Rath Yatra 2016 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Sunrise 05:55, Wed 6 Jul
Festival · times in EEST
When is Rath Yatra 2016 in Sofia?
Rath Yatra Sunrise: what time?
Sunrise
05:55
Why is Rath Yatra on Wed 6 Jul in Sofia?
Rath Yatra is on Wed 6 Jul: Dwitiya holds sunrise that day.
Sunrise at 05:55 is Pratipada; Dwitiya begins at 12:05.
Dwitiya at sunrise, 05:55. Dwitiya: 12:05 Tue to 10:46.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+3). Band: the tithi. Line: Sunrise. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Rath Yatra follows the tithi at sunrise. Dwitiya runs from 12:05 on Tue 5 Jul to 10:46 on Wed 6 Jul, so it holds sunrise only on Wed 6 Jul, at 05:55. 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.