Rama Navami 2081 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Thu 17 Apr or Fri 18 Apr
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Rama Navami 2081 in Pāthardi?
Smarta
Thursday 17 April
Vaishnava
Friday 18 April
Chaitra Shukla Navami
Full panchang for Thu 17 Apr in PāthardiRama Navami madhyahna muhurat: what time?
Smarta · Thursday 17 April
Vaishnava · Friday 18 April
Why is Rama Navami on Thu 17 Apr or Fri 18 Apr in Pāthardi?
Smarta · Rama Navami is on Thu 17 Apr: Navami holds all of madhyahna that day, and no other.
Navami holds all of madhyahna, 11:13–13:44. Navami: 10:04 to 07:53 Fri.
Navami ended at 07:53; 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 10:04 on Thu 17 Apr to 07:53 on Fri 18 Apr, so only Thursday’s madhyahna (11:13–13:44) falls within it.
Vaishnavas keep Rama Navami on a tithi that Ashtami does not pierce: Navami holds sunrise on Fri 18 Apr, at 06:09. 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.