Maha Shivratri 2016 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:15–01:04 Tue, Mon 7 Mar
Maharashtra, India
Festival · times in IST
When is Maha Shivratri 2016 in Pāthardi?
Monday 7 March
Phalguna Krishna Chaturdashi (purnimanta) · Magha Krishna Chaturdashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Mon 7 Mar in PāthardiMaha Shivratri Nishita puja muhurat: what time?
Why is Maha Shivratri on Mon 7 Mar in Pāthardi?
Maha Shivratri is on Mon 7 Mar: Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.
Nishitha is Trayodashi; Chaturdashi begins at 13:20 Mon.
Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha, 00:15 Tue–01:04 Tue. Chaturdashi: 13:20 to 10:34 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 13:20 on Mon 7 Mar to 10:34 on Tue 8 Mar, so only Monday night’s nishitha (00:15 Tue–01:04 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.