Sunday, July 7, 2024
Rath Yatra 2024 falls on Sunday, July 7, 2024 in San Francisco. It is Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 5:56 AM and sunset 8:32 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Jagannath Rath Yatra · Puri Rath Yatra · Chariot Festival
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 San Francisco is on Sunday, July 7, 2024. It falls on Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya.
Yes. Rath Yatra falls on Jul 7, 2024 in both San Francisco and India this year, though the puja timings differ because sunrise and moonrise are local.
Rath Yatra is also known as Jagannath Rath Yatra, Puri Rath Yatra, Chariot Festival. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.