Rama Navami 2016 in Mapleton, Utah, United States Thu 14 Apr or Fri 15 Apr
Festival · times in MDT
When is Rama Navami 2016 in Mapleton?
Smarta
Thursday 14 April
Vaishnava
Friday 15 April
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Thu 14 Apr in MapletonRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 14 April
Vaishnava · Friday 15 April
Why is Rama Navami on Thu 14 Apr or Fri 15 Apr in Mapleton?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Thu 14 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 12:07–14:46. Navami: 09:59 to 10:33 Fri.
Navami ended at 10:33; madhyahna is Dashami. Navami: 09:59 Thu to 10:33.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−6). 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 09:59 on Thu 14 Apr to 10:33 on Fri 15 Apr, so only Thursday’s madhyahna (12:07–14:46) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Fri 15 Apr, at 06:47. 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.