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Maha Shivaratri 2028 falls on Tuesday, February 22, 2028 in Chicago. It is Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi in the Hindu lunar calendar. Nishita Kaal is 11:37 PM – 12:29 AM. Sunrise is 6:38 AM and sunset 5:30 PM.
India: Feb 23, 2028
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 2028 in Chicago is on Tuesday, February 22, 2028. It falls on Phalguna Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi.
Nishita Kaal in Chicago on Feb 22, 2028 is 11:37 PM – 12:29 AM. This is the window in which the main observance is performed.
No. Maha Shivaratri is on Feb 22, 2028 in Chicago but Feb 23, 2028 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.