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Rāma Navamī

Appearance of Śrī Rāma

Friday, 9 April 2060

Queen Kausalyā cradling newborn baby Śrī Rāma in Ayodhyā as King Daśaratha, Sage Vasiṣṭha, and devas rejoice
Rāma Navamī: The divine midday appearance of Lord Śrī Rāma in the royal palace of Ayodhyā as flowers rain down from celestial chariots.

From the pañchāṅga

Śukla Navamī begins8 Apr, 1:17 PM
Ends9 Apr, 1:58 PM
ObservanceMadhyāhna, midday worship

By local reckoning this is kept on Thursday, 8 April or Friday, 9 April across the world, the date above is for your location.

How to keep the fast

A fast is kept through the morning, the Rāmāyaṇa is read, and worship is offered at madhyāhna, noon, the hour of Rāma’s birth.

Breaking the fast, Broken after the midday (madhyāhna) worship.

Read Festival Significance→
सङ्कल्पः·SAṄKALPAḤ

Friday, 9 April (today, in the ancient reckoning)

  1. Cosmic Time

    अद्य · श्वेतवराह कल्पे · वैवस्वत मन्वन्तरे · कलियुगे प्रथम पादे

    adya · śveta-varāha kalpe · vaivasvata manvantare · kali-yuge prathama pāde

  2. Calendrical Time

    शालिवाहन शके १९८२ · विक्रम संवत्सरे · उत्तरायणे · वसन्त ऋतौ

    śālivāhana śake 1982 · Vikrama saṁvatsare · Uttarāyaṇe · Vasanta ṛtau

  3. Astronomical Limb (Pañcāṅga) · पञ्चाङ्ग कालः

    वैशाख मासे · शुक्ल पक्षे · नवमी तिथौ · शुक्र वासरे · पुष्य नक्षत्रे · धृति योगे · कौलव करणे

    Vaiśākha māse · Śukla pakṣe · Navamī tithau · Śukra vāsare · Puṣya nakṣatre · Dhṛti yoge · Kaulava karaṇe

  4. Sacred Locality

    जम्बूद्वीपे · भारतवर्षे*

    jambū-dvīpe · bhārata-varṣe (India)

*The locality lines (jambū-dvīpe bhārata-varṣe): India is shown by default; spoken aloud you substitute your own region and town.

Vedic Understanding

What You Just Read: The Three Frames of Time

The saṅkalpa places the moment in three nested dimensions—cosmic, calendrical, and astronomical—so the seeker knows exactly when and where they stand in eternity.

I

Cosmic Time (Eternal Scale)

Cosmic time doesn’t change with where you read this. Śveta-varāha is the present kalpa (~4.32 billion years). Vaivasvata is the current manvantara. Kali-yuga prathama pāda places us in the first quarter of the dark age. Identical whether recited in Bengaluru, Mumbai, London, or New York.

II

Calendrical Time (Solar & Seasonal Cycles)

Calendrical time tracks the present era and season: the Śaka era (from 78 CE), the 60-year Jovian saṁvatsara cycle, Uttarāyaṇa or Dakṣiṇāyana (solar transit), and the bi-monthly ṛtu (season).

III

Astronomical Time (The Five Limbs of Pañchāṅga)

Astronomical time is the immediate daily rhythm: māsa (lunar month), pakṣa (fortnight), tithi (lunar day), vāra (solar weekday), nakṣatra (moon constellation), yoga, and karaṇa.

Local Sunrise Reckoning & Daily Purpose

All values above are calculated for your local sunrise. The day traditionally belongs to whichever tithi prevailed at sunrise.

The saṅkalpa is the daily (nitya) opening of sacred life. Recited each morning, it re-anchors you in awareness of eternity and dedicates your actions with resolve.

Today's Sky (9 April 2060)

Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas

Sūrya · SunDay Arc
Sunrise6:10 AM82° E
Sunset6:32 PM278° W
Candra · Moon
Moonrise1:31 PM66° ENE
Moonset1:54 AM295° WNW
Rāhu Kāla

10:48 AM – 12:21 PM

Yamagaṇḍa

3:26 PM – 4:59 PM

Abhijit Muhūrta

11:57 AM – 12:45 PM

Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.

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