Maha Shivratri 2073 in Pāthardi, Maharashtra Nishita puja muhurat 00:15⁠–⁠01:04 Tue, Mon 6 Mar

Maharashtra, India

Festival · times in IST

When is Maha Shivratri 2073 in Pāthardi?

Monday 6 March

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

Smarta · Vaishnava

Full panchang for Mon 6 Mar in Pāthardi

Maha Shivratri Nishita puja muhurat: what time?

Nishita puja muhurat

00:15–01:04 Tue

49 min

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

Why is Maha Shivratri on Mon 6 Mar in Pāthardi?

Maha Shivratri is on Mon 6 Mar: Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha that night, and no other.

Chaturdashi holds all of nishitha, 00:15 Tue–01:04 Tue. Chaturdashi: 20:54 to 23:14 Tue.

Chaturdashi ended at 23:14; nishitha is Amavasya. Chaturdashi: 20:54 Mon to 23:14.

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 20:54 on Mon 6 Mar to 23:14 on Tue 7 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.