Appearance day

Rāma Navamī

Appearance of Śrī Rāmacandra

Date: 27 March 2026; 15 April 2027
Tithi: Caitra śukla-navamī — the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Caitra

Dates follow the Māyāpur (India) reckoning, the base of most published Vaiṣṇava calendars. The tradition sets each day by the tithi present at local sunrise, so your own date may fall a day earlier or later — see the calendar for your city.

This day marks the appearance of Śrī Rāmacandra, son of Daśaratha, in Ayodhyā. In the chart's classification of divine forms he is a līlāLEE-lahDivine pastime — Kṛṣṇa's activities, understood as play rather than obligation.-avatārauh-vuh-TAH-ruhA descent of the Supreme into the material world for a purpose. — a descent for a particular purpose within a particular age — and Ayodhyā is treated, like Dvārakā and VrajaVRUH-juhThe pastoral setting of Kṛṣṇa's most intimate, informal pastimes., as an eternal dhāmaDAH-muhAn eternal spiritual abode or realm. rather than only a historical city. The Rāmāyaṇa's account of his rule is the tradition's picture of dharmaDHAR-muhDuty and right order. held without compromise.

On the chart

Sources

Vālmīki Rāmāyaṇa, Bāla-kāṇḍa; Gauḍīya avatāra classificationDirect scriptural support

A study reference, not a devotional instruction. Observance varies by community and is not detailed here.

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