Saturday, March 9, 2024
Maha Shivaratri 2024 falls on Saturday, March 9, 2024 in Melbourne. It is Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Nishita Kaal is 1:07 AM – 1:53 AM. Sunrise is 7:13 AM and sunset 7:46 PM.
India: Mar 8, 2024
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 Melbourne is on Saturday, March 9, 2024. It falls on Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Nishita Kaal in Melbourne on Mar 9, 2024 is 1:07 AM – 1:53 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
No. Maha Shivaratri is on Mar 9, 2024 in Melbourne but Mar 8, 2024 in India. The tithi begins at one moment worldwide, and that moment lands on a different local day in each place.
Maha Shivaratri is also known as Shivratri, Mahashivratri, Shivaratri. These are regional names and spellings for the same festival.