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THE NINE-day festival of Navratri is being celebrated across the country with wide celebrations and great devotion. Navratri is the most auspicious and revered festival of the Hindu community that worships the nine different incarnations of Goddess Durga. This year, Chaitra Navratri began on March 22 and will culminate on March 30 with the celebrations of Ram Navami. Ram Navami is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Rama. People conclude the festival of Navratri on the day of Ram Navami.

Ram Navami 2023: Date And Shubh Muhurat

This year, Ram Navami will be celebrated on March 30 across the country. According to Drik Panchang, the Navami Tithi will begin at 09:07 PM on March 29 and end at 11:30 PM on March 30.

Rama Navami Madhyahna Muhurat - 11:12 AM to 01:41 PM

Duration - 02 Hours 29 Mins

Rama Navami Madhyanha Moment - 12:27 PM

 

 

Ram Navami 2023: Significance

According to popular Hindu beliefs, Lord Rama was born in Punarvasu Nakshatra, in Karka lagna. He was born in Ayodhya to King Dashrath and Queen Kaushalya and is known to be the seventh incarnation of Lord Vishnu on Earth. According to Drik Panhang, Lord Rama was born on Navami Tithi during Shukla Paksha of Chaitra month. Each year this day is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Rama.

Lord Rama was born during the Madhyahna period which is the middle of Hindu day. Madhyahna which prevails for six Ghatis (approximately 2 hours and 24 minutes) is the most auspicious time to perform Rama Navami Puja rituals. The midpoint of Madhyahan marks the moment when Shri Rama was born and temples symbolise this moment as the birth moment of Lord Rama. The chanting of Shri Rama and celebration reach their peak during this time.

Ram Navami 2023: Puja Vidhi

Take a bath early in the morning and wear clean clothes. Clean your house and sprinkle gangajal in each part of your home. Now, start preparing the bhog which includes puri, chole, halwa, and coconut, to offer to Goddess Durga and her nine incarnations. Invite nine little girls to your home and worship them as Goddesses with utmost devotion. Feed them the bhog after offering it to Maa Durga and take their blessings.

Ram Navami 2023: Mantra

It is believed that the name of Rama itself is the biggest mantra. The other mantras are:

Om ram ramaya namah

Om Ram Chandray namah

Om Ram Bhadray namah

Om Janaki Vallabhay swaha

To get rid from big problems

Deen dayal birudi sambhari

Harahu nath mum sankat bhari

Stuti

Shri Ram Chandra Kripalu bhaj man haran bhavbhaj darunam

Nav kanj lochan, kanj mukh, kar kanj pad kanjarunam