Ram Navami 2044
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)05:44
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:45 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)2044-04-05 · 20:17 → 18:32
- Parana (tithi ends)18:32
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 2044
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2044
- Vasant Panchami — 4 February 2044
- Maha Shivaratri — 27 February 2044
- Holika Dahan — 13 March 2044
- Holi — 14 March 2044
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 30 March 2044
- Akshaya Tritiya — 30 April 2044
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 27 June 2044
- Guru Purnima — 10 July 2044
- Nag Panchami — 29 July 2044
- Raksha Bandhan — 8 August 2044
- Krishna Janmashtami — 16 August 2044
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 2044
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 26 August 2044
- Anant Chaturdashi — 6 September 2044
- Pitru Paksha begins — 8 September 2044
- Sharad Navratri begins — 22 September 2044
- Durga Ashtami — 29 September 2044
- Maha Navami — 30 September 2044
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 1 October 2044
- Karwa Chauth — 10 October 2044
- Dhanteras — 18 October 2044
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 2044
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 20 October 2044
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 2044
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 2044
- Chhath Puja — 27 October 2044
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 5 November 2044
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 5 November 2044
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