The 30 Vedic Muhurats
In Vedic astrology, a 24-hour cycle is divided into 30 sacred Muhurats of 48 minutes each. Explore each Muhurat in detail.
रुद्र Rudra
Rudra is the first Muhurat of the daytime, commencing at the moment of local sunrise and lasting for 48 minutes (2 …
अहि Ahi
Ahi is the second Muhurat of the day (approx 48–96 minutes after sunrise). "Ahi" literally denotes the cosmic serpe…
मित्र Mitra
Mitra is the third daytime Muhurat (96 to 144 minutes after sunrise). Mitra is one of the 12 Adityas, celebrated th…
पितृ Pitru
Pitru muhurat is the fourth daytime slot (approx 2h 24m to 3h 12m after sunrise). Governed by the ancestral spirits…
वसु Vasu
Vasu is the fifth daytime Muhurat (approx 3h 12m to 4h 00m after sunrise). The Eight Vasus (Dhara, Anala, Anila, Ap…
वार Vara
Vara (literally "the boon") is the sixth daytime slot (approx 4h 00m to 4h 48m after sunrise). This muhurat represe…
विश्ववेद Vishvaveda
Vishvaveda is the seventh daytime Muhurat (approx 4h 48m to 5h 36m after sunrise). Meaning "possessing universal kn…
विधि Vidhi
Vidhi is the eighth daytime Muhurat (approx 5h 36m to 6h 24m after sunrise), immediately preceding solar noon. "Vid…
शतमुखी Satamukhi
Satamukhi is the ninth daytime Muhurat (approx 6h 24m to 7h 12m after sunrise), bordering the zenith of solar noon.…
पुरुहूत Puruhuta
Puruhuta is the tenth daytime Muhurat (approx 7h 12m to 8h 00m after sunrise), coinciding closely with the Abhijit …
वाहिनी Vahini
Vahini is the eleventh daytime Muhurat (approx 8h 00m to 8h 48m after sunrise), immediately following solar noon. I…
नक्तनकार Naktanakara
Naktanakara is the twelfth daytime Muhurat (approx 8h 48m to 9h 36m after sunrise). Meaning "the shadow that mimics…
वरुण Varuna
Varuna is the thirteenth daytime Muhurat (approx 9h 36m to 10h 24m after sunrise). Varuna is the keeper of Rta (cos…
अर्यमन Aryama
Aryama is the fourteenth daytime Muhurat (approx 10h 24m to 11h 12m after sunrise), occurring in the golden afterno…
भग Bhaga
Bhaga is the fifteenth and concluding daytime Muhurat, leading up to sunset (Godhuli). Bhaga represents the bounty …
गिरीश Girisha
Girisha is the first nighttime Muhurat, starting immediately at local sunset (48 minutes). In Vedic tradition, Sand…
अजपाद Ajapada
Ajapada is the seventeenth Muhurat (second of the night). Governed by Aja Ekapada (the deity of Purva Bhadrapada na…
अहिर्बुध्न्य Ahirbudhnya
Ahirbudhnya is the eighteenth Muhurat (third of the night, approx 1h 36m to 2h 24m after sunset). Associated with U…
पुष्य Pushya
Pushya is the nineteenth Muhurat and one of the rare Ati-Shubh (Very Auspicious) jewels of the night. "Pushya" tran…
अश्विनी Ashvini
Ashvini is the twentieth Muhurat. Governed by the twin Ashvini Kumaras (the celestial physicians), this Shubh perio…
यम Yama
Yama is the twenty-first Muhurat. Ruled by Dharmaraja Yama, this window signifies austerity, finality, and relentle…
अग्नि Agni
Agni is the twenty-second Muhurat. Representing purification, metabolism, and inward luminescence, this neutral slo…
विधातृ Vidhatr
Vidhatr is the twenty-third Muhurat (late night). Ruled by Vidhata/Vishwakarma, this Shubh window activates imagina…
काण्ड Kanda
Kanda is the twenty-fourth Muhurat (just after midnight, approx 12:49 am to 01:37 am). "Kanda" denotes the root or …
अदिति Aditi
Aditi is the twenty-fifth Muhurat (approx 01:37 am to 02:25 am). Classified as **Ati-Shubh (Supremely Auspicious)**…
जीव/अमृत Jiva/Amrita
Jiva/Amrita is the twenty-sixth Muhurat (approx 02:25 am to 03:13 am). Ranked as **Ati-Shubh**, this period is char…
विष्णु Vishnu
Vishnu is the twenty-seventh Muhurat (approx 03:13 am to 04:01 am). Ranked as **Ati-Shubh**, this period embodies u…
द्युमद्गद्युति Dyumadgadyuti
Dyumadgadyuti is the twenty-eighth Muhurat (approx 04:01 am to 04:49 am), the immediate precursor to Brahma Muhurat…
ब्रह्म Brahma
Brahma Muhurat is the twenty-ninth and most venerated of all 30 Muhurats (approx 04:49 am to 05:37 am, specifically…
समुद्रम Samudram
Samudram is the thirtieth and final Muhurat of the 24-hour cycle (approx 05:37 am to 06:25 am, the final 48 minutes…