none of the included dtypes present in df will raise clear error message

Author: Khemkaran

pandas/core/methods/describe.py

@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ def describe(self, percentiles: Sequence[float] | np.ndarray) -> DataFrame:
             ldesc.append(describe_func(series, percentiles))
 
         col_names = reorder_columns(ldesc)
+        if len(ldesc) == 0:
+                raise ValueError("None of the included dtypes are present in the DataFrame") 
         d = concat(
             [x.reindex(col_names) for x in ldesc],
             axis=1,

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_describe.py

@@ -371,6 +371,13 @@ def test_describe_when_include_all_exclude_not_allowed(self, exclude):
         with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
             df.describe(include="all", exclude=exclude)
 
+    def test_describe_when_included_dtypes_not_present(self):
+        # GH#61863
+        df = pd.DataFrame({"a": [1, 2, 3]})
+        msg = "None of the included dtypes are present in the DataFrame"
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match=msg):
+            df.describe(include=["datetime"])
+
     def test_describe_with_duplicate_columns(self):
         df = DataFrame(
             [[1, 1, 1], [2, 2, 2], [3, 3, 3]],