Ram Navami 2056
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)05:57
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:50 – 13:17
- Fasting window (tithi)05:16 → 2056-03-26 · 05:37
- Parana (tithi ends)05:372056-03-26
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 2056
- Makar Sankranti — 15 January 2056
- Vasant Panchami — 21 January 2056
- Maha Shivaratri — 13 February 2056
- Holika Dahan — 1 March 2056
- Holi — 2 March 2056
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 17 March 2056
- Akshaya Tritiya — 17 May 2056
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 14 July 2056
- Guru Purnima — 26 July 2056
- Nag Panchami — 15 August 2056
- Raksha Bandhan — 25 August 2056
- Krishna Janmashtami — 2 September 2056
- Hartalika Teej — 12 September 2056
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 13 September 2056
- Anant Chaturdashi — 22 September 2056
- Pitru Paksha begins — 24 September 2056
- Sharad Navratri begins — 9 October 2056
- Durga Ashtami — 16 October 2056
- Maha Navami — 17 October 2056
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 17 October 2056
- Karwa Chauth — 27 October 2056
- Dhanteras — 5 November 2056
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 6 November 2056
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 7 November 2056
- Govardhan Puja — 8 November 2056
- Bhai Dooj — 9 November 2056
- Chhath Puja — 12 November 2056
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 22 November 2056
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 22 November 2056
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