Ram Navami 1957
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:40
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:43 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)10:54 → 1957-04-10 · 08:16
- Parana (tithi ends)08:161957-04-10
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 1957
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1957
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 1957
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 1957
- Holika Dahan — 15 March 1957
- Holi — 16 March 1957
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1957
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1957
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 29 June 1957
- Guru Purnima — 11 July 1957
- Nag Panchami — 31 July 1957
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 1957
- Krishna Janmashtami — 18 August 1957
- Hartalika Teej — 28 August 1957
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 1957
- Anant Chaturdashi — 7 September 1957
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1957
- Sharad Navratri begins — 24 September 1957
- Durga Ashtami — 1 October 1957
- Maha Navami — 2 October 1957
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1957
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1957
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 22 October 1957
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 1957
- Govardhan Puja — 24 October 1957
- Bhai Dooj — 24 October 1957
- Chhath Puja — 28 October 1957
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1957
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1957
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