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Matha Shivaratri 2020 | Masik Shivratri 2020

Matha Shivaratri 2020 - 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 2020 dates listed below.

Amavasai 2020 / Pournami 2020 / Pradosham 2020 / Karthigai 2020 / Ashtami 2020 / Navami 2020 / Sashti 2020 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2020 / Thiruvonam 2020 / Matha Sivarathiri 2020 / Ekadhasi 2020 / Chathurthi 2020

Year - 2020	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	24 Fri	10 Fri	08 Wed 22 Wed	06 Mon	03 Fri 18 Sat	04 Sat 19 Sun	31 Fri	13 Mon	25 Sat	23 Thu	06 Mon 20 Mon	28 Tue
February	23 Sun	08 Sat	06 Thu 21 Fri	03 Mon	02 Sun 16 Sun	03 Mon 17 Mon	29 Sat	12 Wed	21 Fri	21 Fri	05 Wed 19 Wed	27 Thu
March	24 Tue	09 Mon	07 Sat 21 Sat	01 Sun 28 Sat	03 Tue 17 Tue	04 Wed 18 Wed	30 Mon	12 Thu	20 Fri	22 Sun	05 Thu 20 Fri	28 Sat
April	22 Wed	07 Tue	05 Sun 20 Mon	25 Sat	01 Wed 15 Wed 30 Thu	02 Thu 16 Thu	29 Wed	11 Sat	16 Thu	21 Tue	04 Sat 18 Sat	27 Mon
Year - 2020	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	22 Fri	07 Thu	05 Tue 20 Wed	22 Fri	15 Fri 30 Sat	01 Fri 02 Sat 16 Sat 31 Sun	28 Thu	10 Sun	13 Wed	20 Wed	03 Sun 18 Mon	26 Tue
June	20 Sat	05 Fri	03 Wed 18 Thu	18 Thu	13 Sat 28 Sun	14 Sun 29 Mon	26 Fri	09 Tue	10 Wed	19 Fri	02 Tue 17 Wed	24 Wed
July	20 Mon	04 Sat	02 Thu 18 Sat	16 Thu	13 Mon 28 Tue	14 Tue 28 Tue	26 Sun	08 Wed	07 Tue	19 Sun	01 Wed 16 Thu 30 Thu	24 Fri
August	18 Tue	03 Mon	01 Sat 16 Sun 30 Sun	12 Wed	11 Tue 26 Wed	12 Wed 27 Thu	24 Mon	07 Fri	03 Mon 30 Sun	17 Mon	15 Sat 29 Sat	22 Sat
Year - 2020	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	17 Thu	01 Tue	15 Tue 29 Tue	08 Tue	10 Thu 24 Thu	11 Fri 25 Fri	22 Tue	05 Sat	27 Sun	15 Tue	13 Sun 20 Sun 27 Sun	20 Sun
October	16 Fri	01 Thu 31 Sat	14 Wed 28 Wed	05 Mon	10 Sat 24 Sat	11 Sun 25 Sun	22 Thu	05 Mon	24 Sat	15 Thu	13 Tue 27 Tue	20 Tue
November	14 Sat	29 Sun	12 Thu 27 Fri	02 Mon 29 Sun	08 Sun 22 Sun	09 Mon 23 Mon	20 Fri	04 Wed	20 Fri	13 Fri	11 Wed 26 Thu	18 Wed
December	14 Mon	29 Tue	12 Sat 27 Sun	26 Sat	08 Tue 22 Tue	09 Wed 23 Wed	20 Sun	03 Thu	18 Fri	13 Sun	11 Fri 25 Fri	18 Fri

About Matha Shivaratri 2020

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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