Mahashivratri or night of Lord Shiva is dedicated to worship of Lord Shiva. The festival is generally celebrated in the Georgian months of Feb or March.

Sivaratri,Shivaratri,Sivarathri,Shivaratra.Shivaratri literally means the great night of Shiva or the night of Shiva. It is celebrated every year on the 13th night/14th day of the Maagha or Phalguna month of Hindu calendar.Since many different calendars are followed by various ethno-linguistic groups of India, the month and the Tithi name are not uniform all over India.

Celebrated in the dark fortnight or Krishna Paksha(waning moon) of the month of Maagha according to the Shalivahana or Gujarati Vikrama or Phalguna according to the Vikrama era.

According to hindu calendar Mahashivratri falls on the night before ‘amavasya’ in the month of Phalgun in entire north India while the corresponding month in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh is Magha. In 2012, the date of Mahashivaratri is on Monday, 20th February . Maha Shivratri is also observed on the thirteenth day of Krishna Paksha (waning phase of the moon) in all traditional Hindu months.