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Rath Yatra dates

Computed year by year from the Moon and the Sun. Each row shows the tithi the festival sits on and the lunar month in both the amanta and purnimanta reckonings, because the two name the same month differently during krishna paksha.

Also called: Jagannath Rath Yatra

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Monday, 5 July 2027

Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali., AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.

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AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it. Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali., when the Puri chariots are drawn. The deities leave the temple for nine days, so the return journey falls on DashamiThe tenth tithi, the one Dussehra sits on in Ashwina. It is among the clean tithis for a wedding or for starting something new. of the same pakshaThe bright or the dark half of the lunar month. Shukla runs from the new Moon to the full one, Krishna from full back to new..

The day is settled by the tithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it. at sunrise.

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YearDateTithiThe lunar day. It runs from one step of the Moon's phase to the next, so it rarely begins at sunrise. Fasts and festivals are fixed by it.Lunar monthThe lunar month, named after the nakshatra the full Moon lands in. It is about twenty-nine and a half days, so it drifts against the English calendar.
2025FridayFriday, 27 June 2025Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.
2026ThursdayThursday, 16 July 2026Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.
2027MondayMonday, 5 July 2027Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.
2028SaturdaySaturday, 24 June 2028Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.
2029FridayFriday, 13 July 2029Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.
2030TuesdayTuesday, 2 July 2030Shukla DwitiyaThe second tithi. It is one of the tithis a wedding may be fixed on, and Bhai Dooj falls on the Dwitiya just after Diwali.This tithi covers the deciding moment on two days running, so some almanacs place this festival on the following day. Both readings are defensible.AshadhaThe fourth lunar month, June into July, when the rains arrive. Rath Yatra, Guru Purnima and the start of Chaturmas all sit in it.

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