• In Jain practice, Navkar (Namokar) Mantra is traditionally recited as the first daily prayer in the morning.
• When to do it: after waking up and performing the morning purification (shuddhi), usually before taking anything to eat or drink. Some people do it right after a bath/cleansing, others after brushing and cleansing the mouth.
• Timing specifics: ideally around dawn or early morning, but you can recite it anytime in the morning before meals.
• Traditions note: the core mantra is same in Digambar and Shwetambar traditions, though some minor wording or sequence details may vary by local practice. The essential purpose—gratitude to the 9 Anga/Arhats and the aim to cultivate humility and right faith—remains the same.

If you’d like, I can share the exact mantra text and its meaning as used in your tradition.