muhurta
मुहूर्त muhūrtaAn auspicious moment, and the branch of Jyotisha that elects one - fixing the time to marry, to build, to travel or to begin. It is the most widely practised part of the tradition, far outrunning belief in prediction.
Where this term appears
- What is Jyotisha? Scriptures
That is the oldest surviving link in India between a position in the sky and the timing of a human ceremony, and the direct ancestor of every muhurta consulted for a wedding in India this week.
- Why do so many temples face east? Temples
The most sacred hour of the temple's day is the dawn waking of the deity, the suprabhatam , sung in the last dark of Brahma Muhurta , the auspicious pre-dawn window a while before sunrise.
- The Summer Turn Treatise
It is an abuja muhurta , an auspicious time that needs no calculation: the whole day, every hour of it, is held fortunate, so that a thing one might otherwise wait to begin until the almanac found a good moment…
- The Worship - At The Architecture Of Nine Doors Treatise
…rce-aspect commander of Lalita’s army), and Tuesday morning at brahma muhurta (the pre-dawn hours) is the timing for Varahi-centred Sri Vidya worship in those sub-lineages.