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Festival · 2076

Rama Navami 2076

Falls on 12 April 2076 in New York, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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The sky that day

The Moon
Shukla Navami
The Sun is in
Meena
The Moon is in
Karka, in Pushya

What the day is

The birth of Rama — the tradition's model not of power but of conduct under impossible constraint. The point of Rama is never what he could do; it is what he would not do.

How to keep Rama Navami

One act for the day

Keep a promise today that is costing you something. That is the entire teaching.

The day, for New York

12 April 2076

Kept on the day its tithi runs at midday (madhyahna).

Tithi
Shukla Navami · until 19:50
Nakshatra
Pushya
Sunrise – Sunset
06:20 – 19:33
Abhijit Muhurta
12:30 – 13:23
The full day →

The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.

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