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Masik Shivaratri

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

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2033

  • Saturday, 29 January 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 27 February 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 29 March 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 27 April 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 26 May 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 25 June 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 24 July 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 23 August 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 21 September 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 21 October 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 20 November 2033 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 19 December 2033 · Masik Shivaratri

2034

  • Wednesday, 18 January 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 17 February 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 18 March 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 17 April 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 16 May 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 14 June 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 14 July 2034 · Adhika Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 12 August 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 10 September 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 10 October 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 9 November 2034 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 8 December 2034 · 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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