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Matha Shivaratri 2015 | Masik Shivratri 2015

Matha Shivaratri 2015 - 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 2015 dates listed below

Date	Day	Event
19 January 2015	Monday	Shivaratri
17 February 2015	Tuesday	Maha Shivaratri
18 March 2015	Wednesday	Shivaratri
17 April 2015	Friday	Shivaratri
16 May 2015	Saturday	Shivaratri
14 June 2015	Sunday	Shivaratri
14 July 2015	Tuesday	Shivaratri
12 August 2015	Wednesday	Shivaratri
11 September 2015	Friday	Shivaratri
11 October 2015	Sunday	Shivaratri
09 November 2015	Monday	Shivaratri
09 December 2015	Wednesday	Shivaratri

Amavasai 2015 / Pournami 2015 / Pradosham 2015 / Karthigai 2015 / Ashtami 2015 / Navami 2015 / Sashti 2015 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2015 / Thiruvonam 2015 / Matha Sivarathiri 2015 / Ekadhasi 2015 / Chathurthi 2015

Year - 2015	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
January	20 Tue	04 Sun	02 Fri 18 Sun	01 Thu 28 Wed	13 Tue 27 Tue	14 Wed 28 Wed
February	18 Wed	03 Tue	01 Sun 16 Mon	25 Wed	12 Thu 26 Thu	13 Fri 27 Fri
March	20 Fri	05 Thu	03 Tue 18 Wed	24 Tue	13 Fri 27 Fri	14 Sat 28 Sat
April	18 Sat	04 Sat	01 Wed 16 Thu	20 Mon	12 Sun 26 Sun	13 Mon 27 Mon
Year - 2015	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
May	17 Sun	03 Sun	01 Fri 15 Fri	18 Mon	11 Mon 25 Mon	12 Sun 27 Wed
June	16 Tue	02 Tue	14 Sun 29 Mon	14 Sun	09 Tue 24 Wed	10 Wed 25 Thu
July	15 Wed	01 Wed 31 Fri	13 Mon 29 Wed	11 Sat	09 Thu 24 Fri	10 Fri 25 Sat
August	14 Fri	29 Sat	12 Wed 27 Thu	08 Sat	07 Fri 22 Sat	08 Sat 23 Sun
Year - 2015	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami
September	12 Sat	27 Sun	10 Thu 25 Fri	04 Fri	05 Sat 21 Mon	06 Sun 22 Tue
October	12 Mon	27 Tue	10 Sat 25 Sun	01 Thu 29 Thu	05 Mon 20 Tue	06 Tue 21 Wed
November	11 Wed	25 Wed	09 Mon 23 Mon	25 Wed	03 Tue 19 Thu	04 Wed 20 Fri
December	11 Fri	25 Fri	08 Tue 23 Wed	22 Tue	03 Thu 18 Fri	04 Fri 19 Sat

About Matha Shivaratri 2015

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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