Muhurta in Vedic Astrology

In Taittiriya Brāhmaṇas, muhūrta denotes a division of time: one-thirtieth of a day, or a period of forty-eight minutes, means 24 hours (60 Ghati) in a day are divided into 30 muhurtas.

So, 1 Day = 24 hours (60 Ghati) and

1Day is also = 30 muhurtas

This means 30 muhurtas = 24 hours (60 Ghati)

          1 muhurta = 48 minutes (2 Ghati)

24 hours of the day and night are further divided in 8 prahars 4 prahars during the daytime and 4 during night time. One Prahar on an average is three hours or seven and a half muhurtas. 4 Prahar from Sunrise are Purvanh (पूर्वान्ह), madhyanah (मध्यान्ह), aprahnah (अपरान्ह) and Sanykala (सायंकाल).

The 28 nakshatra map into the 28 muhurtas starting from sunrise and the remaining two muhurta before sunrise are attributed to the Brahma. These two muhurta taken together (96 minutes before sunrise) are loosely called as Brahma Muhurta. However, they are different in their energy and are better understood as Brahma and Surya (or Savitur to be more precise) being both Creators yet different. Brahma is the deity of Saturn and is associated with rebirth of the soul and this 29th Muhurta is excellent for meditation on the reasons for our creation, the purpose of this birth and realisation of the self and God whereas the 30th Muhurta is best for praying to the creator Savitur for impelling our intelligence in the right direction, burning the sins that led to rebirth and recovering from the curses and dridha karma of past births. This time is known as Brahma muhurat because this is the perfect time for gaining Brahma Gyan. Rishi Sushurut defined this time as Amrit Bela (the nectar time).

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