| City | Date | Purvahna (morning) Puja time | Tithi (local) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Eastern Time (EST/EDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:42 AM – 11:50 AM EDT | Jul 4, 7:21 PM → Jul 5, 3:44 PM EDT |
| Brampton Eastern Time (EST/EDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:43 AM – 11:51 AM EDT | Jul 4, 7:21 PM → Jul 5, 3:44 PM EDT |
| Vancouver Pacific Time (PST/PDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:14 AM – 11:40 AM MST | Jul 4, 4:21 PM → Jul 5, 12:44 PM MST |
| Calgary Mountain Time (MST/MDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:29 AM – 12:02 PM MDT | Jul 4, 5:21 PM → Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDT |
| Edmonton Mountain Time (MST/MDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:13 AM – 11:57 AM MDT | Jul 4, 5:21 PM → Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDT |
| Montreal Eastern Time (EST/EDT) | Monday, July 5, 2027 | 5:12 AM – 11:26 AM EDT | Jul 4, 7:21 PM → Jul 5, 3:44 PM EDT |
Timings are local (DST adjusted). Tithi = begin → end of the festival's tithi in that city.
The tithi prevailing at local sunrise (Udaya tithi).
Skanda Purana (Utkala Khanda): 'Rathe tu Vamanam drishtva punarjanma na vidyate' — seeing Vamana (Jagannath) on the chariot ends rebirth; pulling the chariot gives the fruit of a hundred yajnas; in the Rath Yatra the Lord himself comes among the people — darshan for all without distinction of caste or creed (entry rules apply in the temple, not on the chariot).
The sequence of the Puri Rath Yatra: Snana Purnima (Jyeshtha Purnima — a bath of 108 pots, then the deities fall 'ill' — Anavasara 15 days), Nava Yauvana darshan, Rath Yatra (Dwitiya — Pahandi, Chhera Pahanra — the Gajapati king sweeps the chariots with a golden broom), 7 days at Gundicha (Hera Panchami — Lakshmi arrives sulking), Bahuda (Dashami), Suna Besha (Ekadashi), Adhara Pana (Dwadashi), Niladri Bije (Trayodashi — Jagannath placates Lakshmi with rasgullas).
New chariots every year — of phasi and dhaura wood, Nandighosha (Jagannath — 16 wheels, red-yellow), Taladhwaja (Balabhadra — 14 wheels, red-green), Darpadalana/Devadalana (Subhadra — 12 wheels, red-black); the Nabakalebara (new idols — of neem wood) every 12 or 19 years; Jagannath = Krishna's Daru Brahma form, without hands and feet, large eyes — 'Lord of the universe', sister Subhadra in the middle, the chariot is also a festival of sister and brothers.
Yes — Monday, July 5, 2027.
Purvahna (morning) Puja time: 5:42 AM to 11:50 AM (EDT). Other cities are in the table above.
Each row is in that city's own local time with daylight saving applied (Eastern Time (EST/EDT) for Toronto).
In the tale Queen Gundicha opened the door before 21 days, the carpenter (Vishwakarma) vanished leaving the idols unfinished; Narada said this very form is worshipful; the philosophical meaning — the form of Brahman is incomplete and infinite, the large eyes = 'Jagannath' who sees all; of neem wood, the Nabakalebara every 12-19 years.
Skanda Purana: pulling the chariot/touching the rope gives the fruit of a hundred yajnas, seeing Vamana on the chariot ends rebirth; the spirit — pulling the Lord with one's own hands, service; if you cannot reach, the rope of the home chariot or the city's Rath Yatra — the spirit is the same.
Hera Panchami — on the fifth day of the Rath Yatra Lakshmi comes to Gundicha in a palanquin, sulks and has a piece of Jagannath's chariot (Nandighosha) broken before returning (a play-leela); Suna Besha — the day after the Bahuda (Ekadashi) the three deities on the chariots in golden hands, feet and crowns — lakhs take darshan; Niladri Bije — entering the temple after placating Lakshmi with rasgullas.
Morning puja of the trinity picture/idol (flowers-Tulsi-lamp), khichdi-dalma-rasgulla bhog, the Jagannath Ashtakam, pulling a small chariot with the children, the city's Rath Yatra/ISKCON or live darshan; daily aarti for nine days, the return bhog on Bahuda — regarded as the full fruit.