Sunday, February 15, 2026
Maha Shivaratri 2026 falls on Sunday, February 15, 2026 in San Francisco. It is Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Nishita Puja Muhurat is 11:57 PM – 12:49 AM. Sunrise is 7:00 AM and sunset 5:47 PM.
Same day as India
Also known as: Shivratri · Mahashivratri · Shivaratri
Windows are computed for this city — the tithi decides which are valid, so they shift with your location and are not the Indian times. Abhijit and Rahu Kaal belong to the day itself rather than to the festival.
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 2026 in San Francisco is on Sunday, February 15, 2026. It falls on Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Nishita Puja Muhurat in San Francisco on Feb 15, 2026 is 11:57 PM – 12:49 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
Yes. Maha Shivaratri falls on Feb 15, 2026 in both San Francisco 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.