1996
- Friday, 19 January 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 17 February 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 17 March 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 16 April 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 15 May 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 14 June 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 13 July 1996 · Adhika Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 12 August 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 11 September 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 10 October 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 9 November 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 9 December 1996 · Masik Shivaratri
1997
- Tuesday, 7 January 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 6 February 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 7 March 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 5 April 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 5 May 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 3 June 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 2 July 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 1 August 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 31 August 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 29 September 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 29 October 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 28 November 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 27 December 1997 · Masik Shivaratri
How the date is fixed
The Krishna Chaturdashi of every lunar month. The date is the day on which that tithi is running at the middle of the night (halfway from sunset to the next sunrise). Dark-half entries carry both month names: purnimanta (North India) and amanta.
About
Masik Shivaratri is the fourteenth tithi of the dark half of every lunar month, the night before the new moon. Like Maha Shivaratri it is a night observance, so the day whose middle of the night (nishita) carries Chaturdashi is chosen, even when the tithi is absent at sunrise. The one in amanta Magha (Phalguna in the north) is Maha Shivaratri itself, and the one in Shravana as North India counts it is often called Sawan Shivaratri. Each entry shows its month in both reckonings, since North India names the dark half one month ahead.
How it is observed
A fast through the day and worship of Shiva at night, with abhisheka of the linga.