Rama Navami 2018 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Rama Navami madhyahna muhurat 11:22–13:48, Sun 25 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Rama Navami 2018 in Pāthardi?
Rama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Why is Rama Navami on Sun 25 Mar in Pāthardi?
Rama Navami is on Sun 25 Mar: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:22–13:48. Navami: 08:02 to 05:54 Mon.
Navami ended at 05:54; madhyahna is Dashami.
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 08:02 on Sun 25 Mar to 05:54 on Mon 26 Mar, so only Sunday’s madhyahna (11:22–13:48) 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.