Ram Navami 1923
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:55
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:49 – 13:17
- Fasting window (tithi)10:25 → 1923-03-27 · 10:08
- Parana (tithi ends)10:081923-03-27
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 1923
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1923
- Vasant Panchami — 22 January 1923
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 1923
- Holika Dahan — 2 March 1923
- Holi — 3 March 1923
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 18 March 1923
- Akshaya Tritiya — 19 April 1923
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 15 July 1923
- Guru Purnima — 27 July 1923
- Nag Panchami — 16 August 1923
- Raksha Bandhan — 26 August 1923
- Krishna Janmashtami — 3 September 1923
- Hartalika Teej — 13 September 1923
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 14 September 1923
- Anant Chaturdashi — 23 September 1923
- Pitru Paksha begins — 26 September 1923
- Sharad Navratri begins — 11 October 1923
- Durga Ashtami — 17 October 1923
- Maha Navami — 18 October 1923
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 19 October 1923
- Karwa Chauth — 28 October 1923
- Dhanteras — 6 November 1923
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 7 November 1923
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 8 November 1923
- Govardhan Puja — 9 November 1923
- Bhai Dooj — 10 November 1923
- Chhath Puja — 13 November 1923
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 23 November 1923
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 23 November 1923
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