Śrī-Rāma-navamī, Kāmadā Ekādaśī, Ćaitrī Pūrṇimā, Hanūmaj-jayantī

* — Pāraṇam (completing the fast by taking water and food) is to be performed during standard period of time: after sunrise and before the first fifth of the daylight ends. Pāraṇam time could be calculated with “Vaiṣṇavaṁ Pañchāṅgam” software.

< — Pāraṇam must be done before the time specified (in 24-hour format)

> — Pāraṇam must be done after the time specified (in 24-hour format)

HV > — The last quater of Ekādaśī-tithi (Hari-vāsara) starts from the time specified (in 24-hour format). If the starting time is after the midnight, the following date is mentioned with the time. The last quater of Ekādaśī-tithi is considered to be Hari-vāsara and should be strictly observed with Ekādaśī vows even when the observation of Ekādaśī fast follows the next day.

Śrī-Rāma-navamī

Rāma-navamī is the Descent Day of Rāma, Nārāyaṇāvatāra Who appeared as a son of Daśaratha during the 24th Treta-yuga of the present Manvantara. Śrī-Rāma appeared at the time of Karkaṭaka-lagna which falls on midday or starts soon thereafter, thus His worship is to be performed at midday time. There is no fasting as fast is observed only on the Descent Day of the Knowledge-giving Avatāra closest to our time; in our case it is Devakīnandana Śrī-Kṛṣṇa. However, it is but natural to obstain from food and drink until the worship is complete.

आपदामपहर्त्तारं दातारं सर्वसम्पदाम्‌ ।
लोकाभिरामं श्रीरामं भूयोभूयो नमाम्यहम्‌ ॥

āpadām apaharttāraṁ dātāraṁ sarva-sampadām‌ •
lokābhirāmaṁ śrī-rāmaṁ bhūyo-bhūyo namāmy aham‌ ••

“I offer my namaḥ again and again to the Remover of all the calamities, to the Giver of all the treasures, to the Delight of the enlightened, Śrī-Rāma.”

The mantras for offering arghya (water with flowers) to Śrī-Rāma

कौसल्यागर्भसम्भूत सदा सौमित्रिवत्सल ।
जानकीसहितो राम गृहणार्ग्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

कौसल्यानन्दनो वीर रावणासुरमर्द्दन ।
सीतापते नमस्तुभ्यं गृहणार्ग्घ्यं नमोऽस्तु ते ॥

kausalyā-garbha-sambhūta sadā saumitri-vatsala •
jānakī-sahito rāma gṛhaṇārgghyaṁ namo'stu te ••

kausalyā-nandano vīra rāvaṇāsura-marddana •
sītā-pate namas tubhyaṁ gṛhaṇārgghyaṁ namo'stu te ••

“Oh the Senior Friend of Lakṣmaṇa, Who appeared from the womb of Kausalyā, oh Rāma-with-Sītā, namo be unto You, do accept this arghya!”

“Oh Kausalyā-nandana, the Vanquisher Who crushed Rāvaṇāsura! The Husband of Sītā! Namo be unto You, do accept this arghya!”

Ćaitrī Pūrṇimā

Ćitra-Pūrṇimā, or Ćaitrī Pūrṇimā is the birthday of Hanūmān, the first of three avatāras of Mukhya-Prāṇa:

प्रथमो हनुमान्नाम द्वितीयो भीम एव च ।
पूर्ण्णप्रज्ञस्तृतीयस्तु भगवत्कार्य्यसाधकः ॥

prathamo hanumān nāma dvitīyo bhīma eva ca •
pūrṇṇaprajñas tṛtīyas tu bhagavat-kāryya-sādhakaḥ ••

“First as Hanumān, second as Bhīma and the third time as Pūrṇaprajñā, he is the effector of Bhagavān's work.”

बुद्धिर्बलं यशो धैर्य्यं निर्भयत्वमरोगता ।
अजाड्यं वाक्पटुत्वञ्च हनूमत्स्मरणाद्भवेत् ॥

buddhir balaṁ yaśo dhairyyaṁ nirbhayatvam arogatā •
ajāḍyaṁ vāk-paṭutvañ ća hanūmat-smaraṇād bhavet ••

“True knowledge; happiness making one overlook demands of body and persona; good name among sajjanas; steadiness of conviction; fearlessness; freedom from maladies of the body and the character; absence of sloth; purity, deftness and gravity of speech — all these infallibly appear if Hanūmān is remembered.”

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Respectfully yours,
Nārasiṁha