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Ram Navami 2026: date and timings

Ram Navami 2026 is on

Thursday, 26 March 2026

  • Shukla Navami · Begins26 Mar, 11:49
  • Shukla Navami · Ends27 Mar, 10:07

The birth of Shri Ram, Chaitra Shukla Navami, celebrated at midday.

Why this day

Kept on the day the tithi is in force at midday (madhyahna).

Family and regional traditions sometimes keep a festival a day apart. Where that happens, the tithi times above show why.

Other years

All festival dates in 2026

  1. Dhanteras

    Krishna Trayodashi: 6 Nov, 10:31 to 7 Nov, 10:48

    Kartika Krishna Trayodashi, the first day of Diwali, kept in the evening.

  2. Narak Chaturdashi (Choti Diwali)

    Krishna Chaturdashi: 7 Nov, 10:48 to 8 Nov, 11:28

    Kartika Krishna Chaturdashi, the day before Diwali; lamps are lit for Yama in the evening.

  3. Diwali

    Amavasya: 8 Nov, 11:28 to 9 Nov, 12:32

    Kartika Amavasya. Lakshmi is worshipped in the evening (pradosh kaal), when the Amavasya is in force.

  4. Govardhan and Annakut

    Shukla Pratipada: 9 Nov, 12:32 to 10 Nov, 14:00

    Kartika Shukla Pratipada, the day after Diwali.

  5. Bhai Dooj

    Shukla Dwitiya: 10 Nov, 14:00 to 11 Nov, 15:53

    Kartika Shukla Dwitiya; sisters honour their brothers, in the afternoon.

  6. Chhath (evening arghya)

    Shukla Shashthi: 14 Nov, 23:24 to 16 Nov, 02:01

    Kartika Shukla Shashthi: the evening offering to the setting Sun. The morning arghya is the next day.

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Dates and times for New Delhi, India.

A festival can fall on a different day in another city, and more often in another country: the tithi changes at the same instant everywhere, but sunrise does not.

How these dates are worked out: every tithi of the year is found from the Sun's and the Moon's positions (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa), with the lunar month it belongs to; adhik months are found the same way. Each festival is kept on the day its tithi is in force at the part of the day tradition names for it — sunrise for most, the evening for Diwali and Pradosh, midnight for Janmashtami and Shivaratri, midday for Ram Navami and Ganesh Chaturthi, the afternoon for Dussehra and Bhai Dooj, moonrise for Karva Chauth and Sankashti. Month names follow the North Indian (purnimanta) calendar; in the amanta calendar used in Gujarat, Maharashtra and the South, the Krishna paksha belongs to the month before.

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