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{{Short description|Twelfth day of the lunar month in the Hindu calendar}}
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'''Dvadashi''' ({{Langx|sa|द्वादशी|translit=Dvādaśī}}),<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Zelliot |first1=Eleanor |url=http://archive.org/details/experienceofhind00zell |title=The Experience of Hinduism : essays on religion in Maharashtra |last2=Berntsen |first2=Maxine |date=1988 |publisher=Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-88706-662-7 |pages=325}}</ref> also rendered '''Dwadashi''', is the twelfth lunar day ([[tithi]])<ref>{{Cite book |last=Motilal Banarsidass |first=Delhi |url=http://archive.org/details/ZlgV_puranic-encyclopaedia-by-vettam-mani-motilal-banarsidass-delhi |title=Puranic Encyclopaedia By Vettam Mani Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi |pages=8}}</ref> of the ''shukla'' (bright) or ''krishna'' (dark) fortnight, or [[Paksha]], of every lunar month in the [[Hindu calendar]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Verma |first=Manish |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z4gzFFLdBoYC&dq=dvadashi+twelfth&pg=PA10 |title=Fasts and Festivals of India |date=2013 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |isbn=978-81-7182-076-4 |pages=10 |language=en}}</ref>
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Dwadashi is regarded to be suitable for the veneration of the sacred [[tulasi]] tree and the worship of [[Vishnu]]. It marks the end of the three-day [[ekadashi]] fast, starting on [[dashami]].

==Occasions==

* The [[Kurma]] Dwadashi is dedicated to the worship of [[Kurma]], the second [[avatar]] of [[Vishnu]]. It is celebrated on Dwadashi (twelfth day) of [[Shukla Paksha]] (waxing phase) of [[Pausha]] month.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9v1OAQAAIAAJ&q=Kurma+dwadashi+celebrated+on+pausha |title=The Sacred Scriptures of India |date=2009 |publisher=Anmol Publications |isbn=978-81-261-3630-8 |pages=222 |language=en |quote=Kurma - dwadashi Vrata This particular austerity is dedicated to the worship of lord Kurma - the incarnation of lord Vishnu. It is celebrated on twelfth day of bright half of the Hindu month 'pausha'.}}</ref> The same day is celebrated as ''Pratishtha Dwadashi'' i.e. establishment day for Ram Lalla vigrah at [[Ram Mandir|Ramjanmbhumi Mandir]] at Ayodhya.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SNS |date=2025-01-05 |title=UP CM Yogi to perform Ram Lalla's Abhishek during Pratishtha Dwadashi fest on January 11 |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/india/up-cm-yogi-to-perform-ram-lallas-abhishek-during-pratishtha-dwadashi-fest-on-january-11-1503383127.html/amp |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=The Statesman |language=en-US |quote=Champat Rai, General Secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust said here on Sunday that, “On January 11, corresponding to Paush Shukla Paksha, Dwadashi, Vikram Samvat 2001, we mark one year since the establishment of the newly built temple at Ayodhya Dham, the sacred birthplace of Maryada Purushottam Lord Shri Ram, the patron of Indian culture and Sanatan Dharma.”}}</ref>
* The Govinda Dwadashi or Narasimha Dwadashi, which falls in the month of [[Phalguna]], celebrates the [[Narasimha]] [[Avatar]] of [[Vishnu]], before [[Holi]].
* The Rama Lakshmana Dwadashi is important for begetting a son.
* The Vamana Dwadashi, also called Onam, venerates Vamana, the fifth incarnation of Vishnu, and the visit of Mahabali.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rinehart |first=Robin |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hMPYnfS_R90C&pg=PA146 |title=Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice |date=2004 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-1-57607-905-8 |pages=146 |language=en}}</ref>
* The [[Govatsa Dwadashi]] is the first day of celebrations on [[Diwali]], on which cows are worshiped as symbolic to mothers; nourishing mankind, and being the chief means of livelihood and religious sanctity in rural India.<ref>[https://www.drikpanchang.com/festivals/govatsa-dwadashi/govatsa-dwadashi-date-time.html?year=2020 2020 Govatsa Dwadashi]</ref>
* The Dwadashi marks the ''Sripada Vallabha Aradhana Utsav'' of [[Sripada Sri Vallabha]], at [[Pithapuram]] Datta Mahasamsthan in the state of [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>[http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com/index1.php?page=home Goseva at Sripada Srivallabha Mahasamsthanam] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030081418/http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com/index1.php?page=home|date=2022-10-30}}[http://www.sripadasrivallabhamahasamsthanam.com/gopooja.php?page=gopooja][http://www.dattamaharaj.com/%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%20%E0%A4%B6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%AD][http://sripadavallabhamiracles.com/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813054034/http://sripadavallabhamiracles.com/|date=2021-08-13}}</ref>
* The saint-poet [[Annamacharya]] died on [[Phalguna]] Bahula (Krishna) Dvadashi (12th day after full moon) in the year Dhundhubhi, on 4 April 1503 after living for 95 years.
* The Shukla Paksha Dvadashi is the prophesied date for the birth of the [[Kalki]] avatar of Vishnu.

==See also==
* [[Chaitra]]
* [[Paksha]]
* [[Govatsa Dwadashi]]

==References==
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