Vijaya muhurat
Vijaya muhurat is the 11th of the 15 muhurtas of the day, a window of about 48 minutes in the early afternoon. Its name means victory, and it is chosen for setting out on a task one hopes to win.
Also known as: Vijay muhurat, Vijaya muhurta, Vijay muhurt, Vijaya muhurtham
The daytime from sunrise to sunset is divided into 15 muhurtas. Vijaya, ‘victory’, is the 11th, so it begins ten muhurtas after sunrise: on a 12-hour day from sunrise at six, it runs from about 2:00 to 2:48 in the afternoon, roughly two hours after local midday. Like every muhurta, it lengthens in summer and shortens in winter.
Tradition uses it for undertakings one hopes to win: setting out on a journey or a campaign, beginning a negotiation or an examination. On Vijayadashami (Dussehra) it is the favoured moment to begin something new, and it falls inside the afternoon window (aparahna) of that day’s Shami and Aparajita puja.
It is a single good window of the day, not a full muhurat, and it does not cancel Rahu Kaal or a difficult tithi. On a Thursday it falls entirely inside Rahu Kaal, and on a Saturday inside Yamaganda, so check the whole day before you rely on it.