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Masik Shivratri 2026

Every date in 2026, worked out for Delhi from the tithi, sunrise and moonrise.

Masik Shivratri is the monthly night of Shiva, kept on Chaturdashi, the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight. The one in Phalguna (Magha in the amanta calendar) is Maha Shivratri, the great night of Shiva.

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7 November 2026
Saturday
Masik Shivratri
Kartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 10:50 AM to 11:30 AM tomorrow
Nishita puja: 11:38 PM – 12:31 AM tomorrow

Masik Shivratri 2026 in Delhi

  1. 16 January 2026
    Friday
    Masik Shivratri
    Magh / Pausha · Tithi: 10:24 PM to 12:06 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:03 AM – 12:57 AM tomorrow
  2. 15 February 2026
    Sunday
    Maha Shivratri
    Phalguna / Magh · Tithi: 5:07 PM to 5:36 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:09 AM – 1:00 AM tomorrow
  3. 17 March 2026
    Tuesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Chaitra / Phalguna · Tithi: 9:25 AM to 8:28 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:05 AM – 12:52 AM tomorrow
  4. 15 April 2026
    Wednesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Vaishakha / Chaitra · Tithi: 10:34 PM to 8:14 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:58 PM – 12:42 AM tomorrow
  5. 15 May 2026
    Friday
    Masik Shivratri
    Jyaistha / Vaishakha · Tithi: 8:34 AM to 5:13 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:56 PM – 12:38 AM tomorrow
  6. 13 June 2026
    Saturday
    Masik Shivratri
    Adhik Jyaistha · Tithi: 4:10 PM to 12:22 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:01 AM – 12:41 AM tomorrow
  7. 12 July 2026
    Sunday
    Masik Shivratri
    Ashadha / Jyaistha · Tithi: 10:32 PM to 6:51 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:06 AM – 12:47 AM tomorrow
  8. 11 August 2026
    Tuesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Shravan / Ashadha · Tithi: 4:56 AM to 1:55 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:05 AM – 12:48 AM tomorrow
  9. 9 September 2026
    Wednesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Bhadrapada / Shravan · Tithi: 12:32 PM to 10:35 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:55 PM – 12:41 AM tomorrow
  10. 8 October 2026
    Thursday
    Masik Shivratri
    Ashwina / Bhadrapada · Tithi: 10:17 PM to 9:37 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:44 PM – 12:33 AM tomorrow
  11. 7 November 2026
    Saturday
    Masik Shivratri
    Kartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 10:50 AM to 11:30 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:38 PM – 12:31 AM tomorrow
  12. 7 December 2026
    Monday
    Masik Shivratri
    Margashirsha / Kartika · Tithi: 2:24 AM to 4:14 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:45 PM – 12:40 AM tomorrow

Months are shown purnimanta / amanta where the two differ, in the dark fortnight.

How the dates are worked out

Shivratri is kept on the night Chaturdashi covers nishita, the middle of the night, taken as the eighth of the fifteen muhurtas between sunset and the next sunrise. The nishita time shown is calculated for the city chosen.

Questions

Why is Shivratri worship done at midnight?

Nishita, the middle of the night, is held to be the time of Shiva’s manifestation as the linga, so the main worship of Shivratri is done then.

How is Maha Shivratri different from Masik Shivratri?

Maha Shivratri is the Shivratri of Phalguna (Magha amanta), the most important of the year; the other eleven or twelve are Masik, monthly, Shivratri.