स्नान यात्रा

अन्य वर्तनी: Snana purnima, Deva snana, Jagannath bath।

पुरी में जगन्नाथ, बलभद्र और सुभद्रा का 108 कलशों से औपचारिक स्नान — इसके बाद देवता बीमार माने जाकर रथ यात्रा तक एकांतवास में रहते हैं।

Jyeshtha Shukla Purnima — the full moon of Jyeshtha, taken as the day the full-moon tithi is running at sunrise. It opens the Puri sequence: the fortnight of seclusion that follows is why Rath Yatra lands on Ashadha Shukla Dwitiya rather than immediately after.

• Puri keeps this on the sunrise-prevailing (udaya vyapini) full moon, which is why it can fall a day after Vat Purnima even though both are Jyeshtha Purnima — 2024 is such a year (Vat Purnima 21 June, Snana Yatra 22 June).
• In a year with an adhik Jyeshtha the nija month is taken, and where the full-moon tithi spans two sunrises the first is taken.