Term
Abhijit Muhurtaअभिजित् मुहूर्त
Solar noon auspicious window
The most auspicious window of the day, spanning 24 minutes either side of solar noon. Classically considered universally favourable for new undertakings. Not observed on Wednesdays per classical convention.
Abhijit Muhurta — “the victorious” — is the window centred on solar noon, and tradition regards it as the most broadly auspicious time of the day, favourable for new undertakings even when other factors are not. Its name is shared with the star Abhijit (Vega), long associated with success.
SahiKundli locates solar noon as the midpoint between sunrise and sunset — the high point of the Sun’s daily arc — and takes the window as 24 minutes on either side, roughly one muhurta in total. Because it is pinned to the day’s own sunrise and sunset, its clock time drifts with the date and the location rather than sitting at a fixed 12:00.
One classical exception is honoured: Abhijit is not observed on Wednesdays, and SahiKundli marks it absent on that day rather than computing a window. Otherwise it is reported with its start and end in local time, alongside Brahma Muhurta, as an auspicious counterpart to the inauspicious day-part timings.