Dhanteras 2026 in Vaitoare, Austral Islands, French Polynesia Dhanteras puja muhurat 18:55–20:27, Thu 5 Nov
Festival · times in UTC−10
When is Dhanteras 2026 in Vaitoare?
Thursday 5 November
Kartika Krishna Trayodashi (purnimanta) · Ashwina Krishna Trayodashi (amanta)
Full panchang for Thu 5 Nov in VaitoareDhanteras puja muhurat: what time?
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:27.
Katha, puja vidhi and fasting rules
The same for every city, on the Dhanteras 2026 page:
Why is Dhanteras on Thu 5 Nov in Vaitoare?
Dhanteras is on Thu 5 Nov: Trayodashi holds more of pradosha that evening than on Fri 6 Nov.
Dhanteras puja muhurat: pradosha, 18:12–20:27. Within it Vrishabha, a fixed (sthira) lagna, rises in the east from 18:55 to 20:27.
Dwadashi until 19:01, inside pradosha; then Trayodashi. Trayodashi: 19:01 to 19:18 Fri.
Trayodashi holds pradosha only until 19:18; then Chaturdashi. Trayodashi: 19:01 Thu to 19:18.
One row per day, on one clock (UTC−10). 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 19:01 on Thu 5 Nov to 19:18 on Fri 6 Nov, touching pradosha on both evenings. The Nirnayasindhu takes the evening it holds more of: Thu 5 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.