Muhurta school
Muhurta Chintamani · मुहूर्त चिन्तामणि
The standard reference for choosing auspicious times.
Attributed to
Rama Daivajna
Approximate period
c. 1600 CE
Rights status
source_text_public_domain
What it covers
Electional rules by activity: ceremonies, travel, construction, agriculture, education and commerce.
Standard authority on electional astrology: auspicious timing for undertakings and samskaras.
Signature methods
- Activity-specific nakshatra and tithi requirements
- Blocked and afflicted windows to avoid
- Angular-placement rules for the elected chart
What makes it different
Organised by what you intend to do, which is why it remains the practical Muhurta handbook.
How the Muhurta school reads a chartChapter-by-chapter summary
Muhurta Chintamani is arranged in prakaranas (topic sections) organised by the activity being elected. The sections below follow that arrangement.
How to work through Muhurta Chintamani
- 1Identify the activity first, then read only its section — the book is meant to be used by topic.
- 2Always check the general blocking conditions before accepting a window from an activity section.
- 3Confirm the elected chart's angles last; a clean panchanga with a weak lagna is not a good muhurta.
10 entries covering the full text
These summaries describe what each chapter covers in Astravya's own words. No verses are translated or reproduced.
Glossary
- Shubha muhurta
- An auspicious elected moment.
- Dagdha tithi
- A lunar day treated as burnt or unsuitable.
- Panchaka
- A set of conditions marking certain acts as unsuitable.
Published rules cited from this text
No rules from this text have been published yet. Entries appear here once a reviewer releases them.
Sanskrit source text is public domain; modern English renderings are not.
Every summary on these pages is Astravya's own wording of a classical principle. Sanskrit verses are not reproduced unless the source wording is out of copyright or licensed, and each published rule records its chapter, verse and rights basis.