Ram Navami 2039
Birth of Lord Rama, celebrated at midday of Chaitra Shukla Navami.
Today's Panchang
Kashi reference · computed live- Tithi
- Ashtami
- till 18:59
- Nakshatra
- Bharani
- till 20:18
- Yoga
- Ganda
- Karana
- Balava
- Sunrise
- 05:27
- Sunset
- 18:40
- Moon sign
- Aries
- Sun sign
- Cancer
Muhurat & timings
Kashi/IST · astronomically computed- Sankalp (sunrise)05:48
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:46 – 13:16
- Fasting window (tithi)2039-04-02 · 16:19 → 17:32
- Parana (tithi ends)17:32
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 2039
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2039
- Vasant Panchami — 29 January 2039
- Maha Shivaratri — 21 February 2039
- Holika Dahan — 10 March 2039
- Holi — 11 March 2039
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 25 March 2039
- Akshaya Tritiya — 26 April 2039
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 23 June 2039
- Guru Purnima — 6 July 2039
- Nag Panchami — 26 July 2039
- Raksha Bandhan — 4 August 2039
- Krishna Janmashtami — 11 August 2039
- Hartalika Teej — 22 August 2039
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 23 August 2039
- Anant Chaturdashi — 1 September 2039
- Pitru Paksha begins — 3 October 2039
- Sharad Navratri begins — 18 October 2039
- Durga Ashtami — 24 October 2039
- Maha Navami — 25 October 2039
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 26 October 2039
- Karwa Chauth — 4 November 2039
- Dhanteras — 14 November 2039
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 15 November 2039
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 15 November 2039
- Govardhan Puja — 17 November 2039
- Bhai Dooj — 17 November 2039
- Chhath Puja — 21 November 2039
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 30 November 2039
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 30 November 2039
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