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Delivery and limits

What are quiet hours in WhatsApp messaging?

Quiet hours are a sender-defined window, typically late evening to morning in the recipient's local time, during which marketing broadcasts and automated non-urgent messages are held and released afterwards. Meta does not mandate them, but a message at 2 am is among the most reliable ways to earn a block.

Updated 29 Aug 2026 · 1 min read

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  1. Why it matters
  2. In VGraple CRM
  3. Related terms

DELIVERY AND LIMITS

Quiet hours

Quiet hours are a sender-defined window, typically late evening to morning in the recipient's local time, during which marketing broadcasts and automated non-urgent messages are held and released afterwards. Meta does not mandate them, but a message at 2 am is among the most reliable ways to earn a block.

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Why it matters

Timing is a quality factor. Night-time marketing gets blocked and reported far more than the same message at 10 am, and in a country with one time zone like India a single window covers everyone. For international lists, per-contact time zones matter.

In VGraple CRM

Quiet hours are set per workspace with the recipient's country code used to infer the time zone; broadcasts scheduled into the window are queued to its end, sequences skip the window for marketing steps, and utility messages (reminders, order updates) can be exempted. Send-time optimisation works inside the allowed window.

Send-time optimisation, Held message, Block rate.

Frequently asked questions

Do quiet hours delay order confirmations?
Not if you exempt utility messages, which is the default.
Are quiet hours required by Meta?
No. They are a best practice, and some countries have local rules for commercial messaging times.
What window do you recommend for India?
Hold marketing between 9 pm and 9 am.

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