Ram Navami 1901
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:52
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:48 – 13:16
- Fasting window (tithi)1901-03-27 · 21:47 → 21:41
- Parana (tithi ends)21:41
Festival days follow the classical attribution rules — udaya (sunrise), pradosha (evening), nishita (midnight), madhyahna or aparahna vyapini as each festival prescribes — computed for Kashi/Varanasi (IST). Regional observance can differ by a day in some years.
Read the Ram Navami puja vidhi, vrat rules and kathaRam Navami — Frequently Asked Questions
At what time is Ram Navami puja performed?
In madhyahna kaal, the midday window, since Rama is held to have been born at noon under Punarvasu nakshatra in Karka lagna — unlike Janmashtami, which is kept at midnight.
What is panakam and why is it offered?
A drink of jaggery and water with cardamom, dry ginger and pepper, offered as bhog on Ram Navami. It falls at the turn into summer, and the offering is also the season's remedy.
How does Ram Navami relate to Chaitra Navratri?
It is the ninth day and the conclusion of Chaitra Navratri. Those who fasted the nine nights complete the parana on this day, after the Navami tithi ends.
Other major festivals in 1901
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1901
- Vasant Panchami — 25 January 1901
- Maha Shivaratri — 17 February 1901
- Holika Dahan — 4 March 1901
- Holi — 6 March 1901
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 21 March 1901
- Akshaya Tritiya — 21 April 1901
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 18 June 1901
- Guru Purnima — 1 July 1901
- Nag Panchami — 19 August 1901
- Raksha Bandhan — 29 August 1901
- Krishna Janmashtami — 5 September 1901
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 1901
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 16 September 1901
- Anant Chaturdashi — 27 September 1901
- Pitru Paksha begins — 29 September 1901
- Sharad Navratri begins — 13 October 1901
- Durga Ashtami — 21 October 1901
- Maha Navami — 22 October 1901
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 22 October 1901
- Karwa Chauth — 30 October 1901
- Dhanteras — 8 November 1901
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 1901
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 10 November 1901
- Govardhan Puja — 12 November 1901
- Bhai Dooj — 13 November 1901
- Chhath Puja — 17 November 1901
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 26 November 1901
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 26 November 1901
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