Ram Navami 1944
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:48
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:46 – 13:16
- Fasting window (tithi)06:54 → 1944-04-02 · 08:58
- Parana (tithi ends)08:581944-04-02
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 1944
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1944
- Vasant Panchami — 29 January 1944
- Maha Shivaratri — 22 February 1944
- Holika Dahan — 9 March 1944
- Holi — 10 March 1944
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 1944
- Akshaya Tritiya — 25 April 1944
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 22 June 1944
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 1944
- Nag Panchami — 25 July 1944
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 1944
- Krishna Janmashtami — 10 August 1944
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 1944
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 22 August 1944
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 September 1944
- Pitru Paksha begins — 3 September 1944
- Sharad Navratri begins — 18 September 1944
- Durga Ashtami — 25 September 1944
- Maha Navami — 26 September 1944
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 27 September 1944
- Karwa Chauth — 5 October 1944
- Dhanteras — 14 October 1944
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 16 October 1944
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 16 October 1944
- Govardhan Puja — 18 October 1944
- Bhai Dooj — 19 October 1944
- Chhath Puja — 23 October 1944
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 31 October 1944
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 31 October 1944
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