Jagannath Rath Yatra 2028: Saturday, 24 June 2028

Jagannath Rath Yatra in 2028 falls on Saturday, 24 June 2028. It is kept on the Shukla Dwitiya of amanta Ashadha.

Why Jagannath Rath Yatra Is on 24 June in 2028

The Shukla Dwitiya begins at 21:52 on 23 June 2028 and ends at 19:29 on 24 June 2028. The 2028 instants are the same everywhere; only the clock they are read on changes. The rule recorded for Jagannath Rath Yatra tests the tithi at sunrise, the default test for most of the calendar.

On 24 June 2028 the Sun rises at 05:24 and sets at 19:22 at New Delhi. The Shukla Dwitiya is running at that sunrise, which is the test, so 24 June 2028 is the day.

In 2028 the Shukla Dwitiya lasts 21 hours 37 minutes, against 21 hours 2 minutes in 2026 and 20 hours 23 minutes in 2027: a tithi is twelve degrees of the Moon’s gain on the Sun, and the Moon never gains at a steady rate. The day itself runs 13 hours 58 minutes from sunrise to sunset at New Delhi.

When the Shukla Dwitiya begins, the Moon is in Punarvasu, ruled by Jupiter.

Jagannath Rath Yatra in 2026, 2027 and 2028

Jagannath Rath Yatra 2028 comes 11 days earlier in the calendar year than Jagannath Rath Yatra 2027. Between Jagannath Rath Yatra 2027 and Jagannath Rath Yatra 2028 the lunation table has 12 new moons, and twelve lunations fall short of a solar year, so the date moves earlier.

In the 2028 table Jagannath Rath Yatra comes 21 days after Nirjala Ekadashi and 8 days before Devshayani Ekadashi.

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Every 2028 festival is on the festival dates page, and the year before in the 2027 festival calendar. For how tithi, nakshatra and the day’s timings are read, see reading the panchang. This page in Hindi: हिंदी में. The Jagannath Rath Yatra 2028 timings are New Delhi’s; sunrise and everything measured from it shift by minutes to the better part of an hour across India.