Kartika Shukla Dwadashi: Vishnu as Yogeshwara worshipped; Tulsi-Amla puja (Ksheerabdi Dwadashi)

Yogeshwara Dwadashi is Kartika Shukla Dwadashi, the day after Prabodhini Ekadashi, when Lord Vishnu, newly awakened, is worshipped as Yogeshwara, the Lord of Yoga. It is also known as Utthana Dwadashi, and in the South as Ksheerabdi Dwadashi or Chilukku Dwadashi: on this day Vishnu, having risen from the ocean of milk (Ksheerabdhi) with Lakshmi, came to the Brindavan (tulsi garden), so tulsi is worshipped together with an amla (Dhatri) branch planted beside it, representing Vishnu, in the evening. Married women in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana decorate the tulsi platform (Brindavan), light many lamps, and perform the Tulsi-Dhatri puja, which is regarded as the Tulsi Vivah in these regions. In the Sri Vaishnava tradition it is Kaishika Dwadashi, when the Kaishika Purana — the story of the devotee Nampaduvan, who sang to the Lord in the Kaishika raga and kept his word even to a Brahmarakshasa — is recited, especially at Thirukkurungudi. It is also the day to break the Prabodhini Ekadashi fast.

The day on which the Ekadashi fast is broken; no fresh fast.