Rahu KaalAbhijit muhurat
Abhijit muhurat is the midday window the panchang calls favourable. How it is worked out, why it is about 48 minutes on an average day and what is said about Wednesday.
A muhurat is a traditional unit of time of about 48 minutes, one thirtieth of a full day and night. The daytime holds fifteen muhurats, counted from sunrise, and the eighth of them, the one in the middle of the day, is called Abhijit. The name means "victorious".
How it is worked out
Divide the time from sunrise to sunset by fifteen and take the eighth part. On a day of exactly twelve hours each muhurat is 48 minutes, and Abhijit runs from 11:36 to 12:24, centred on 12:00. Because it sits in the middle of the daylight, it is centred on local solar noon, not on 12:00 on the clock. In a city in the west of its time zone, such as Ahmedabad or Mumbai, it can be well after 12:30.
What tradition says
Abhijit is considered a good time to begin things when no other suitable time can be found, and it is said to offset many small flaws in a day. Many panchangs add that it is not used on Wednesday, and some say it is weak on other days or in certain seasons; the details differ between traditions, so our tool shows the window every day and leaves the choice to you. It does not cancel Rahu Kaal: on Wednesday Rahu Kaal is the fifth part of the day, which overlaps Abhijit, and on other days they can partly overlap too, so it is worth checking both.
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Questions people ask
Is Abhijit always at 12 noon?
No. It is centred on local solar noon, which can be well before or after 12:00 on the clock depending on where you are in your time zone.
How long is it?
One fifteenth of the daylight, about 48 minutes on a 12-hour day and a little less in winter.