The magic of Mahashivaratri

Some fast for the entire day and perform vedic or tantric worship of Shiva, while others do the Rudra Abhishek, a special type of puja to please the god and seek his blessings.

Every lunar month, there is a Shivaratri. The most important one is Mahashivaratri, which falls on the 13th night of the month of Falgun (or the Amavasya, the darkest night of the month). It starts the day before the new moon, and it ends on the 14th day, in late winter, to commemorate the approaching summer.