Ram Navami 2057
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)05:37
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:42 – 13:14
- Fasting window (tithi)2057-04-12 · 23:25 → 2057-04-14 · 00:44
- Parana (tithi ends)00:442057-04-14
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 2057
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2057
- Vasant Panchami — 8 February 2057
- Maha Shivaratri — 3 March 2057
- Holika Dahan — 20 March 2057
- Holi — 21 March 2057
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 5 April 2057
- Akshaya Tritiya — 6 May 2057
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 4 July 2057
- Guru Purnima — 16 July 2057
- Nag Panchami — 5 August 2057
- Raksha Bandhan — 14 August 2057
- Krishna Janmashtami — 21 August 2057
- Hartalika Teej — 2 September 2057
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 2 September 2057
- Anant Chaturdashi — 12 September 2057
- Pitru Paksha begins — 14 September 2057
- Sharad Navratri begins — 29 September 2057
- Durga Ashtami — 5 October 2057
- Maha Navami — 6 October 2057
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 7 October 2057
- Karwa Chauth — 16 October 2057
- Dhanteras — 25 October 2057
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 27 October 2057
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 27 October 2057
- Govardhan Puja — 29 October 2057
- Bhai Dooj — 29 October 2057
- Chhath Puja — 2 November 2057
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 11 November 2057
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 11 November 2057
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