Ram Navami 2055
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)05:45
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:45 – 13:15
- Fasting window (tithi)2055-04-05 · 19:48 → 18:15
- Parana (tithi ends)18:15
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 2055
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2055
- Vasant Panchami — 2 February 2055
- Maha Shivaratri — 24 February 2055
- Holika Dahan — 12 March 2055
- Holi — 14 March 2055
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 29 March 2055
- Akshaya Tritiya — 29 April 2055
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 26 June 2055
- Guru Purnima — 8 July 2055
- Nag Panchami — 28 July 2055
- Raksha Bandhan — 7 August 2055
- Krishna Janmashtami — 15 August 2055
- Hartalika Teej — 25 August 2055
- Anant Chaturdashi — 4 September 2055
- Pitru Paksha begins — 7 September 2055
- Sharad Navratri begins — 21 September 2055
- Durga Ashtami — 28 September 2055
- Maha Navami — 29 September 2055
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 29 September 2055
- Karwa Chauth — 9 October 2055
- Dhanteras — 18 October 2055
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 19 October 2055
- Govardhan Puja — 21 October 2055
- Bhai Dooj — 22 October 2055
- Chhath Puja — 25 October 2055
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 4 November 2055
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 4 November 2055
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