HinduCalendar.in New Delhi

Rama Navami

Also called Ram Navami, Sri Rama Navami

When

Thursday, 15 April 2027 in 231 days

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Sunrise6:00 AM
Sunset6:42 PM
Navami until 1:21 PM
at sunrise. This observance is governed by madhyahna, not by the sunrise tithi โ€” which is why the tithi named here is often not the one the festival is named for.
Pushya until 9:33 AM
1:56 PM โ€“ 3:32 PM

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Governed by

Why this date?

Navami of the Shukla Paksha of Chaitra. The governing period is MADHYAHNA โ€” the middle of the day โ€” because the birth is placed at noon. A calendar that assigns this festival on the sunrise tithi alone will sometimes name the wrong day.

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Dates in the coming years

Published to 2030. Later years appear as the dataset is extended and validated.

What In short

The birth of Rama, at noon in Ayodhya. It closes Chaitra Navaratri. Kept with recitation of the Ramayana, a midday birth ceremony, and in many regions a procession.

Why The reason behind it

Rama is the maryada purushottama โ€” the exemplar of conduct within limits. The day is less about spectacle than about the reading: many households complete a Ramayana or Ramcharitmanas parayana over the nine days ending here.

Traditional basis

Valmiki Ramayana, Bala Kanda โ€” Places the birth in Chaitra, on Navami, under Punarvasu nakshatra, at the abhijit muhurta of midday.

Ramcharitmanas of Tulsidas โ€” The text most households actually recite for the observance in the Hindi belt.

How At home, step by step

  1. Begin the parayana at the start of Chaitra Navaratri if the household keeps the nine-day reading.
  2. Clean and decorate the puja space; a cradle is set up where the family keeps that custom.
  3. At madhyahna, perform the birth ceremony: bathe the image, dress it, and offer the naivedya.
  4. Offer panakam (jaggery water with cardamom and dry ginger), neer mor or kosambari where those are the regional offerings.
  5. Read or hear the Bala Kanda birth passage at noon.
  6. Distribute the panakam โ€” it is a summer festival and the offering is a practical one.

เฅ เคถเฅเคฐเฅ€ เคฐเคพเคฎเคพเคฏ เคจเคฎเคƒ

oแน ล›rฤซ rฤmฤya namaแธฅ

Salutations to Sri Rama.

Short namah form; freely recited.

What you'll need
  • An image or picture of Rama, and a cradle if kept
  • Tulsi leaves
  • Jaggery, cardamom, dry ginger and lemon for panakam
  • Flowers, incense, ghee lamp
Fasting and breaking the fast

Many keep a fast until the madhyahna ceremony and break it with the panakam and prasada. A full-day fast is kept by some Vaishnava households.

Fasting guidance here describes traditional practice. It is not medical advice โ€” if you are pregnant, diabetic, on medication or unwell, ask a doctor about your own circumstances.

Personal In your region

For children

Today is Rama's birthday. He was born exactly at midday, so that is when we sing for him and rock the little cradle.

Common questions

Why noon and not sunrise?
Because the Ramayana places the birth at midday. The governing rule for this festival is madhyahna vyapti โ€” the day on which Navami covers the midday period โ€” not the tithi at sunrise.

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