night

Thai Pongal

தைப்பொங்கல்

major

Tamil Nadu's harvest festival — sweet pongal cooked in a new clay pot facing the rising sun.

Tithi: Sun enters Capricorn (solar)Date: 15 Jan 2028 · Sat

Makar Sankranti

मकर संक्रांति

astronomical

The sun begins its northward journey — the most auspicious solar event.

Tithi: Sun enters Capricorn (solar — not lunar tithi)Date: 15 Jan 2028 · SatDuration: single-day (multi-day in Tamil Nadu)

Mattu Pongal

மாட்டுப் பொங்கல்

regional

Cattle worship — the third day of Pongal honours the bulls and cows that work the fields.

Tithi: Solar (day after Thai Pongal)Date: 16 Jan 2028 · Sun

Magh Bihu

মাঘ বিহু

major

Assam's harvest festival — Uruka feast, Meji bonfire, and 7 days of feasting.

Tithi: Sun enters Capricorn (solar — Magh Sankranti)Date: 16 Jan 2028 · SunDuration: 7-day

Magha

माघJanuary – February

Sacred for ritual bathing in holy rivers (Magha Snan). Hosts Mauni Amavasya, Vasant Panchami (Saraswati Puja), and the Magh Purnima.

Vasant Panchami

वसंत पंचमी

ritual

The first day of spring + Saraswati Puja.

Tithi: Shukla PanchamiDate: 31 Jan 2028 · Mon

Phalguna

फाल्गुनFebruary – March

The closing month. Hosts Maha Shivaratri (Shiva's great night), Holika Dahan (the eve before Holi), and Holi (festival of colours, end of the Hindu year).

Maha Shivaratri

महा शिवरात्रि

major

The "great night of Shiva" — vigil through all four praharas.

Tithi: Krishna ChaturdashiDate: 23 Feb 2028 · WedDuration: single-night

Holika Dahan

होलिका दहन

major

The bonfire on the eve of Holi — burning of the demoness Holika.

Tithi: Shukla PurnimaDate: 10 Mar 2028 · FriDuration: single-evening

Holi

होली

major

The festival of colours — last festival of the Hindu year.

Tithi: Krishna PratipadaDate: 11 Mar 2028 · Sat