Lamps lit in a row at dusk.

Festival · 2080

Maha Shivaratri 2080

Falls on 18 February 2080 in Chandigarh, as computed from the real sky for that city.

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The sky that day

The Moon
Krishna Trayodashithen Krishna Chaturdashi from 22:05, the tithi this festival keeps
The Sun is in
Kumbha
The Moon is in
Makara, in Uttara Ashadha

What the day is

The great night. Not a celebration — a vigil. The one festival whose entire practice is to stay awake, which is also its whole meaning.

How to keep Maha Shivaratri

One act for the day

Stay awake. Four watches, four offerings if you keep the full form; if not, then simply do not sleep, and use the hours. This is the year's deepest night of practice and it costs nothing.

The day, for Chandigarh

18 February 2080

Kept on the day its tithi runs at midnight (nishita).

Tithi
Krishna Trayodashi · until 22:05then Krishna Chaturdashi from 22:05, the tithi this festival keeps
Nakshatra
Uttara Ashadha
Sunrise – Sunset
07:01 – 18:12
Abhijit Muhurta
12:14 – 12:59
The full day →

The day is chosen by the moment the tradition reads its tithi at, and the times are that day's own, computed for this city. A festival-specific puja window is not printed: those rules differ by tradition and await a scholar's review.

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