2008
- Sunday, 6 January 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 5 February 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 6 March 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 4 April 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 4 May 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 2 June 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 1 July 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 30 July 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 29 August 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 27 September 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 27 October 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 25 November 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 25 December 2008 · Masik Shivaratri
2009
- Saturday, 24 January 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 23 February 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 24 March 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 23 April 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 22 May 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 21 June 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 20 July 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 18 August 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 17 September 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 16 October 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 15 November 2009 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 14 December 2009 · 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.