Rama Navami 2016 in Sevan, Gegharkunik, Armenia Rama Navami madhyahna muhurat 11:40–14:20, Fri 15 Apr
Festival · times in UTC+4
When is Rama Navami 2016 in Sevan?
Rama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Rama Navami madhyahna muhurat
11:40–14:20
2 h 40 min
Why is Rama Navami on Fri 15 Apr in Sevan?
Rama Navami is on Fri 15 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Madhyahna is Ashtami; Navami begins at 19:59.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:40–14:20. Navami: 19:59 Thu to 20:33.
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 19:59 on Thu 14 Apr to 20:33 on Fri 15 Apr, so only Friday’s madhyahna (11:40–14:20) falls within it. Every reading takes that day.
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.