Monday, July 8, 2024
Rath Yatra 2024 falls on Monday, July 8, 2024 in Auckland. It is Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 7:34 AM and sunset 5:17 PM.
India: Jul 7, 2024
Also known as: Jagannath Rath Yatra · Puri Rath Yatra · Chariot Festival
The tradition names no separate muhurat for this festival — it is observed through the day. Abhijit is the day’s generally auspicious window and Rahu Kaal the one to avoid.
Rath Yatra is the chariot festival of Jagannath at Puri, when the deities leave the temple and travel the public road to the Gundicha temple. It is one of the rare occasions on which the images are seen outside the sanctum, by anyone at all.
Three enormous wooden chariots are hauled by hand along the Grand Road by crowds in the hundreds of thousands. Diaspora cities from London to Toronto now hold their own processions on the same date.
Rath Yatra 2024 in Auckland is on Monday, July 8, 2024. It falls on Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya.
No. Rath Yatra is on Jul 8, 2024 in Auckland but Jul 7, 2024 in India. The tithi begins at one moment worldwide, and that moment lands on a different local day in each place.
Rath Yatra is also known as Jagannath Rath Yatra, Puri Rath Yatra, Chariot Festival. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.