Ram Navami 1945
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:30
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:39 – 13:13
- Fasting window (tithi)01:39 → 1945-04-21 · 02:47
- Parana (tithi ends)02:471945-04-21
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 1945
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1945
- Vasant Panchami — 18 January 1945
- Maha Shivaratri — 11 February 1945
- Holika Dahan — 26 February 1945
- Holi — 29 March 1945
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 13 April 1945
- Akshaya Tritiya — 14 May 1945
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 11 July 1945
- Guru Purnima — 25 July 1945
- Nag Panchami — 13 August 1945
- Raksha Bandhan — 23 August 1945
- Krishna Janmashtami — 29 August 1945
- Hartalika Teej — 9 September 1945
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 10 September 1945
- Anant Chaturdashi — 20 September 1945
- Pitru Paksha begins — 22 September 1945
- Sharad Navratri begins — 7 October 1945
- Durga Ashtami — 14 October 1945
- Maha Navami — 15 October 1945
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 16 October 1945
- Karwa Chauth — 24 October 1945
- Dhanteras — 2 November 1945
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 3 November 1945
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 4 November 1945
- Govardhan Puja — 5 November 1945
- Bhai Dooj — 7 November 1945
- Chhath Puja — 11 November 1945
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 19 November 1945
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 19 November 1945
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