Tuesday, February 25, 2025
Maha Shivaratri 2025 falls on Tuesday, February 25, 2025 in Fremont. It is Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Nishita Kaal is 11:54 PM – 12:46 AM. Sunrise is 6:45 AM and sunset 5:57 PM.
India: Feb 26, 2025
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 2025 in Fremont is on Tuesday, February 25, 2025. It falls on Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Nishita Kaal in Fremont on Feb 25, 2025 is 11:54 PM – 12:46 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
No. Maha Shivaratri is on Feb 25, 2025 in Fremont but Feb 26, 2025 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.