Ksheerabdi Dwadasi 2026 Date: Saturday, 21 November

Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi) in 2026 falls on Saturday 21 November 2026 in the Telugu states (Hyderabad, IST). Sukla Dwadasi: 21 Nov 6:32 AM – 22 Nov 4:57 AM IST. In the USA: Saturday 21 November 2026 on the East Coast, Friday 20 November 2026 on the West Coast; tithi Fri 20 Nov 8:02 PM – Sat 21 Nov 6:27 PM EST (5:02 PM – 3:27 PM PST). In the UK: Saturday 21 November 2026. Also called Kshirabdi Dwadasi, Chilukula Dwadasi.

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Next year: Kshirabdi Dwadasi 2027 – Wednesday 10 November 2027

Kshirabdi Dwadasi (Chilukula Dwadasi), Kartika Sukla Dwadasi, is the evening Vishnu wakes from his four-month sleep on the ocean of milk: Tulasi kalyanam is performed at the tulasi kota with a sugarcane or amla twig for Vishnu, lamps are lit and the chaturmasya vows end. The dwadasi at pradosha fixes the day, the day after Prabodhini (Utthana) Ekadashi.

Tithi timing

Sukla Dwadasi begins 21 November 2026 at 6:32 AM IST and ends 22 November 2026 at 4:57 AM IST.

Timings by city: India, USA, UK, Canada, Australia

Every time is computed for the city's own coordinates and time zone (daylight saving applied); nothing is converted from IST. The last column is the part of the day the rule judges, pradosha (the first fifth of the night after sunset); the date is the day the tithi covers it. It is the window the tradition names for the observance, not a separately chosen muhurtham; we do not print other muhurthams because we have not verified them.

How the date is decided

Kartika sukla dwadasi at pradosha (Tulasi kalyanam, lamps at dusk).

Date by city

Different date in 44 of 215 cities: Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Dallas, Irving, Plano, Frisco, McKinney, Coppell, Fort Worth, Houston, Sugar Land, Austin and 32 more — the tithi is judged against each city's own sunrise and local time (daylight saving included), so the day can shift for cities far from India.

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Stotras commonly recited

Full text in Telugu: Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam · all stotras

Coming up next

• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Bali Padyami (Govardhan Puja)
• Tuesday 10 November 2026 – Karthika Masam begins
• Wednesday 11 November 2026 – Bhagini Hasta Bhojanam (Yama Dwitiya)
• Friday 13 November 2026 – Nagula Chavithi
• Monday 16 November 2026 – Karthika Somavaram
• Tuesday 24 November 2026 – Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam)

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• Karthika Pournami (Deepotsavam) – Tuesday 24 November 2026
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