Ram Navami 1946
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:39
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:43 – 13:14
- Fasting window (tithi)1946-04-09 · 12:57 → 12:07
- Parana (tithi ends)12:07
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 1946
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1946
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1946
- Maha Shivaratri — 2 March 1946
- Holika Dahan — 17 March 1946
- Holi — 18 March 1946
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 3 April 1946
- Akshaya Tritiya — 3 May 1946
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1946
- Guru Purnima — 14 July 1946
- Nag Panchami — 2 August 1946
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1946
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1946
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1946
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1946
- Anant Chaturdashi — 10 September 1946
- Pitru Paksha begins — 12 September 1946
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1946
- Durga Ashtami — 3 October 1946
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1946
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 5 October 1946
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1946
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1946
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1946
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1946
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1946
- Bhai Dooj — 27 October 1946
- Chhath Puja — 31 October 1946
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1946
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1946
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