Baisakhi 2028 (popular practice)
Baisakhi, or Vaisakhi, in 2028: the day the Sun enters Mesha, counted at Amritsar for every city, with the moment of the Mesha Sankranti.
Baisakhi at Amritsar
Thursday, 13 April
Baisakhi is in 543 days. The same date holds for every city.
Indian time.
How the day is kept
Baisakhi is a popular observance: the day the Sun enters Mesha, counted at Amritsar. The texts this site follows do not name it, so no time is given for the festival.
In 2028, the Sun enters Mesha at 21:44 on Thursday, 13 April, Indian time, so the day that holds it, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, is Thursday, 13 April. The date is reckoned at Amritsar and holds for every city.
The day
The texts’ rite for the Meṣa saṅkrānti is the bath and gifts in its puṇyakāla. Dharmasindhu pp. 2, 31
Popular practice and history: the harvest fair, the founding of the Khalsa in 1699, the nagar kirtan and the bhangra.
Mesh Sankranti 2028: the day for the bath and gifts, and the puṇyakāla, in your city. Other years: Baisakhi 2027, Baisakhi 2029. All Baisakhi dates.
Questions
Popular practice: the texts this site follows do not name Baisakhi.
When is Baisakhi 2028?
On Thursday, 13 April 2028, for every city: the day the Sun enters Mesha, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar. It is popular practice, and no time is given for it.
Is Baisakhi the same as Vaisakhi?
Yes. Baisakhi and Vaisakhi are two spellings of the same festival, kept on the same day.
Why is it on the 13th in some years?
Baisakhi is the day, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, that holds the Sun’s entry into Mesha. When the Sun enters it at night or before dawn, the day that holds it began at the previous sunrise, so in some years that is the 13th.
Is the date the same in the UK and Canada?
Yes. The day is counted at Amritsar and holds for every city, in India and abroad.
How the day is found
Read the methodology- The day
- The day, counted from sunrise to sunrise at Amritsar, that holds the Sun’s sidereal entry into Mesha, as for Lohri’s Maghi. One date for every city. Popular practice.
- The ingress
- The Sun’s sidereal entry into Mesha, by the Lahiri ayanamsa, in Indian time.
- No time
- No time is given for the festival or any rite.
Sunrise at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa · Indian time (IST), reckoned at Amritsar for every city · Swiss Ephemeris · Method