What is Abhijit muhurat

A muhurta is a traditional unit of time. The daytime, from sunrise to sunset, is divided into 15 equal muhurtas. When the day is 12 hours long, each one is 48 minutes. Abhijit is the 8th muhurta of the day. It begins when seven muhurtas have passed since sunrise and ends at the close of the 8th. That places it right in the middle of the day, when the Sun stands at its highest.

With sunrise at 6:00 am and sunset at 6:00 pm, Abhijit runs from 11:36 am to 12:24 pm. In other seasons the muhurta is a little longer or shorter, so the window changes with the length of the day. Local noon is also not always 12:00 on the clock, because it depends on how far east or west your city lies. Our panchang shows Abhijit muhurat for your city under Good time.

Abhijit is considered auspicious for most kinds of work, and it is the muhurat people turn to when no better one is available. A signing, a purchase, a first day at a new place or the start of a new task can be timed to fall inside it. It comes round every day except Wednesday, so it is easy to find and easy to plan around.

It is not meant to replace a muhurat chosen for a special event such as a wedding, which is picked from the whole panchang and the family's charts. The window is short, usually under an hour, so it suits tasks you can begin at a set time. Only the beginning needs to fall inside it. The work itself can carry on long after the window ends.

Traditionally, Abhijit muhurat is not counted on Wednesday. The reason usually given is that on Wednesday the 8th muhurta of the day is also the day's Dur muhurat, a period considered unfavourable, so the two cannot both stand. Our panchang follows this rule. On a Wednesday it shows no Abhijit window at all, rather than a time you might use by mistake. Every other weekday has its Abhijit.

This does not make Wednesday a poor day. It belongs to Mercury, the graha of learning and trade, and only this one window is set aside. On a Wednesday, look to other good times instead, such as an Amrit, Shubh or Labh choghadiya that falls clear of Rahu Kaal, or the quiet hour of Brahma muhurat before dawn. For anything important, have a muhurat chosen with care from the whole panchang.