Krishna Dwadasiద్వాదశి
Tithis 2, 7 and 12. Steady, constructive work.
- Deity
- Vishnu (Hari)
- Paksha
- Krishna Paksha
- Group
- Bhadra — auspicious
- Sanskrit
- Dwadashi
- Telugu
- ద్వాదశి
- Number
- 12 / 15
About Krishna Dwadasi
The twelfth tithi is Vishnu's own, and its principal role in daily practice is as the window in which the Ekadashi fast is broken. That parana must fall within dwadashi and after sunrise, which is why an Ekadashi observance is really a two-day matter. Beyond that it is a benefic, generous tithi.
The paksha
In krishna paksha the moon is waning, losing light each night. The waning half is treated as favourable to inward, reductive and concluding work — practice, fasting, ancestral rites and the settling of what is outstanding — rather than to new outward beginnings.
Bhadra — auspicious
Bhadra means 'good' or 'fortunate'. These are the workmanlike tithis: good for building, for trade, for study and for the ordinary business of a household. Their weekday is Wednesday.
What it traditionally favours
Breaking a fast, worship of Vishnu, feeding others, charity, and completing devotional undertakings.
How this tithi is reckoned
The tithi shown on any date page is the one running at sunrise in the city you have selected, which is the convention used by published panchangams. Because a tithi can begin or end at any hour, the same calendar date can carry a different tithi in two cities several time zones apart — this is a real difference, not an error, and it is why every timing on this site is computed for a specific place rather than for a country.