Rama Navami 1997 in Diffa, Niger Tue 15 Apr or Wed 16 Apr
Festival · times in WAT
When is Rama Navami 1997 in Diffa?
Smarta
Tuesday 15 April
Vaishnava
Wednesday 16 April
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Tue 15 Apr in DiffaRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Tuesday 15 April
Vaishnava · Wednesday 16 April
Why is Rama Navami on Tue 15 Apr or Wed 16 Apr in Diffa?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Tue 15 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 10:55–13:24. Navami: 06:59 to 09:17 Wed.
Navami ended at 09:17; madhyahna is Dashami. Navami: 06:59 Tue to 09:17.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+1). 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 06:59 on Tue 15 Apr to 09:17 on Wed 16 Apr, so only Tuesday’s madhyahna (10:55–13:24) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Wed 16 Apr, at 05:56. 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.