Narasimha Jayanti marks Vishnu's appearance as the man-lion at twilight, at the threshold — neither day nor night, neither inside nor out — to protect the child Prahlada. The fast is kept through the day and broken after sunset, the hour of the appearance.
Source: Bhagavata Purana 7.8
sarvatra ha vartate bhagavān
Prahlada declares the Lord present everywhere — including, as the Purana shows, in the pillar his father struck.
Honoured deity: Bhagavan Narasimha, the fourth avatara of Vishnu
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