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Matha Shivaratri in December 2022

Matha Shivaratri in December 2022 - Looking for list of Matha Shivaratri dates in 2022? Everyone will be looking for Matha Shivaratri dates to worship god and performing Poojas. Here listed out all the Matha Shivaratri in December 2022 dates and time for your reference.

Date	Day	Event
December 21, 2022	Wednesday	Matha Shivaratri

Matha Shivaratri 2022 | Masik Shivratri 2022

Matha Shivaratri 2022 - 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 2022 dates listed below

Amavasai 2022 / Pournami 2022 / Pradosham 2022 / Karthigai 2022 / Ashtami 2022 / Navami 2022 / Sashti 2022 / Sankatahara Chathurthi 2022 / Thiruvonam 2022 / Maha Sivarathiri 2022 / Ekadhasi 2022 / Chathurthi 2022

Year - 2022	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
January	02 Sun	17 Mon	15 Sat 30 Sun	12 Wed	10 Mon 25 Tue	11 Tue 26 Wed	07 Fri	21 Fri	05 Wed	01 Sat 30 Sun	13 Thu 28 Fri	06 Thu
February	01 Tue	16 Wed	14 Mon 28 Mon	09 Wed	09 Wed 24 Thu	10 Thu 25 Fri	06 Sun	20 Sun	01 Tue 28 Mon	----	12 Sat	04 Fri
March	02 Wed	18 Fri	15 Tue 29 Tue	08 Tue	10 Thu 25 Fri	11 Fri 26 Sat	08 Tue	21 Mon	28 Mon	01 Tue 30 Wed	14 Mon 28 Mon	06 Sun
April	01 Fri 30 Sat	16 Sat	14 Thu 28 Thu	04 Mon	09 Sat 23 Sat	10 Sun 24 Sun	06 Wed	19 Tue	24 Sun	29 Fri	12 Tue 26 Tue	05 Tue
Year - 2022	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
May	30 Mon	16 Mon	13 Fri 27 Fri	02 Mon 29 Sun	09 Mon 23 Mon	10 Tue 24 Tue	06 Fri	19 Thu	21 Sat	28 Sat	12 Thu 26 Thu	04 Wed
June	29 Wed	14 Tue	12 Sun 26 Sun	25 Sat	08 Wed 21 Tue	09 Thu 22 Wed	05 Sun	17 Fri	18 Sat	27 Mon	11 Sat	03 Fri
July	28 Thu	13 Wed	11 Mon 25 Mon	22 Fri	07 Thu 21 Thu	08 Fri 22 Fri	04 Mon	16 Sat	15 Fri	26 Tue	10 Sun 24 Sun	03 Sun
August	27 Sat	12 Fri	09 Tue 24 Wed	19 Fri	05 Fri 19 Fri	06 Sat 20 Sat	03 Wed	15 Mon	11 Thu	25 Thu	08 Mon 23 Tue	31 Wed
Year - 2022	Amavasai	Pournami	Pradosham	Karthigai	Ashtami	Navami	Sashti	Sankatahara Chathurthi	Thiruvonam	Maadha Sivarathiri	Ekadhasi	Chathurthi
September	25 Sun	10 Sat	08 Thu 23 Fri	15 Thu	04 Sun 18 Sun	05 Mon 19 Mon	01 Thu	13 Tue	08 Thu	24 Sat	07 Wed 21 Wed	29 Thu
October	25 Tue	09 Sun	07 Fri 23 Sun	12 Wed	03 Mon 18 Tue	04 Tue 19 Wed	01 Sat 30 Sun	13 Thu	05 Wed	23 Sun	06 Thu 21 Fri	28 Fri
November	23 Wed	08 Tue	05 Sat 21 Mon	09 Wed	01 Tue 16 Wed	02 Wed 17 Thu	28 Mon	12 Sat	01 Tue 29 Tue	22 Tue	04 Fri 20 Sun	27 Sun
December	23 Fri	08 Thu	05 Mon 21 Wed	06 Tue	01 Thu 16 Fri	02 Fri 17 Sat	28 Wed	11 Sun	26 Thu	21 Wed	03 Sat 19 Mon	26 Mon

Matha Shivaratri in December 2022 - Significance And Celebrations

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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