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Masik Shivratri 2027 in Australia

Every date in 2027 for Sydney, on its own clock, with the other cities in Australia noted where they keep a different day.

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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6 January 2027
Wednesday
Masik Shivratri
Pausha / Margashirsha · Tithi: 2:12 AM to 4:46 AM tomorrow
Nishita puja: 12:41 AM – 1:20 AM tomorrow

Masik Shivratri 2027 in Sydney

  1. 6 January 2027
    Wednesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Pausha / Margashirsha · Tithi: 2:12 AM to 4:46 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:41 AM – 1:20 AM tomorrow
  2. 4 February 2027
    Thursday
    Masik Shivratri
    Magh / Pausha · Tithi: 10:03 PM to 12:37 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:48 AM – 1:30 AM tomorrow
  3. 6 March 2027
    Saturday
    Maha Shivratri
    Phalguna / Magh · Tithi: 5:35 PM to 7:18 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:44 AM – 1:29 AM tomorrow
  4. 5 April 2027
    Monday
    Masik Shivratri
    Chaitra / Phalguna · Tithi: 9:55 AM to 10:12 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:33 PM – 12:23 AM tomorrow
  5. 4 May 2027
    Tuesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Vaishakha / Chaitra · Tithi: 12:03 AM tomorrow to 10:48 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:25 PM – 12:19 AM tomorrow
  6. 3 June 2027
    Thursday
    Masik Shivratri
    Jyaistha / Vaishakha · Tithi: 11:06 AM to 8:37 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:25 PM – 12:21 AM tomorrow
  7. 2 July 2027
    Friday
    Masik Shivratri
    Ashadha / Jyaistha · Tithi: 7:55 PM to 4:37 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:30 PM – 12:27 AM tomorrow
  8. 1 August 2027
    Sunday
    Masik Shivratri
    Shravan / Ashadha · Tithi: 3:30 AM to 11:52 PM
    Nishita puja: 11:34 PM – 12:28 AM tomorrow
  9. 30 August 2027
    Monday
    Masik Shivratri
    Bhadrapada / Shravan · Tithi: 10:44 AM to 7:13 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:30 PM – 12:20 AM tomorrow
  10. 28 September 2027
    Tuesday
    Masik Shivratri
    Ashwina / Bhadrapada · Tithi: 6:26 PM to 3:27 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 11:21 PM – 12:08 AM tomorrow
  11. 28 October 2027
    Thursday
    Masik Shivratri
    Kartika / Ashwina · Tithi: 4:22 AM to 2:20 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:17 AM – 12:59 AM tomorrow
  12. 26 November 2027
    Friday
    Masik Shivratri
    Margashirsha / Kartika · Tithi: 3:20 PM to 2:39 PM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:22 AM – 1:01 AM tomorrow
  13. 26 December 2027
    Sunday
    Masik Shivratri
    Pausha / Margashirsha · Tithi: 5:04 AM to 5:55 AM tomorrow
    Nishita puja: 12:36 AM – 1:14 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.