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Masik Shivaratri

The Krishna Chaturdashi night of every month, kept for Shiva.

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2013

  • Thursday, 10 January 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 8 February 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 10 March 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 8 April 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 8 May 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 6 June 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 6 July 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 4 August 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 3 September 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 3 October 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 1 November 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 1 December 2013 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 30 December 2013 · Masik Shivaratri

2014

  • Wednesday, 29 January 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 27 February 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 29 March 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 27 April 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 26 May 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 25 June 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 24 July 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 23 August 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 22 September 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 22 October 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 20 November 2014 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 20 December 2014 · 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.

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