Maha Shivratri 1918 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:15⁠–⁠01:03 Tue, Mon 11 Mar

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Maha Shivratri 1918 in Pāthardi?

Monday 11 March

Phalguna Krishna Chaturdashi (purnimanta) · Magha Krishna Chaturdashi (amanta)

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 11 Mar in Pāthardi

Maha Shivratri Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Nishita puja muhurat

00:15–01:03 Tue

48 min

Open in TithikaSee Maha Shivratri's date in each of your places, side by side.

Why is Maha Shivratri on Mon 11 Mar in Pāthardi?

Maha Shivratri is on Mon 11 Mar: Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Nishitha is Trayodashi; Chaturdashi begins at 08:56 Mon.

Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha, 00:15 Tue–01:03 Tue. Chaturdashi: 08:56 to 05:16 Tue.

One row per day, on one clock (IST). Band: the tithi. Box: Nishitha. Dark strip: night.

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta. Chaturdashi runs from 08:56 on Mon 11 Mar to 05:16 on Tue 12 Mar, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:15 Tue–01:03 Tue) falls within it.

The rule

Phalguna Krishna Chaturdashi (purnimanta) · Magha Krishna Chaturdashi (amanta)

Shiva’s worship centres on nishitha, the midnight muhurta.

Smarta: the night whose nishitha Chaturdashi holds; when it touches both or neither, the later (Nirnayasindhu).
Vaishnava: the Smarta day.