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Mahadwadasi

Mahadwadasi is an important day associated with Vaishnavas and those observing Ekadasi Fasting. If majority of the Ekadasi fasting is observed on the Dwadasi day (12th day) instead of the 11th day then this Dwadasi is referred to as Mahadwadasi.

Such Ekadasi fasting is observed on the Dwadasi and is broken on the 13th day day (trayodasi tithi).

Mahadwadasi happens a couple of times in a Hindu lunar calendar. There is no other specialty attached to the day.