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Masik Shivaratri

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

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2048

  • Monday, 13 January 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 12 February 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 12 March 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 11 April 2048 · Adhika Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 10 May 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 9 June 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 9 July 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 7 August 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 6 September 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 6 October 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 4 November 2048 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 4 December 2048 · Masik Shivaratri

2049

  • Saturday, 2 January 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 1 February 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 2 March 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Wednesday, 31 March 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Friday, 30 April 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 29 May 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Monday, 28 June 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 27 July 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 26 August 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Saturday, 25 September 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Sunday, 24 October 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Tuesday, 23 November 2049 · Masik Shivaratri
  • Thursday, 23 December 2049 · 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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