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
2037
- Wednesday, 14 January 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 13 February 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 14 March 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Monday, 13 April 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 13 May 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Thursday, 11 June 2037 · Adhika Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 11 July 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Sunday, 9 August 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Tuesday, 8 September 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Wednesday, 7 October 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Friday, 6 November 2037 · Masik Shivaratri
- Saturday, 5 December 2037 · 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.
