Rath Yatra 2028 falls on Saturday, June 24, 2028 in Amsterdam. It is Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya in the Hindu lunar calendar. Sunrise is 5:21 AM and sunset 10:04 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Jagannath Rath Yatra · Puri Rath Yatra · Chariot Festival
Amsterdam timings
Date
Saturday, June 24, 2028
Saturday
Lunar date
Ashadha Shukla Paksha Dwitiya
Sunrise
5:21 AM
Sunset
10:04 PM
Moonrise
7:03 AM
Moonset
11:25 PM
Shubh muhurat in Amsterdam
Abhijit Muhurat1:09 PM – 2:16 PM
Rahu Kaal — avoid9:31 AM – 11:37 AM
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.
How it is observed
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.