Ram Navami 2052
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)05:43
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:44 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)02:19 → 2052-04-08 · 01:35
- Parana (tithi ends)01:352052-04-08
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 2052
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2052
- Vasant Panchami — 5 February 2052
- Maha Shivaratri — 28 February 2052
- Holika Dahan — 14 March 2052
- Holi — 16 March 2052
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 31 March 2052
- Akshaya Tritiya — 1 May 2052
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 28 June 2052
- Guru Purnima — 11 July 2052
- Nag Panchami — 30 July 2052
- Raksha Bandhan — 10 August 2052
- Krishna Janmashtami — 17 August 2052
- Hartalika Teej — 27 August 2052
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 28 August 2052
- Anant Chaturdashi — 8 September 2052
- Pitru Paksha begins — 9 September 2052
- Sharad Navratri begins — 23 September 2052
- Durga Ashtami — 1 October 2052
- Maha Navami — 2 October 2052
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 3 October 2052
- Karwa Chauth — 11 October 2052
- Dhanteras — 19 October 2052
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 21 October 2052
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 22 October 2052
- Govardhan Puja — 23 October 2052
- Bhai Dooj — 24 October 2052
- Chhath Puja — 29 October 2052
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 6 November 2052
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 6 November 2052
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