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Masik Shivratri 2026

Every Masik Shivratri of 2026: the night kept, its niśītha (midnight) time, and when the Caturdaśī begins and ends.

12 Shivratri nights in Delhi

The next is on Saturday, 7 November. For one of them the Caturdaśī reaches both midnights or neither, and the tests below decide the night.

Every Masik Shivratri of 2026 in Delhi

Delhi time. Each Krishna Chaturdashi carries both month names.
MonthChaturdashiNiśīthaNight kept
January Pausha (amanta) / Magha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 16 Jan, 22:22 – 18 Jan, 00:04 00:03 – 00:57 (early Sat 17 Jan) Fri 16 Jan
February Maha Shivratri Magha (amanta) / Phalguna (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 15 Feb, 17:05 – 16 Feb, 17:34 00:09 – 01:00 (early Mon 16 Feb) Sun 15 Feb
March Phalguna (amanta) / Chaitra (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 17 Mar, 09:23 – 18 Mar, 08:25 00:05 – 00:53 (early Wed 18 Mar) Tue 17 Mar
April Chaitra (amanta) / Vaishakha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 15 Apr, 22:31 – 16 Apr, 20:11 23:58 – 00:43 Wed 15 Apr
May Vaishakha (amanta) / Jyeshtha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 15 May, 08:31 – 16 May, 05:11 23:56 – 00:38 Fri 15 May
June Adhika Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 13 Jun, 16:08 – 14 Jun, 12:20 00:01 – 00:41 (early Sun 14 Jun) Sat 13 Jun
July Jyeshtha (amanta) / Ashadha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 12 Jul, 22:30 – 13 Jul, 18:50 00:06 – 00:47 (early Mon 13 Jul) Sun 12 Jul
August Ashadha (amanta) / Shravana (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 11 Aug, 04:54 – 12 Aug, 01:53 00:04 – 00:47 (early Wed 12 Aug) Tue 11 Aug
September Shravana (amanta) / Bhadrapada (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 9 Sep, 12:31 – 10 Sep, 10:33 23:55 – 00:41 Wed 9 Sep
October Bhadrapada (amanta) / Ashwin (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 8 Oct, 22:16 – 9 Oct, 21:36 23:44 – 00:33 Thu 8 Oct
November Ashwin (amanta) / Kartika (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 7 Nov, 10:48 – 8 Nov, 11:28 23:38 – 00:31 Sat 7 Nov
December Kartika (amanta) / Margashirsha (purnimanta), Krishna Chaturdashi 7 Dec, 02:22 – 8 Dec, 04:13 23:45 – 00:40 Mon 7 Dec

When midnight is shared or missed

Every dark-fortnight Caturdaśī is a Śivarātri, kept by Maha Shivratri’s tests. With midnight on both nights, pradoṣa decides; with pradoṣa on both, midnight decides; when each night has one, midnight decides. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 340; pp. 334⁠–⁠337

Friday, 16 January

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

Caturdaśī from Fri 16 Jan, 22:22 to Sun 18 Jan, 00:04, Delhi time. Niśītha on the night of Friday, 16 January: 00:03 to 00:57 (early Sat 17 Jan).

In Delhi, the Caturdaśī holds all of Friday night’s midnight and 1% of Saturday night’s, so Masik Shivratri is on Friday. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 340; pp. 334⁠–⁠337

Masik Shivratri in 2026, month by month

January 16 February 15 Maha Shivratri March 17 April 15 May 15 June 13 July 12 August 11 September 9 October 8 November 7 December 7

Questions

Rules from the Nirṇaya-sindhu, with the page for each.

When is Masik Shivratri in 2026?

In Delhi, on Fri 16 Jan, Sun 15 Feb, Tue 17 Mar, Wed 15 Apr, Fri 15 May, Sat 13 Jun, Sun 12 Jul, Tue 11 Aug, Wed 9 Sep, Thu 8 Oct, Sat 7 Nov, Mon 7 Dec. The night of Sunday, 15 February, at the end of amānta Māgha, is Maha Shivratri. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 340; pp. 334⁠–⁠337

What is Masik Shivratri?

The Śivarātri of every dark-fortnight Caturdaśī, the fourteenth tithi before the new moon. The Kālottara, quoted by Hemādri, gives the name Śivarātri to each month’s dark Caturdaśī, so the Nirṇaya-sindhu decides it by the same tests as Maha Shivratri. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 340

How is the day chosen?

By Maha Shivratri’s pradoṣa and midnight tests. With midnight on both nights, pradoṣa decides; with pradoṣa on both, midnight decides; when each night has one, midnight decides. Hemādri, reported on the same page, takes the day with more of the night, the earlier when equal; his day is shown where it differs. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334⁠–⁠337, 340

What is 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

Is it the same as Maha Shivratri?

No. Maha Shivratri is the dark Caturdaśī of Phālguna by the pūrṇimānta months, Māgha by the amānta. Masik Shivratri is the dark Caturdaśī of each of the other months, kept by the same tests. Nirṇaya-sindhu pp. 334, 340

Why is the date different in my city?

Each date is worked out for the city’s own night. The Caturdaśī begins and ends at the same moment everywhere, but whether it covers a city’s midnight or its pradoṣa depends on when night falls there, so cities far apart can keep different days.

How the nights are found

Read the methodology
The night
Every dark Caturdaśī, by Maha Shivratri’s pradoṣa and midnight tests. Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 340, applying 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.
Hemādri
His day, the one with more of the night and the earlier when equal (p. 340), is shown where it differs.
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