Ram Navami 2089
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)05:32
- Madhyahna puja muhurat10:40 – 13:14
- Fasting window (tithi)11:54 → 2089-04-20 · 09:50
- Parana (tithi ends)09:502089-04-20
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 2089
- Makar Sankranti — 14 January 2089
- Vasant Panchami — 15 February 2089
- Maha Shivaratri — 10 March 2089
- Holika Dahan — 25 March 2089
- Holi — 27 March 2089
- Chaitra Navratri begins — 11 April 2089
- Akshaya Tritiya — 12 May 2089
- Jagannath Rath Yatra — 9 July 2089
- Guru Purnima — 22 July 2089
- Nag Panchami — 10 August 2089
- Raksha Bandhan — 21 August 2089
- Krishna Janmashtami — 28 August 2089
- Hartalika Teej — 7 September 2089
- Ganesh Chaturthi — 8 September 2089
- Anant Chaturdashi — 18 September 2089
- Pitru Paksha begins — 20 September 2089
- Sharad Navratri begins — 4 October 2089
- Durga Ashtami — 11 October 2089
- Maha Navami — 13 October 2089
- Dussehra / Vijayadashami — 13 October 2089
- Karwa Chauth — 22 October 2089
- Dhanteras — 31 October 2089
- Naraka Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali) — 1 November 2089
- Diwali (Lakshmi Puja) — 2 November 2089
- Govardhan Puja — 3 November 2089
- Bhai Dooj — 4 November 2089
- Chhath Puja — 8 November 2089
- Kartik Purnima (Dev Deepawali) — 18 November 2089
- Guru Nanak Jayanti — 18 November 2089
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