Dwadashi
Dwadashi is the twelfth tithi, and it belongs to Vishnu as the day on which the Ekadashi fast is broken. The pair of Ekadashi and Dwadashi is the classical unit of the fortnight's observance, and the tithi is read as benefic for anything that follows a restraint.
Bhadra class. The adhidevata list gives Vishnu here and Aditya (the Sun) in some sources; the variant is recorded rather than resolved. Shukla (waxing) tithi: the krishna (waning) tithi of the same number carries the same name and the same adhidevata with the prefix Krishna, and the waning fifteen are recorded as a group rather than as separate entries.
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Dvadasithe twelfth lunar day
Nature and meaning
- Kind
- Panchanga tithi
- Sanskrit
- द्वादशी
- English
- the twelfth tithi of the fortnight
- Meaning
Dwadashi is the twelfth tithi, and it belongs to Vishnu as the day on which the Ekadashi fast is broken. The pair of Ekadashi and Dwadashi is the classical unit of the fortnight's observance, and the tithi is read as benefic for anything that follows a restraint.
Details
- Deity
- Vishnu
- Use
Auspicious for all good work: marriage, charity, the consecration of images, and the parana, the breaking of the Ekadashi fast. Bhadra class.
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