Dhanteras 2026 in Taiohae, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:24–20:06, Fri 6 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−9:30
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Taiohae?
Friday 6 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Fri 6 Nov in TaiohaeDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:24 to 20:06.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Fri 6 Nov in Taiohae?
Dhanteras is on Fri 6 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Thu 5 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 17:48–20:06. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:24 to 20:06.
Dwadashi until 19:31, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:31 to 19:48 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:48; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:31 Thu to 19:48.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−9:30). Band: the tithi. Box: Pradosha. Light strip: day; dark strip: night.
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset. Trayodashi runs from 19:31 on Thu 5 Nov to 19:48 on Fri 6 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Fri 6 Nov. No text giving Dhanteras’s time was found; pradosha is Tithika’s convention.
The rule
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Dhanteras puja is done in pradosha, the 3 muhurtas after sunset.
- Smarta
- the evening whose pradosha Trayodashi holds: Tithika’s convention, since no text gives the time.
- Vaishnava
- the Smarta day.