A muhurta is a traditional unit of time. The daytime (sunrise to sunset) is divided into 15 muhurtas, and the night (sunset to the next sunrise) into another 15. Because day and night change length through the year, a muhurta is not a fixed 48 minutes: it is longer on summer days and shorter on winter days, and the night muhurtas change in the opposite way.

Brahma Muhurat

Brahma Muhurat is the 14th of the 15 muhurtas of the preceding night, counted from the previous evening's sunset to the morning's sunrise. In practice it runs from two night-muhurtas before sunrise to one night-muhurta before sunrise.

  • If the night is exactly 12 hours, one night-muhurta is 48 minutes, so Brahma Muhurat runs from about 96 minutes to 48 minutes before sunrise.
  • On long winter nights it starts earlier and lasts longer; on short summer nights it is shorter.

Traditionally this hour is considered especially suitable for waking, prayer, meditation, study and japa. Many households treat it as the ideal start of the spiritual day rather than as a time for worldly beginnings.

Abhijit Muhurat

Abhijit is the 8th of the 15 day muhurtas, the middle one, so it sits around local midday (the Sun's highest point), not at 12:00 clock time. Depending on your longitude and time zone, it can be well before or after noon on the clock.

Abhijit is traditionally regarded as a widely useful auspicious window, often chosen when a fuller muhurat cannot be found. Some traditions do not use Abhijit on Wednesdays. This tool does not apply that exclusion; it shows the window every day, and you may follow your own tradition. Traditions vary by region and Panchang convention.

Vijaya Muhurat

Vijaya is the 11th of the 15 day muhurtas, in the afternoon. It is traditionally associated with success in undertakings and travel, and is shown alongside Abhijit on the Panchang.

How this platform calculates them

Every window is derived from the sunrise and sunset calculated for your exact location (upper limb of the Sun with atmospheric refraction), and Brahma Muhurat uses the length of the previous night. See today's timings at Brahma Muhurat and Abhijit Muhurat, and read more about sunrise conventions in the methodology.