Maha Shivratri 2070 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:14⁠–⁠01:03 Tue, Mon 10 Mar

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Maha Shivratri 2070 in Pāthardi?

Monday 10 March

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

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 10 Mar in Pāthardi

Maha Shivratri Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Nishita puja muhurat

00:14–01:03 Tue

49 min

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

Why is Maha Shivratri on Mon 10 Mar in Pāthardi?

Maha Shivratri is on Mon 10 Mar: Chaturdashi touches nishitha that night, and no other.

Trayodashi until 00:30 Tue, inside nishitha; then Chaturdashi. Chaturdashi: 00:30 Tue to 23:11 Tue.

Chaturdashi ended at 23:11; nishitha is Amavasya. Chaturdashi: 00:30 to 23:11.

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 00:30 on Tue 11 Mar to 23:11 on Tue 11 Mar, so it touches only Monday night’s nishitha (00:14 Tue–01:03 Tue).

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.