Sita Navami 2027
सीता नवमीFriday 14 May 2027 · in 195 days
Sita Navami celebrates the day Sita appeared from the earth in Mithila. It is kept with a quiet midday puja to Sita and Rama, and many married women keep a fast for their family.
Pujas for Sita Navami, in order
Other mantras for the day
- ॐ क्ष्रौं नमो नरसिंहाय om kshraum namo narasimhaya
Sita Navami 2027: date and timings
- Date
- Friday 14 May 2027
- Tithi
- Vaishakh Shukla Navami
- Navami begins
- 9:18 PM, 13 May
- Navami ends
- 7:40 PM, 14 May
- Sunrise
- 5:31 AM
- Sunset
- 7:04 PM
Times for New Delhi (IST). Use the city button above for your own city.
Other years
Sita Navami 2026: date and timings
- Date
- Saturday 25 April 2026
- Tithi
- Vaishakh Shukla Navami
- Navami begins
- 7:22 PM, 24 April
- Navami ends
- 6:29 PM, 25 April
- Sunrise
- 5:46 AM
- Sunset
- 6:52 PM
How to observe
- Keep a fast through the day, with fruit if needed.
- Set up images of Sita and Rama with flowers for the midday puja.
- Offer fruit, sweets, rice and a red chunari to Sita.
- Sing or listen to songs and stories of Sita.
- Open the fast as your family custom goes, after the evening prayer or the next morning.
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About Sita Navami
Sita Navami, also called Janaki Jayanti or Sita Jayanti, falls on Vaishakha Shukla Navami, a month after Ram Navami. It celebrates the birth of Sita, the wife of Rama, who is honoured as a form of Lakshmi and as a picture of steadiness, kindness and quiet strength.
The story is that King Janaka of Mithila was ploughing a field as part of a yajna when his plough struck something in the earth, and there lay a baby girl. Janaka and his queen Sunayana raised her as their own daughter, and she was named Sita, after the furrow of the plough in which she was found. She is also called Janaki, daughter of Janaka, Maithili, princess of Mithila, and Bhumija, born of the earth.
The day is kept with special warmth in Mithila, in Sitamarhi in Bihar, which is believed to be her birthplace, and in Janakpur in Nepal, where the Janaki temple draws pilgrims. It is also kept in Ayodhya and at Rama temples across India.
Married women keep a fast for the wellbeing of their families and do puja at midday, the time Sita is believed to have appeared. A small altar is set up with images of Sita and Rama and decorated with flowers. Offerings include fruit, sweets, rice, sesame and a red chunari for Sita. Women sing songs of Sita, and many visit temples. The fast is opened after the evening prayers or the next morning, as the family custom goes.
Sita Navami is kept on the day Navami is present at midday, which is why the muhurat shown above falls in the middle of the day. In some regions Janaki Jayanti is kept in another month, so families follow their own tradition.