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Matha Shivaratri 2012 | Masik Shivratri 2012

Matha Shivaratri 2012 - As per Hindu Calendar, Matha Shivaratri is celebrated on the 14th day of each month during the waning moon (Krishna Paksha) half. Matha means ‘monthly’ and Shivaratri means ‘night of Lord Shiva’. The day is observed every month whereas Maha shivratri falls once in a year. Matha Shivaratri 2012 dates listed below

Date	Day	Event
21 January 2012	Saturday	Shivaratri
20 February 2012	Monday	Maha Shivaratri
20 March 2012	Tuesday	Shivaratri
19 April 2012	Thursday	Shivaratri
19 May 2012	Saturday	Shivaratri
17 June 2012	Sunday	Shivaratri
17 July 2012	Tuesday	Shivaratri
15 August 2012	Wednesday	Shivaratri
14 September 2012	Friday	Shivaratri
13 October 2012	Saturday	Shivaratri
12 November 2012	Monday	Shivaratri
11 December 2012	Tuesday	Shivaratri

Amavasai 2012 / Pournami 2012 / Pradosham 2012 / Karthigai 2012 / Ashtami 2012 / Navami 2012 / Sashti 2012 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2012 / Thiruvonam 2012 / Matha Sivarathiri 2012 / Ekadhasi 2012 / Chathurthi 2012

Year - 2012	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
January	22 Sun	08 Sun	06 Fri 20 Fri	05 Thu	01 Sun 16 Mon 31 Tue	02 Mon 17 Tue
February	21 Tue	07 Tue	05 Sun 19 Sun	01 Wed 28 Tue	14 Tue	01 Wed 15 Wed
March	22 Thu	08 Thu	06 Tue 20 Tue	27 Tue	01 Thu 15 Thu 30 Fri	02 Fri 16 Fri 31 Sat
April	20 Fri	06 Fri	04 Wed 18 Wed	23 Mon	13 Fri 29 Sun	14 Sat 30 Mon
Year - 2012	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
May	20 Sun	05 Sat	03 Thu 18 Fri	20 Sun	13 Sun 28 Mon	14 Mon 29 Tue
June	19 Tue	04 Mon	02 Sat 16 Sat	17 Sun	11 Mon 27 Wed	12 Tue 28 Thu
July	18 Wed	03 Tue	01 Sun 16 Mon	14 Sat	11 Wed 26 Thu	12 Thu 27 Fri
August	17 Fri	01 Wed 31 Fri	15 Wed 29 Wed	10 Fri	09 Thu 24 Fri	11 Sat 25 Sat
Year - 2012	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
September	15 Sat	29 Sat	13 Thu 27 Thu	07 Fri	08 Sat 23 Sun	09 Sun 24 Mon
October	14 Sun 15 Mon	29 Mon	13 Sat 27 Sat	04 Thu 31 Wed	08 Mon 22 Mon	09 Tue 23 Tue
November	13 Tue	28 Wed	11 Sun 25 Sun	27 Tue	06 Tue 20 Tue	07 Wed 21 Wed
December	12 Wed 13 Thu	28 Fri	11 Tue 25 Tue	25 Tue	06 Thu 20 Thu	07 Fri 21 Fri

About Matha Shivaratri 2012

According to hindus, shivaratri is a festival which helps to ‘overcome darkness’ in life. Shivarathri comes in every lunisolar month of hindu calendar. It falls on 13th night/14th day after pournami. Shivaratri is celebrated at night.

Maha Shivaratri

Shivaratri is closely connected to Lord Shiva. Shivarathri that comes in the month of february/march is very auspicious among other shivarathri and it is called as ‘Maha Shivaratri’. Maha Shivaratri is celebrated as a day of gratitude to Lord Shiva for protecting the world from the deadly poison. Maha Shivaratri is a major festival for hindus. They consider this maha shivarathri as ‘Great night of Shiva’. During the night, Shiva Linga are given holy bath every three hours. Thousands of people across the country, spend this auspicious night in the temple. They undergo fasting, perform poojas, chanting prayers in praise of lord, offering neivedhyam and performs other rituals.

Shivaratri is considered as the night when Lord Shiva performed the ‘Tandava Nritya’ – the dance of primordial creation, preservation and destruction. On the night of shivaratri, abisekha (ritual bath to the God) is performed with the panchagavya – milk, sour milk, urine, butter and dung. The festival holds special meaning for the ladies. They pray to Goddess Parvati also called ‘Gaura’, the giver of (‘suhag’ for) good husbands, marital bliss and a long and prosperous married life.

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