Sankashti Chaturthi in March 2028
The Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī of March 2028: the day kept, its moonrise, and the Chaturthī across the evenings, for your city’s moonrise.
Sankashti in Delhi
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:15
Sankashti in Mumbai
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:19
Sankashti in Kolkata
- Phalguna / Chaitra · AṅgārakīTuesday, 14 March, moonrise 21:23
Sankashti in Chennai
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 20:40
Sankashti in Bengaluru
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 20:51
Sankashti in Hyderabad
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 20:53
Sankashti in Ahmedabad
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:26
Sankashti in Pune
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:14
Sankashti in Jaipur
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:18
Sankashti in Lucknow
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 20:57
Sankashti in London
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 22:05
Sankashti in New York City
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 22:44
Sankashti in Toronto
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 23:15
Sankashti in Sydney
- Phalguna / Chaitra · AṅgārakīTuesday, 14 March, moonrise 20:56
Sankashti in Dubai
- Phalguna / ChaitraMonday, 13 March, moonrise 21:11
Sankashti in Singapore
- Phalguna / Chaitra · AṅgārakīTuesday, 14 March, moonrise 22:13
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Delhi time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Mumbai time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Tuesday, 14 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturthi · Tuesday, popularly AṅgārakīChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Kolkata time.
Kept on Tuesday, 14 March: the Chaturthī is current at the moonrise on neither Monday nor Tuesday, so it is kept on the later day, Tuesday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Chennai time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Bengaluru time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Hyderabad time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Ahmedabad time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Pune time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Jaipur time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 20:39 to Tue 14 Mar, 18:23, Lucknow time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 15:09 to Tue 14 Mar, 12:53, London time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 11:09 to Tue 14 Mar, 08:53, New York City time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 11:09 to Tue 14 Mar, 08:53, Toronto time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Tuesday, 14 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturthi · Tuesday, popularly AṅgārakīChaturthi from Tue 14 Mar, 02:09 to 23:53, Sydney time.
Kept on Tuesday, 14 March: the Chaturthī is current at Tuesday’s moonrise and not at Monday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Monday, 13 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna ChaturthiChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 19:09 to Tue 14 Mar, 16:53, Dubai time.
Kept on Monday, 13 March: the Chaturthī is current at Monday’s moonrise and not at Tuesday’s. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Tuesday, 14 March
Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturthi · Tuesday, popularly AṅgārakīChaturthi from Mon 13 Mar, 23:09 to Tue 14 Mar, 20:53, Singapore time.
Kept on Tuesday, 14 March: the Chaturthī is current at the moonrise on neither Monday nor Tuesday, so it is kept on the later day, Tuesday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47
Questions
Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu and the Vīramitrodaya, with the page for each.
When is Sankashti Chaturthi in March 2028?
In Delhi: Monday, 13 March, moonrise at 21:15.
What is Sankashti Chaturthi?
A vow to Gaṇeśa on the Chaturthī, the fourth tithi, of the dark half of the lunar month, kept on the day the Chaturthī is current at moonrise. The dark half is common practice; the texts read do not state the fortnight. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 47; Vīramitrodaya p. 38
Why does the date differ between cities?
Each date is worked out for the city’s own moonrise. The Chaturthī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but whether it is current at a city’s moonrise depends on the city, so cities far apart can keep different days.
What is Sankatahara Chaturthi?
Saṅkaṭahara Caturthī is the South Indian name for the same vow, and the dates here apply to it.
What is Angaraki Sankashti?
A Saṅkaṣṭī Caturthī that falls on a Tuesday. Śātātapa says a Caturthī on a Tuesday “gives fruit like the equinox”. The name Aṅgārakī is popular; the texts read do not use it. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 73
How the days are found
Read the methodology- The day kept
- The dark-fortnight Chaturthī current at moonrise. When it is current at both moonrises, the earlier day, joined with Tṛtīyā, is kept, with the later day noted, and at neither, the later day.
- Moonrise
- The visible rise: the Moon’s upper limb, with refraction, for the chosen city. The texts do not say; this is our convention.
- The fortnight
- Krishna paksha, by common practice. The texts read do not state the fortnight.
- Sources
- Nirṇaya-sindhu, 1898, pp. 47, 73; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 38.
Moonrise of the Moon’s upper limb, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method