Panchang for Monday, 17 May 2027

Tithi	Dwadashi
Paksha	Shukla
Nakshatra	Hasta, pada 4
Yoga	Siddhi
Karana	Balava
Vara	Somavara
Sunrise (Ujjain, IST)	05:45
Sunset (Ujjain, IST)	19:01

Today's tithi is Dwadashi, in the Shukla paksha, the waxing half of the lunar month. The Moon moves through Hasta nakshatra, pada 4. The vara is Somavara, and the panchang's remaining limbs are Siddhi yoga and Balava karana.

Dwadashi in Shukla paksha

Shukla Dwadashi is the twelfth tithi of the bright fortnight, running from 132 to 144 degrees of separation, and in practice it is the tithi on which the Ekadashi fast is broken.

That breaking, called parana, has its own timing rules, which is why the tithi matters to people who keep the fast. It has to happen after sunrise on Dwadashi and, in most reckonings, before the tithi ends, so the exact window is a real question rather than a formality. It is one of the clearest cases of a tithi being used as a working instrument rather than a symbol.

Dwadashi is a Bhadra tithi with the second and the seventh, and the traditional deity is Vishnu. The classical associations are with return, resumption and the ordinary world taken up again after a pause, which is exactly what the parana is.

The Moon is now three days from full, rising in the late afternoon and setting near dawn. If you want a plain use for the tithi, treat it as the day for a gentle restart: the thing you set down deliberately is easier to pick up on purpose than by accident.