Radha Ashtami 2028 (popular practice)
Radha Ashtami is popular practice; no text read gives the day. The bright Aṣṭamī of Bhādrapada in 2028, by our stated rule, with the midday pūjā time, for Delhi, Mathura and your city.
Radha Ashtami in Delhi
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Mathura
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Mumbai
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Kolkata
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Chennai
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Bengaluru
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Hyderabad
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Ahmedabad
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Pune
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Jaipur
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Lucknow
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in London
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 680 days.
Radha Ashtami in New York City
Saturday, 26 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Toronto
Saturday, 26 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Sydney
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Dubai
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Radha Ashtami in Singapore
Sunday, 27 August
Radha Ashtami is in 679 days.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Delhi, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Mathura, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Mumbai, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Kolkata, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Chennai, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Bengaluru, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Hyderabad, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Ahmedabad, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Pune, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Jaipur, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Lucknow, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In London, the Aṣṭamī covers 97% of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In New York City, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Saturday’s midday and none of Sunday’s, so Saturday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Toronto, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Saturday’s midday and none of Sunday’s, so Saturday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Sydney, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Dubai, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
Our rule
Popular practice; no text read gives the day. Our rule: the day whose midday, the third fifth of the daytime, the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
The midday while the Aṣṭamī runs is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
In Singapore, the Aṣṭamī covers all of Sunday’s midday and none of Saturday’s, so Sunday.
The texts
No text read gives Radha Ashtami. The Dharmasindhu gives this Aṣṭamī to the Dūrvāṣṭamī and a pūjā of Jyeṣṭhā-devī. DS p. 56
Radha Ashtami 2028 around the world
Each city’s own midday- New York CityMidday pūjā 11:37 – 14:16
- TorontoMidday pūjā 11:58 – 14:39
- DelhiMidday pūjā 11:05 – 13:39
- MathuraMidday pūjā 11:03 – 13:37
- MumbaiMidday pūjā 11:24 – 13:55
- KolkataMidday pūjā 10:22 – 12:53
- ChennaiMidday pūjā 10:55 – 13:24
- BengaluruMidday pūjā 11:06 – 13:35
- HyderabadMidday pūjā 11:02 – 13:32
- AhmedabadMidday pūjā 11:25 – 13:56
- PuneMidday pūjā 11:20 – 13:51
- JaipurMidday pūjā 11:11 – 13:44
- LucknowMidday pūjā 10:50 – 13:24
- LondonMidday pūjā 11:38 – 14:19
- SydneyMidday pūjā 10:49 – 13:04
- DubaiMidday pūjā 11:03 – 13:36
- SingaporeMidday pūjā 11:53 – 14:18
Other years: Radha Ashtami 2027, Radha Ashtami 2029; all Radha Ashtami dates.
Questions
By our stated rule; popular practice throughout.
When is Radha Ashtami 2028?
In Delhi, on Sunday, 27 August 2028, by our stated rule: the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī at midday. The midday pūjā time, as practice keeps it, is 11:05 – 13:39. In New York City and Toronto, it is Saturday, 26 August. Popular practice; no text read gives the day.
What is the Radha Ashtami puja time?
Practice keeps the pūjā at midday, the third fifth of the daytime, while the Aṣṭamī runs: in Delhi in 2028, 11:05 – 13:39. No text read gives a time.
Is Radha Ashtami in the classical texts?
No. The Nirṇaya-sindhu, the Dharmasindhu and the Vratarāja have no Rādhāṣṭamī, and none gives a day or time for Rādhā’s birth. The Dharmasindhu gives this Aṣṭamī to the Dūrvāṣṭamī and a pūjā of Jyeṣṭhā-devī. DS p. 56
Why is the date different in the US or UK?
The Aṣṭamī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but midday comes at different hours, so a city far to the west or east can find the Aṣṭamī at another day’s midday.
How the day is found
Read the methodology- Basis
- Popular practice; no text read gives the day. The rule is ours, stated in full.
- The day
- The day whose midday the Bhādrapada śukla Aṣṭamī covers. When it covers both middays, or neither, the later day, whose sunrise holds the Aṣṭamī, is kept.
- Midday
- The third of the day’s five parts, sunrise to sunset (the Nirṇaya-sindhu’s division, p. 28). The part the Aṣṭamī covers is shown as the pūjā time, as practice keeps it.
- Sunrise
- At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.
Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method