Pan-India · 2026
The panchang rule
Chaturdashi (the fourteenth tithi) of the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) of Phalguna — the moonless 'great night of Shiva', observed with night-long vigil. Reckoned from the panchang each year.
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Maha Shivratri falls on Sunday, 15 February 2026.
Maha Shivratri is set by the panchang — Chaturdashi (the fourteenth tithi) of the dark fortnight (Krishna Paksha) of Phalguna — the moonless 'great night of Shiva', observed with night-long vigil. Reckoned from the panchang each year.
Significance, legend, rituals and deities — or book a pooja in your name for this date.
