Ram Navami 1995
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:41
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:44 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)1995-04-08 · 23:59 → 1995-04-10 · 01:13
- Parana (tithi ends)01:131995-04-10
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 1995
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 1995
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 1995
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 1995
- Holika Dahan — 16 March 1995
- Holi — 17 March 1995
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 1 April 1995
- Akshaya Tritiya — 2 May 1995
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 30 June 1995
- Guru Purnima — 12 July 1995
- Nag Panchami — 1 August 1995
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 1995
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 1995
- Hartalika Teej — 29 August 1995
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 29 August 1995
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 1995
- Pitru Paksha begins — 10 September 1995
- Sharad Navratri begins — 25 September 1995
- Durga Ashtami — 2 October 1995
- Maha Navami — 2 October 1995
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 1995
- Karwa Chauth — 12 October 1995
- Dhanteras — 21 October 1995
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 23 October 1995
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 23 October 1995
- Govardhan Puja — 25 October 1995
- Bhai Dooj — 25 October 1995
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 1995
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 7 November 1995
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 7 November 1995
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