Rama Navami 2026 in Sofia, Sofia-Capital, Bulgaria Thu 26 Mar or Fri 27 Mar
Festival · times in EET
When is Rama Navami 2026 in Sofia?
Smarta
Thursday 26 March
Vaishnava
Friday 27 March
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Thu 26 Mar in SofiaRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 26 March
Vaishnava · Friday 27 March
Why is Rama Navami on Thu 26 Mar or Fri 27 Mar in Sofia?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Thu 26 Mar: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:18–13:47. Navami: 08:19 to 06:37 Fri.
Navami ended at 06:37; madhyahna is Dashami.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC+2). 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 08:19 on Thu 26 Mar to 06:37 on Fri 27 Mar, so only Thursday’s madhyahna (11:18–13:47) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Fri 27 Mar, at 06:18. 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.