Abhijit muhurat
Abhijit muhurat is the 8th of the 15 muhurtas of the day, a window of about 48 minutes centred on local midday. It is considered one of the strongest auspicious times, except on Wednesdays.
Also known as: Abhijit muhurta, Abhijeet muhurat, Abhijit muhurtham, Abhijit kaal, midday muhurat
The full guide: Abhijit Muhurat: Meaning, Timing and When to Use It
The daytime from sunrise to sunset is divided into 15 muhurtas. The 8th, which straddles the exact middle of the day, is Abhijit, ‘the victorious’. Its length is one-fifteenth of the daytime, about 48 minutes on a 12-hour day. Local midday is the midpoint between sunrise and sunset, which rarely matches 12 o’clock on the clock.
Tradition holds that Abhijit can outweigh many minor faults of the day, so it is often used for an important beginning when no fuller muhurat is available, from signing papers to setting out on a journey.
It has limits. On Wednesdays the midday muhurta counts as unfavourable, so Abhijit is not used. Many panchangs also note that it should not stand in for a properly chosen wedding or upanayana muhurat. Despite the shared name, it is separate from Abhijit nakshatra.