Sita Navami
Hindu
Dates
| 2083 BS | 25 Apr 2026 (12 Baisakh 2083 BS) | Reported by Wikipedia source |
| 2084 BS | Sita Navami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaisakha — date to be announced | Date to be announced |
When: Sita Navami is celebrated every year on the ninth day of Shukla Paksha in the month of Vaisakha (Wikipedia)
Sita Navami (also called Sita Jayanti, Sanskrit: सीतानवमी, romanized: Sītānavamī) is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of the goddess Sita. It is celebrated on the navami (ninth day) of the Shukla Paksha (first lunar fortnight) of the Hindu month of Vaishakha.
Legend
According to the Ramayana, the infant Sita appeared or manifested from a divine earthen pot in the kingdom of Mithila from a farm field to King Siradhvaja Janaka and Queen Sunayana. According to regional tradition, this site is identified to be at the Punaura Dham of the Sitamarhi district of Bihar, India. The date and time of the manifestation of the infant Sita is recorded as the ninth day of Shukla Navami in the Vaishakha month of Ayilyam nakshatra in the Ramayana. It is said that when King Siradhvaja Janaka was ploughing the land with a plow, a part of his plough got stuck in the earth. On digging that place, he found an infant girl in an earthen pot. A tip of the plow is called Sita, and hence the girl was named Sita and was adopted as the king's daughter. Sita later married Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu. Sita is revered for her loyalty, devotion and sacrifice to her husband. She is considered the epitome of womanhood and is regarded as the ideal wife and mother in the Indian subcontinent.