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Masik Shivaratri

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

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2035

  • Sunday, 7 January 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 6 February 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 8 March 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 6 April 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 6 May 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 4 June 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 3 July 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 2 August 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 31 August 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 29 September 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 29 October 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 27 November 2035 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 27 December 2035 · Masik Shivaratri

2036

  • Saturday, 26 January 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 25 February 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 26 March 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 24 April 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 24 May 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 22 June 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 21 July 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 20 August 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 18 September 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 17 October 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 16 November 2036 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 15 December 2036 · 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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