2005
- Sunday, 9 January 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 7 February 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 8 March 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 7 April 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 6 May 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 5 June 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 4 July 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 3 August 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 1 September 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 1 October 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 31 October 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 29 November 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 29 December 2005 · Masik Shivaratri
2006
- Saturday, 28 January 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 26 February 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 27 March 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 26 April 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 25 May 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 23 June 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 23 July 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 21 August 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 20 September 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 20 October 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 19 November 2006 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 18 December 2006 · 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.