Rath Yatra 2016 in Baoding, Hebei, China Sunrise 04:58, Wed 6 Jul
Festival · times in CST
When is Rath Yatra 2016 in Baoding?
Rath Yatra Sunrise: what time?
Sunrise
04:58
Why is Rath Yatra on Wed 6 Jul in Baoding?
Rath Yatra is on Wed 6 Jul: Dwitiya holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 04:58 is Pratipada; Dwitiya begins at 17:05.
Dwitiya at sunrise, 04:58. Dwitiya: 17:05 Tue to 15:46.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+8). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Rath Yatra follows the tithi at sunrise. Dwitiya runs from 17:05 on Tue 5 Jul to 15:46 on Wed 6 Jul, so it holds sunrise only on Wed 6 Jul, at 04:58. No text giving Rath Yatra’s time was found; sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya
Rath Yatra follows the tithi at sunrise.
- Smarta
- the day Dwitiya holds at sunrise: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.