Pan-India · 2026
The panchang rule
Navami (the ninth tithi) of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of Chaitra, celebrated at noon (madhyahna), the believed hour of Rama's birth — the culmination of the nine-day Chaitra Navratri. Reckoned from the panchang each year.
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Ram Navami falls on Thursday, 26 March 2026.
Ram Navami is set by the panchang — Navami (the ninth tithi) of the bright fortnight (Shukla Paksha) of Chaitra, celebrated at noon (madhyahna), the believed hour of Rama's birth — the culmination of the nine-day Chaitra Navratri. Reckoned from the panchang each year.
Explore the significance, legends, rituals and deities; find the muhurat or read the day’s panchang, and bring the festival or vrat into your own practice. Arrange any pooja through the temple or provider.
