Ram Navami 2061
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)05:53
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:48 – 13:16
- Fasting window (tithi)02:07 → 2061-03-30 · 00:53
- Parana (tithi ends)00:532061-03-30
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 2061
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2061
- Vasant Panchami — 26 January 2061
- Maha Shivaratri — 18 February 2061
- Holika Dahan — 5 March 2061
- Holi — 7 March 2061
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 22 March 2061
- Akshaya Tritiya — 22 April 2061
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 19 June 2061
- Guru Purnima — 2 July 2061
- Nag Panchami — 20 August 2061
- Raksha Bandhan — 30 August 2061
- Krishna Janmashtami — 6 September 2061
- Hartalika Teej — 16 September 2061
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 17 September 2061
- Anant Chaturdashi — 28 September 2061
- Pitru Paksha begins — 30 September 2061
- Sharad Navratri begins — 14 October 2061
- Durga Ashtami — 22 October 2061
- Maha Navami — 23 October 2061
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 23 October 2061
- Karwa Chauth — 31 October 2061
- Dhanteras — 9 November 2061
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 10 November 2061
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 11 November 2061
- Govardhan Puja — 13 November 2061
- Bhai Dooj — 14 November 2061
- Chhath Puja — 18 November 2061
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 27 November 2061
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 27 November 2061
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