Dur Muhurta Timings for Any Date
Dur Muhurta marks one or two of the fifteen muhurtas of the day, chosen by the weekday, that Panchangs traditionally set aside. See them for any city and date.
What Dur Muhurta is
The daytime from sunrise to sunset is divided into fifteen equal muhurtas, and the night from sunset to the next sunrise into fifteen more. Dur means difficult, and Dur Muhurta is the name for specific muhurtas that the tradition treats as less suited to starting important work. Which ones they are depends on the weekday.
The table this page follows is: Sunday the fourteenth day muhurta; Monday the ninth and twelfth; Tuesday the fourth, plus the seventh muhurta of the night; Wednesday the eighth; Thursday the sixth and twelfth; Friday the fourth and ninth; Saturday the first and second. So most days have two windows, and Tuesday has one by day and one after sunset.
Reading the result
Choose a place and a date. Each Dur Muhurta window is listed with its start and end in the local time zone, its muhurta number and whether it falls in the day or the night. A muhurta is forty-eight minutes long on a day with twelve hours of daylight, and stretches or shrinks with the season. The night window on Tuesday is counted from sunset, so it falls in the evening of the same Vedic day.
On Wednesday the Dur Muhurta is the eighth day muhurta, which is also Abhijit. That is why Panchangs ask people to avoid Abhijit on Wednesdays, and the page marks it the same way.
Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda and Gulika Kaal appear in the same result. Read together, they show which parts of the day the tradition sets aside. They describe a custom and do not predict events. If an important date matters to you, an astrologer can choose a muhurta with the full chart in mind.
Calculation settings
The windows depend only on local sunrise, sunset, the next sunrise and the weekday whose sunrise begins the Vedic day. These come from the MyAstroLuck engine, our own code, using the upper edge of the Sun and standard refraction. Planet positions on the page are sidereal with the Lahiri ayanamsa, though the ayanamsa plays no part in these times. Some sources use slightly different muhurta tables, so a printed calendar may list a different window on certain weekdays. Where the Sun does not both rise and set on the date, no windows are given.
Frequently asked questions
How many Dur Muhurtas are there in a day?
One or two by day depending on the weekday, and on Tuesday one more after sunset.
How long is each window?
One fifteenth of the daytime or night, so forty-eight minutes when day and night are each twelve hours.
Why does Wednesday overlap with Abhijit?
On Wednesday the Dur Muhurta is the eighth day muhurta, which is the same slot as Abhijit.
Why might another calendar show a different window?
Muhurta tables vary a little between sources, and sunrise times depend on the city and horizon rule used.
Which ayanamsa is used?
Positions on the page use the Lahiri ayanamsa. The Dur Muhurta times themselves depend only on sunrise, sunset and the weekday.
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