Ram Navami 1965
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)1965-04-09 · 17:08 → 15:00
- Parana (tithi ends)15:00
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 1965
- Makar Sankranti — 13 January 1965
- Vasant Panchami — 6 February 1965
- Maha Shivaratri — 1 March 1965
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1965
- Holi — 18 March 1965
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 2 April 1965
- Akshaya Tritiya — 4 May 1965
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1965
- Guru Purnima — 13 July 1965
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1965
- Raksha Bandhan — 12 August 1965
- Krishna Janmashtami — 19 August 1965
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1965
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 30 August 1965
- Anant Chaturdashi — 9 September 1965
- Pitru Paksha begins — 11 September 1965
- Sharad Navratri begins — 26 September 1965
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1965
- Maha Navami — 4 October 1965
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 4 October 1965
- Karwa Chauth — 13 October 1965
- Dhanteras — 22 October 1965
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1965
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 24 October 1965
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1965
- Bhai Dooj — 26 October 1965
- Chhath Puja — 30 October 1965
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 9 November 1965
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 9 November 1965
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