Maha Shivaratri 2027 in USA
Saturday, 6 March 2027
In India it is Saturday, 6 March 2027 — USA observes a day earlier.
USA does not observe on a single date this year. Cities far enough apart in longitude can fall either side of the tithi boundary — the table below gives the date for each. This is real, not a rounding artefact: the qualifying moment can sit minutes inside the window in one city and minutes outside it in another.
City by city
| City | Date | Observance time |
|---|---|---|
| Edison, New Jersey | 6 March 2027 | 00:09 |
| Jersey City, New Jersey | 6 March 2027 | 00:07 |
| New York, New York | 6 March 2027 | 00:07 |
| Chicago, Illinois | 6 March 2027 | 00:01 |
| Naperville, Illinois | 6 March 2027 | 00:04 |
| Dallas, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:38 |
| Irving, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:39 |
| Plano, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:38 |
| Houston, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:33 |
| Sugar Land, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:34 |
| Austin, Texas | 6 March 2027 | 00:42 |
| Atlanta, Georgia | 6 March 2027 | 00:49 |
| Alpharetta, Georgia | 6 March 2027 | 00:48 |
| Irvine, California | 6 March 2027 | 00:02 |
| Los Angeles, California | 6 March 2027 | 00:04 |
| San Diego, California | 6 March 2027 | 00:00 |
| Sacramento, California | 6 March 2027 | 00:17 |
| Boston, Massachusetts | 6 March 2027 | 23:55 |
| Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | 6 March 2027 | 00:12 |
| Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | 6 March 2027 | 00:31 |
| Washington, D.C. | 6 March 2027 | 00:19 |
| Ashburn, Virginia | 6 March 2027 | 00:21 |
| Herndon, Virginia | 6 March 2027 | 00:21 |
| Detroit, Michigan | 6 March 2027 | 00:43 |
| Troy, Michigan | 6 March 2027 | 00:44 |
| Charlotte, North Carolina | 6 March 2027 | 00:34 |
| Cary, North Carolina | 6 March 2027 | 00:26 |
| Raleigh, North Carolina | 6 March 2027 | 00:26 |
| Phoenix, Arizona | 6 March 2027 | 00:39 |
| Denver, Colorado | 6 March 2027 | 00:11 |
| Columbus, Ohio | 6 March 2027 | 00:43 |
| Omaha, Nebraska | 6 March 2027 | 00:35 |
| Minneapolis, Minnesota | 6 March 2027 | 00:24 |
| Orlando, Florida | 6 March 2027 | 00:37 |
| Tampa, Florida | 6 March 2027 | 00:41 |
| Miami, Florida | 6 March 2027 | 00:32 |
| St. Louis, Missouri | 6 March 2027 | 00:12 |
| Indianapolis, Indiana | 6 March 2027 | 00:56 |
| San Jose, California | 5 March 2027 | 00:19 |
| Fremont, California | 5 March 2027 | 00:19 |
| Sunnyvale, California | 5 March 2027 | 00:19 |
| Santa Clara, California | 5 March 2027 | 00:19 |
| Seattle, Washington | 5 March 2027 | 00:20 |
| Bellevue, Washington | 5 March 2027 | 00:20 |
| Redmond, Washington | 5 March 2027 | 00:20 |
Times are local to each city, computed from its own coordinates and real UTC offset for that date — so daylight saving is already accounted for.
Why the date can differ from India
A tithi is a 12° step of the Moon's elongation from the Sun. It begins and ends at a single instant everywhere on Earth. What changes by location is whether the moment the rule points at — sunrise, sunset or moonrise — falls inside that window on a given local date. That is why the shift runs opposite to the timezone: places west of India can observe a day earlier, places east a day later.
Maha Shivaratri elsewhere:
Other festivals in USA: