Masik Shivaratri 2026 dates
The Krishna paksha Chaturdashi, once a month, a night of Shiva worship. The one in Magha or Phalguna is Maha Shivaratri.
The day on which Chaturdashi is present at midnight (nishita kaal).
Dates worked out for Delhi. Other cities can differ by a day when a tithi starts or ends close to midnight or sunrise.
| Date | Vrat |
|---|---|
| 16 JanuaryFriday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 15 FebruarySunday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 17 MarchTuesday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 15 AprilWednesday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 15 MayFriday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 13 JuneSaturday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 12 JulySunday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 11 AugustTuesday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 9 SeptemberWednesday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 8 OctoberThursday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 7 NovemberSaturday | Masik Shivaratri |
| 7 DecemberMonday | Masik Shivaratri |
Calculated from the positions of the Sun and Moon, using the Lahiri ayanamsa. Festival dates follow the Smarta convention; Vaishnava and regional traditions, and your family’s own panchang, can differ by a day. For rites and muhurta, ask your priest or family pandit.
Panchang for Indian cities
- Delhi
- Mumbai
- Kolkata
- Chennai
- Bengaluru
- Hyderabad
- Ahmedabad
- Pune
- Jaipur
- Lucknow
- Kanpur
- Nagpur
- Indore
- Bhopal
- Patna
- Surat
- Vadodara
- Rajkot
- Ludhiana
- Amritsar
- Chandigarh
- Agra
- Varanasi
- Prayagraj
- Ayodhya
- Mathura
- Gorakhpur
- Meerut
- Haridwar
- Dehradun
- Shimla
- Jammu
- Srinagar
- Jodhpur
- Udaipur
- Ujjain
- Nashik
- Panaji
- Raipur
- Ranchi
- Bhubaneswar
- Puri
- Guwahati
- Shillong
- Imphal
- Gangtok
- Visakhapatnam
- Tirupati
- Coimbatore
- Madurai
- Puducherry
- Mysuru
- Kochi
- Thiruvananthapuram
- Dwarka
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