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Festival guide · 2026

Dhanteras 2026

Name: Dhanteras 2026
Start: 2026-11-06
End: 2026-11-06
Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Dhanteras opens the five days of Diwali with Dhanvantari and Lakshmi puja and a lamp for Yama. Here is the date for your city, worked out by the advanced iAstroGuru Engine.

New Delhi, Delhi, India · Asia/Kolkata

This guide covers 2026. Use the festival calendar for other years.

Dates for your city

Friday, 6 November 2026

DhanterasFriday, 6 November 2026Panchang for this day
Diwali · Lakshmi PujaSunday, 8 November 2026Panchang for this day
Govardhan PujaTuesday, 10 November 2026Panchang for this day
Bhai DoojWednesday, 11 November 2026Panchang for this day

Dates can vary with place and tradition. Check your family’s or temple’s local observance too.

Dhanteras puja muhurat 2026 by city

The best evening window on Friday, 6 November 2026: when Pradosh Kaal, the fixed sign Vrishabha (Taurus) rising and the Trayodashi tithi all overlap. In New Delhi: 6:02 pm – 7:58 pm.

City	Puja muhurat	Pradosh Kaal	Vrishabha Kaal
Delhi	6:02 pm – 7:58 pm	5:32 pm – 8:09 pm	6:02 pm – 7:58 pm
Mumbai	6:35 pm – 8:34 pm	6:02 pm – 8:34 pm	6:35 pm – 8:35 pm
Kolkata	5:28 pm – 7:26 pm	4:56 pm – 7:30 pm	5:28 pm – 7:26 pm
Chennai	6:15 pm – 8:09 pm	5:40 pm – 8:09 pm	6:15 pm – 8:17 pm
Bengaluru	6:26 pm – 8:20 pm	5:51 pm – 8:20 pm	6:26 pm – 8:28 pm
Hyderabad	6:16 pm – 8:13 pm	5:42 pm – 8:13 pm	6:16 pm – 8:16 pm
Pune	6:32 pm – 8:31 pm	5:59 pm – 8:31 pm	6:32 pm – 8:32 pm
Ahmedabad	6:30 pm – 8:29 pm	5:59 pm – 8:32 pm	6:30 pm – 8:29 pm
Jaipur	6:11 pm – 8:07 pm	5:40 pm – 8:16 pm	6:11 pm – 8:07 pm
Lucknow	5:50 pm – 7:47 pm	5:20 pm – 7:56 pm	5:50 pm – 7:47 pm
Varanasi	5:45 pm – 7:42 pm	5:14 pm – 7:49 pm	5:45 pm – 7:42 pm
Patna	5:36 pm – 7:33 pm	5:05 pm – 7:40 pm	5:36 pm – 7:33 pm
Bhopal	6:11 pm – 8:09 pm	5:39 pm – 8:13 pm	6:11 pm – 8:09 pm
Indore	6:18 pm – 8:16 pm	5:46 pm – 8:19 pm	6:18 pm – 8:16 pm
Chandigarh	6:00 pm – 7:55 pm	5:31 pm – 8:09 pm	6:00 pm – 7:55 pm
Gurugram	6:03 pm – 7:59 pm	5:33 pm – 8:10 pm	6:03 pm – 7:59 pm
Surat	6:32 pm – 8:31 pm	6:00 pm – 8:33 pm	6:32 pm – 8:31 pm
Nagpur	6:07 pm – 8:06 pm	5:35 pm – 8:08 pm	6:07 pm – 8:06 pm
Guwahati	5:09 pm – 7:05 pm	4:38 pm – 7:13 pm	5:09 pm – 7:05 pm
Kochi	6:35 pm – 8:27 pm	6:00 pm – 8:27 pm	6:35 pm – 8:39 pm

Times in IST for each city centre, calculated by the advanced iAstroGuru Engine. Pradosh Kaal = sunset to one fifth of the night; Vrishabha uses the Lahiri sidereal zodiac. Your family or temple tradition may differ.

About the festival date

Dhanteras (Dhantrayodashi) is observed on Kartika Krishna Trayodashi in the purnimanta calendar, called Ashwin Krishna Trayodashi in the amanta calendar, with the main puja in the evening (pradosh). The date below is calculated for the chosen city; regional observances may differ.

How India celebrates

North India: families buy gold, silver, new utensils or a broom, and worship Lakshmi and Kubera in the evening.
Across India: a lamp is lit facing south at dusk for Yama (Yama deepdaan), for the well-being of the family.
Dhanvantari, the physician of the gods in tradition, is worshipped; the day is also observed as Dhanvantari Jayanti.
Gujarat and Rajasthan: trading families worship their account books and coins, sometimes washed in milk.
Maharashtra: Vasubaras, honouring cows and calves, falls just before Dhanteras.

Planning your day

Purchases are traditionally made during the day or at pradosh; check your city’s panchang for Rahu Kaal before fixing a time.
This guide gives the festival date, not a festival-specific puja muhurat; the linked Panchang gives general daily timings.

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