Names of the Different Muhurtas in the day

Names of the Different Muhurtas in the day
Jaya Tirtha Charan Dasa
Muhurta is a Vedic time unit equal to either 1/15 of day / night, 1 hour or 48 min (for calculations). It is also general term for auspicious time as well as branch of astrology defining it. Brahma muhurta = 2 muhurtas = 96 min.

MUHURTAS

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

06:00 - 06:48        06:48 - 07:36        07:36 - 08:24        08:24 - 09:12        09:12 - 10:00        10:00 - 10:48        10:48 - 11:36        11:36 - 12:24        12:24 - 13:12       13:12 - 14:00       14:00 - 14:48       14:48 - 15:36       15:36 - 16:24       16:24 - 17:12       17:12 - 18:00       18:00 - 18:48       18:48 - 19:36       19:36 - 20:24       20:24 - 21:12       21:12 - 22:00       22:00 - 22:48       22:48 - 23:36       23:36 - 24:24       24:24 - 01:12       01:12 - 02:00       02:00 - 02:48       02:48 - 03:36       03:36 - 04:24       04:24 - 05:12       05:12 - 06:00

RUDRA    AHI    MITRA    PITRU    VASU    VARA    VISVADEVA    VIDHI    SATAMUKHI    PURUHUTA    VAHINI    NAKTANCARA    VARUNA    ARYAMA    BHAGA    GIRISHA    AJAPAD    AHIRBUDHNYA    PUSA    ASVINI    YAMA    AGNI    VIDHATR    CANDA    ADITI    JIVA    VISNU    YUMIGADYUTI    BRAHMA    SAMUDRAM

BAD BAD GOOD BAD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD * GOOD BAD BAD BAD GOOD GOOD ** BAD BAD BAD GOOD GOOD GOOD BAD BAD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD GOOD VERY GOOD GOOD

*(except Monday and Friday)  **(except Sunday)
Again all Muhurtas are taken at 06:00 AM sunrise. Adjust accordingly.

YOGAS

To begin "Sat Kriya Karmas" (good Yogas for good activities):

PRITI
AYUSHMANA
SAUBHAGYA
SAUBHANA
DHRITI
VRIDDHI
DHRUVA
SIDDHI
SIDDHA
SHUKLA
VARIYANA
VAIRA
SHULA
BRAHMA
INDRA

To avoid "Sat Kriya Karmas":

VYAGHATHA
PARIGHA
VAJRA
VYATHIPATHA
VAIDHRITI
GANDA
ATIGANDA
SULA
VISHKUMBHA

According to Vedic astrology, certain parts of the day are inauspicious periods and one should not undertake any auspicious work during these periods - especially any new undertaking.

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

RAHU KALAM 16:30 - 18:00 07:30 - 09:00 15:00 - 16:30 12:00 - 13:30 13:30 - 15:00 10:30 - 12:00 09:00 - 10:30

YAMA GHANTAM 12:00 - 13:30 10:30 - 12:00  09:00 - 10:30 07:30 - 09:00 06:00 - 07:30 15:00 - 16:30 14:30 - 16:00

GULI KALAM 15:00 - 16:30 13:30 - 15:00 12:00 - 13:30 10:30 - 12:00 09:00 - 10:30 07:30 - 09:00 06:00 - 07:30

Again all times are taken from sunrise at 06:00 AM. Adjust accordingly. Adjust for local DLS (daylight savings time) if applicable.

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Astrological Comparisons

Deity Rama Krsna Nrsimha Buddha Vamana Parasurama Kurma Varaha Matsya

Planet Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter Venus Saturn Rahu Ketu

Element (Parasara Hora Sastra, ch. 2) fire water fire earth ether water air - -

Rasi (house) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.

Sign Mesa, Aja Vrsabha Mithuna Karkata, Kataka Simha Kanya Tula Vrscika Dhanus, Chapa Makara Kumbha Mina

(Aries) (Taurus) (Gemini) (Cancer) (Leo) (Virgo) (Libra) (Scorpio) (Sagittarius) (Capricorn) (Aquarius) (Pisces)

Lord Mars Venus Mercury Moon Sun Mercury Venus Mars Jupiter Saturn Saturn Jupiter

Element fire earth air water fire earth air water fire earth air water

(notes: Lord - according to Garuda Purana 1.60.7-9. Planets in 8th house in a chart indicate bhakti)

Varna Brahmana Ksatriya Vaisya Sudra outcaste

Planet Jupiter, Venus Sun, Mars Moon, Mercury Saturn Rahu, Ketu

Element water fire earth air -

Purusartha moksa dharma artha kama

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Days in Week
(Hari Sauri Das: Transcendental Diary I., Appendix A)

Name Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Teutonic demigod Sun Moon Tiw Woden (Wotan) Thor Freya Saturn

Roman demigod Mars Mercury Jupiter (Indra) Venus Saturn

Planet in SB Sun (Ravi) Moon (Soma) Venus (Sukra) Mercury (Budha) Mars (Angaraka) Jupiter (Brhaspati) Saturn (Sanaiscara)

(British Encyclopedia) week
period of seven days, a unit of time artificially devised with no astronomical basis. The origin of the term is generally associated with the ancient Jews and the biblical account of the Creation, according to which God laboured for six days and rested on the seventh. Evidence indicates, however, that the Jews may have borrowed the idea of the week from Mesopotamia, for the Sumerians and the Babylonians divided the year into weeks of seven days each, one of which they designated a day of recreation.
The Babylonians named each of the days after one of the five planetary bodies known to them and after the Sun and the Moon, a custom later adopted by the Romans. For a time the Romans used a period of eight days in civil practice, but in AD 321 Emperor Constantine established the seven-day week in the Roman calendar and designated Sunday as the first day of the week. Subsequent days bore the names Moon's-day, Mars's-day, Mercury's-day, Jupiter's-day, Venus'-day, and Saturn's-day. Constantine, a convert to Christianity, decreed that Sunday should be a day of rest and worship.
The days assigned by the Romans to the Sun, Moon, and Saturn were retained for the corresponding days of the week in English (Sunday, Monday, and Saturday) and several related languages. The other weekday names in English are derived from Anglo-Saxon words for the gods of Teutonic mythology. Tuesday comes from Tiu, or Tiw, the Anglo-Saxon name for Tyr, the Norse god of war. Tyr was one of the sons of Odin, or Woden, the supreme deity after whom Wednesday was named. Similarly, Thursday originates from Thor's-day, named in honour of Thor, the god of thunder. Friday was derived from Frigg's-day, Frigg, the wife of Odin, representing love and beauty, in Norse mythology.

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Directions and Their Meanings
(Satyaraja das: "Om Shalom", p. 179-180 - according to Madhvacarya's SB commentary, Madhva Bhasya 5.5.10-13)
- south: karma-kanda (Bhimarula-varuli wasp)
- west: jnana-kanda (Yaksa ghost)
- north: yoga-siddhi (Ajagara snake)
- east: bhakti-marga (Caitanya Mahaprabhu)