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Matha Shivaratri 2016 | Masik Shivratri 2016

Matha Shivaratri 2016 - 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 2016 dates listed below.

Amavasai 2016 / Pournami 2016 / Pradosham 2016 / Karthigai 2016 / Ashtami 2016 / Navami 2016 / Sashti 2016 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2016 / Thiruvonam 2016 / Matha Sivarathiri 2016 / Ekadhasi 2016 / Chathurthi 2016

Year - 2016	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	09 Sat	23 Sat	07 Thu 21 Thu	19 Tue	02 Sat 17 Sun	03 Sun 18 Mon	15 Fri	27 Wed	11 Mon	08 Fri	05 Tue 06 Wed 20 Wed	13 Wed
February	07 Sun 08 Mon	22 Mon	06 Sat 20 Sat	15 Mon	01 Mon 15 Mon	02 Tue 16 Tue	13 Sat	26 Fri	07 Sun	06 Sat	04 Thu 18 Thu	12 Fri
March	08 Tue	23 Wed	06 Sun 20 Sun	13 Sun	01 Tue 31 Thu	02 Wed	14 Mon	27 Sun	06 Sun	07 Mon	05 Sat 19 Sat	12 Sat
April	06 Wed 07 Thu	21 Thu	05 Tue 19 Tue	10 Sun	14 Thu 30 Sat	01 Fri 15 Fri	12 Tue	25 Mon	02 Sat 29 Fri	05 Tue	03 Sun 17 Sun	10 Sun
Year - 2016	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	06 Fri	21 Sat	04 Wed 19 Thu	07 Sat	14 Sat 29 Sun	01 Sun 15 Sun 30 Mon	12 Thu	25 Wed	27 Fri	05 Thu	03 Tue 17 Tue	10 Tue
June	04 Sat	20 Mon	02 Thu 17 Fri	03 Fri	12 Sun 27 Mon	13 Mon 28 Tue	10 Fri	23 Thu	23 Thu	03 Fri	01 Wed 16 Thu 30 Thu	08 Wed
July	03 Sun 04 Mon	19 Tue	02 Sat 17 Sun 31 Sun	01 Fri 28 Thu	12 Tue 27 Wed	13 Wed 28 Thu	10 Sun	23 Sat	20 Wed	02 Sat	15 Fri 30 Sat	08 Fri
August	02 Tue	18 Thu	16 Tue 29 Mon	24 Wed	10 Wed 25 Thu	11 Thu 26 Fri	08 Mon	21 Sun	17 Wed	01 Mon 30 Tue	14 Sun 28 Sun	06 Sat
Year - 2016	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	01 Thu 30 Fri	16 Fri	14 Wed 28 Wed	21 Wed	09 Fri 23 Fri	10 Sat 24 Sat	07 Wed	19 Mon	13 Tue	29 Thu	12 Mon 13 Tue	05 Mon
October	30 Sun	15 Sat	13 Thu 28 Fri	18 Tue	09 Sun 23 Sun	10 Mon 24 Mon	07 Fri	19 Wed	10 Mon	28 Fri	12 Wed 26 Wed	05 Wed
November	29 Tue	14 Mon	12 Sat 26 Sat	14 Mon	07 Mon 21 Mon	08 Tue 22 Tue	05 Sat	17 Thu	07 Mon	27 Sun	10 Thu 11 Fri 25 Fri	03 Thu
December	28 Wed	13 Tue	11 Sun 26 Mon	12 Mon	07 Wed 21 Wed	08 Thu 22 Thu	05 Mon	17 Sat	04 Sun	27 Tue	10 Sat 24 Sat 25 Sun	03 Sat

About Matha Shivaratri 2016

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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