ద్వాదశి
The twelfth tithi — the window in which the Ekadashi fast must be broken.
- దేవత
- Vishnu
- ఆవృత్తి
- Twice a lunar month
Dates for India · IST (UTC+5:30) · tithi read at 06:00 local time · amanta months · Lahiri ayanamsa. How we calculate
What ద్వాదశి is
Dwadashi follows Ekadashi, and its principal role in daily practice is as the parana window: the Ekadashi fast is broken during dwadashi, after sunrise, and before the tithi ends. This is not a formality. Breaking the fast before sunrise, or after dwadashi has already ended, is held to lose the merit of the fast that preceded it, which is why an Ekadashi observance is really a two-day affair and why the tithi end time is worth checking.
Who observes it
Observed by everyone keeping Ekadashi. Some keep dwadashi itself as an additional day of restraint (particularly Vaishnavas following the Harivasara rule).
Fasting rules
Dwadashi is when the fast ends rather than a fast in its own right. The first food is traditionally simple and sattvic, and grains are reintroduced deliberately.
Pooja vidhanam
Worship of Vishnu with tulasi before the parana. Feeding others — a brahmin, a guest, or anyone in need — before eating oneself is a standing part of the observance.
A note on timing
The parana must begin after sunrise and end before dwadashi does. Both times are on each date's panchangam page: sunrise at the top, the tithi end time in the five limbs.
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Dates are computed for India, from the tithi in force at 06:00 IST; outside India an observance can fall a day earlier or later. Tap any date for that day's full panchangam, where every timing is recomputed for your selected city.
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