Śrī Rāma Navamī
Appearance of Lord Śrī Rāmacandra at Midday
Friday, 18 April 2290
From the pañchāṅga
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.
Meṣa Saṅkrānti
The Sun enters Meṣa
Friday, 18 April 2290
The Sun crosses at 1:46 AM, your local time
The Sun enters Meṣa (Aries), the first sign of the zodiac, and the solar year begins again. Across the south and east this is the solar New Year, Viṣu in Kerala, Puthāṇḍu in Tamil Nadu, Vaiśākhī in the Punjab, Poila Boishakh in Bengal, Bohag Bihu in Assam, one transit kept under many names.
What is done, In Kerala the first thing seen on waking is the Viṣukkaṇi, an arrangement of auspicious things laid out the night before; elsewhere the day is kept with bathing, charity, and the new-year feast.
Celestial Coordinates & Muhūrtas
10:45 AM – 12:19 PM
3:26 PM – 4:59 PM
11:55 AM – 12:43 PM
Bearings indicate horizon degrees. Rāhu and Yamagaṇḍa are avoided for new auspicious beginnings; Abhijit is the midday victory window.
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