Dhanteras 2026 Date: 6 or 7 November? Kab Hai Dhanteras — Sahi Tarikh aur Shubh Muhurat

Dhanteras 2026 is on Friday, 6 November. The Dhanteras puja and the Yam Deepdaan are done on the evening of the 6th. In New Delhi the puja muhurat is 6:02 to 7:57 pm, inside the Pradosh Kaal of 5:33 to 8:09 pm. Times move by a few minutes from city to city.

Dhanteras is Kartik Krishna Trayodashi, and in 2026 that tithi runs across two dates:

• Begins: 10:30 am, Friday 6 November
• Ends: 10:47 am, Saturday 7 November

On the morning of the 7th, Trayodashi is the tithi at sunrise (the udaya tithi). Many fasts and festivals are kept on the udaya tithi, so a quick look at a calendar can put Dhanteras on the 7th.

Dhanteras is a festival of the Pradosh Kaal — the evening hours after sunset, when the Lakshmi-Kuber puja is done and the lamp for Yama is lit. So the rule followed for Dhanteras is: keep it on the day when Trayodashi is present in the Pradosh Kaal.

• On 6 November, Trayodashi has begun at 10:30 am and holds through the whole evening.
• On 7 November, Trayodashi ends at 10:47 am; by evening it is Chaturdashi.

Only the evening of the 6th has Trayodashi, so Dhanteras, the Dhanvantari puja and the Yam Deepdaan all fall on 6 November.

• Date: Friday, 6 November 2026
• Trayodashi: 10:30 am, 6 Nov to 10:47 am, 7 Nov
• Pradosh Kaal: 5:33 to 8:09 pm
• Puja muhurat (Vrishabha lagna): 6:02 to 7:57 pm
• Yam Deepdaan: at dusk on 6 November, a four-wicked lamp facing south

All times are for New Delhi. How the puja is done step by step is in our Dhanteras 2026 guide, and the lamps in how many diyas to light.

Buying something new is tied to Trayodashi, not only to the evening, so the shopping window is wider than the puja:

• 6 November from 10:30 am onward — the main day, and the evening is best for bringing the item home before the puja.
• 7 November until 10:47 am — Trayodashi is still running, so families who could not shop on the 6th often buy on the morning of the 7th.

What is traditionally bought — gold, silver, a new utensil, a broom, coriander seeds — is in what to buy on Dhanteras.

Saturday 7 November is Kali Chaudas at night. Roop Chaudas (Narak Chaturdashi) and Diwali with the Lakshmi Puja both fall on Sunday 8 November, followed by Govardhan Puja and Bhai Dooj. For a Lakshmi Puja in your name, performed by our pandits in Ujjain, see Maa Lakshmi Puja.