Friday, March 8, 2024
Maha Shivaratri 2024 falls on Friday, March 8, 2024 in Boston. It is Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Nishita Kaal is 11:29 PM – 12:19 AM. Sunrise is 6:08 AM and sunset 5:41 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Shivratri · Mahashivratri · Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri, the "great night of Shiva", falls on the fourteenth night of the waning moon in Magha. Unlike most festivals it is dated by what is happening at *midnight* rather than at sunrise, because the vigil, not the daylight, is the observance.
Devotees fast through the day and keep watch through the night, offering water, milk and bilva leaves to the Shiva linga in four watches. The Nishita Kaal window below is the most auspicious of them.
Maha Shivaratri 2024 in Boston is on Friday, March 8, 2024. It falls on Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Nishita Kaal in Boston on Mar 8, 2024 is 11:29 PM – 12:19 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
Yes. Maha Shivaratri falls on Mar 8, 2024 in both Boston and India this year, though the puja timings differ because sunrise and moonrise are local.
Maha Shivaratri is also known as Shivratri, Mahashivratri, Shivaratri. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.