Rama Navami 1976 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Thu 8 Apr or Fri 9 Apr
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Rama Navami 1976 in Sevan?
Smarta
Thursday 8 April
Vaishnava
Friday 9 April
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Thu 8 Apr in SevanRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 8 April
Vaishnava · Friday 9 April
Why is Rama Navami on Thu 8 Apr or Fri 9 Apr in Sevan?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Thu 8 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:44–14:20. Navami: 10:50 to 09:53 Fri.
Navami ended at 09:53; madhyahna is Dashami. Navami: 10:50 Thu to 09:53.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+4). Band: the tithi. Box: Madhyahna. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Rama’s birth is celebrated at madhyahna, the middle fifth of the day. Navami runs from 10:50 on Thu 8 Apr to 09:53 on Fri 9 Apr, so only Thursday’s madhyahna (11:44–14:20) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Fri 9 Apr, at 06:31. Reading the Vaishnava rule by sunrise is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Rama’s birth is celebrated at madhyahna, the middle fifth of the day.
- Smarta
- the day whose madhyahna Navami holds; when it touches both or neither, the later (Dharmasindhu).
- Vaishnava
- a Navami that Ashtami does not pierce, read at sunrise: Tithika’s convention.