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Maha Shivratri 2027

Maha Shivratri, or Mahashivratri, in 2027: the night and its niśītha (midnight) time for your city, by the pradoṣa and midnight tests.

Magha (amanta) / Phalguna (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi

Maha Shivratri in Delhi

Saturday, 6 March

Maha Shivratri is in 139 days. In Delhi, the Caturdaśī holds all of Saturday night’s midnight and none of Sunday night’s, so Maha Shivratri is on Saturday.

Niśītha, midnight00:07 – 00:56 (early Sun 7 Mar)
CaturdaśīSat 12:04 – Sun 13:46

Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

How the day is chosen

Some texts take the Caturdaśī current at pradoṣa, others the one current at midnight (niśītha). With midnight on both nights, pradoṣa decides; with pradoṣa on both, midnight decides; when each night has one, midnight decides. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

Saturday night or Sunday night in Delhi

Delhi time

In Delhi, the Caturdaśī runs from Sat 12:04 to Sun 13:46: the Caturdaśī holds all of Saturday night’s midnight and none of Sunday night’s, so Maha Shivratri is on Saturday. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

Every monthly Shivratri: Masik Shivratri 2027

Maha Shivratri 2027 around the world

Each city’s own sunrise and sunset
Saturday, 6 March in all 16 cities
  • DelhiNiśītha 00:07 – 00:56 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • MumbaiNiśītha 00:25 – 01:13 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • KolkataNiśītha 23:23 – 00:12
  • ChennaiNiśītha 23:55 – 00:44
  • BengaluruNiśītha 00:06 – 00:54 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • HyderabadNiśītha 00:02 – 00:51 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • AhmedabadNiśītha 00:26 – 01:15 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • PuneNiśītha 00:21 – 01:09 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • JaipurNiśītha 00:13 – 01:02 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • LucknowNiśītha 23:52 – 00:41
  • LondonNiśītha 23:45 – 00:36
  • New York CityNiśītha 23:41 – 00:31
  • TorontoNiśītha 00:03 – 00:53 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • SydneyNiśītha 00:43 – 01:29 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • DubaiNiśītha 00:05 – 00:54 (early Sun 7 Mar)
  • SingaporeNiśītha 00:51 – 01:39 (early Sun 7 Mar)
Why every city agrees In Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Jaipur, Lucknow, Sydney, Dubai and Singapore, the Caturdaśī holds Saturday night’s midnight and none of Sunday night’s, so Maha Shivratri is on Saturday. In London, New York City and Toronto, the Caturdaśī holds Saturday night’s midnight and none of Friday night’s, so Maha Shivratri is on Saturday. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

Other years: Maha Shivratri 2026, Maha Shivratri 2028; all Maha Shivratri dates.

Questions

From the Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337, with the page for each.

When is Maha Shivratri 2027?

In Delhi, on Saturday, 6 March 2027, with the niśītha pūjā that night, 00:07 – 00:56 (early Sun 7 Mar). Every city on this page keeps the same day. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

What is the nishita kaal?

Niśītha is the middle of the night: two ghaṭikās around it, in Mādhava’s words, which this page takes as a fifteenth of the night centred on its midpoint. The texts that favour midnight say Śiva appeared then as the liṅga. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠335

How is Maha Shivratri different from the monthly Shivratri?

Maha Shivratri is the dark Caturdaśī that ends amānta Māgha. The Nirṇaya-sindhu also calls every dark Caturdaśī a Śivarātri and decides it by the same pradoṣa and midnight tests. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334, 340

Why is the date different in the US or UK?

Maha Shivratri is decided by the Caturdaśī at pradoṣa and midnight at the city. The tithi begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but sunrise and sunset come at different hours, so a city far to the west or east can keep another day. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337

How the day is found

Read the methodology
The night
The dark Caturdaśī ending amānta Māgha, by the pradoṣa and midnight tests. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337.
Niśītha
Two ghaṭikās around the middle of the night (Mādhava, p. 335), taken as a fifteenth of the night centred on its midpoint: our reading.
Pradoṣa
Three muhūrtas after sunset.
Sunrise and sunset
At the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, for the chosen city. Every date is that city’s own.

Sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction · Lahiri ayanamsa for month names · each city’s own time · Swiss Ephemeris · Method