Ram Navami 1938
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:41
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:44 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)07:37 → 1938-04-09 · 05:42
- Parana (tithi ends)05:421938-04-09
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 1938
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1938
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 1938
- Maha Shivaratri — 28 February 1938
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 1938
- Holi — 17 March 1938
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1938
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1938
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 1938
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 1938
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 1938
- Raksha Bandhan — 11 August 1938
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 1938
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 1938
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 1938
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 1938
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1938
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 1938
- Durga Ashtami — 1 October 1938
- Maha Navami — 3 October 1938
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1938
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1938
- Dhanteras — 20 October 1938
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 1938
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 1938
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 1938
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1938
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 1938
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1938
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1938
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