Rama Navami 1978 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Sun 16 Apr or Mon 17 Apr
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Rama Navami 1978 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Sunday 16 April
Vaishnava
Monday 17 April
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Sun 16 Apr in PāthardiRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Sunday 16 April
Vaishnava · Monday 17 April
Why is Rama Navami on Sun 16 Apr or Mon 17 Apr in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Sun 16 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:13–13:44. Navami: 08:34 to 10:35 Mon.
Navami ended at 10:35; madhyahna is Dashami. Navami: 08:34 Sun to 10:35.
One row per day, on one clock (IST). 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 08:34 on Sun 16 Apr to 10:35 on Mon 17 Apr, so only Sunday’s madhyahna (11:13–13:44) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Mon 17 Apr, at 06:10. 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.