Abhijit Muhurat

Muhurat is one of the important part of Jyotish. Selection of the best time sometimes involves a lot of calculations. Even then one may end up with nothing due to present of many doshas. Then comes the role of “Abhijit Muhurat”.It is a powerful election as per Hindu astrology. This muhurat is capable of removing all the doshas prevalent at that time.It is also belive that on this muhurat Lord Shiva killed the demon Tripurasur who captured the three world,Aakash,Prithvi, Pataal with his immense power.
Abhijit Muhurt starts from 1 ghati(equvivalent to 24 minutes) before the Local Noon Time (LNT) & remains till 24 minutes thereafter (total duration 48 minutes) for 12-hour duration of daytime. Its duration varies proportionally according to length of day because in Jyotish a day begins from sun-rise to sun set.
Example- To calculate the abhijit muhurat at any place lets assume
Sunrise at – 0530
Sunset at -1830
Local Noon Time(LNT)=(1830+0530)/2=12hr
Abhijit Muhurat=LNT± (Sun set- Sun rise)/30
=12±(1830-0530)/30 hrs
=12±13/30hrs
=12±26minutes
In the above example the length of day is 13 hrs. That is why the standard duration of abhijit muhurat changes from 48 minutes to 52(26x2) minutes.
Exceptions : This muhurat looses its beneficiancy on Wednesday.So avoid selecting it on Wednesday.Secondly traveling in south direction in this muhurat brings inauspicious results. Last but not least this muhurat should be used in emergencies when no other suitable times are available otherwise one may fails to harness the richness of other muhurats available on that day.
I hope you get the answer why some people perform marriages on Sundays noon time!!