Mahashivratri is celebrated on the fourteenth day of Krishna Paksha, falling in the month of Phalgun (Falgun). All the devotees of Lord Shiva celebrate the pious day of Mahashivratri with joy and bliss.

Shivratri is considered the Day of Enlightenment when a living being experiences self-awareness and self-contentment. The devotee realizes being a part of Lord Shiva and living under the Lord’s safe-keeping and auspices. It is believed that with the advent of the universe, that midnight, Lord Shiva transformed from the Brahma to Rudra form.

Ishaan Sanhita depicts that on the Phalgun month’s Dark Lunar Fortnight (Fourteenth Day of Krishna Paksha), Lord Shiva manifested in the form of a ‘Linga’ incorporating luminance as equal as millions of suns.

According to Jyotisha, the moon comes closer to the sun on the Phalgun month’s Dark Lunar Fortnight. At that very moment, the glory life-like moon and Shiva-like sun combine, and that’s why Shiva-Puja is performed on this day.

In the dusk of the same day during the age of catastrophe, Lord Shiva devastated the whole universe from the blaze of his third eye. That’s why it is called Mahashivratri or Jal-Ratri. Lord Shiva got married on the same day as well, and that is the reason why his procession is processed during the night. At night, fruits are consumed after performing the Puja ceremony. On the next day, a Home or Yajna is performed with Barley, Sesame, Payasam (Kheer), and Bilwa leaf (Bel Patra) to break the fast.