Electional Astrology

Muhurta is based on a concept that if care is taken of the beginning, naturally end will take care of itself. It is a part of Vedic Astrology that helps
person in choosing the most possible auspicious and favourable day and time for commencing important work and conducting sacred
ceremonies like Upanayan, Marriage, Moving into new home, starting new work etc.

With the expansion of awareness, mass of people have been found interested in knowing best Muhurta for their concern because it is believed
that by choosing best Muhurta if a work is done, possibility of expected good result and success in that work goes very high. It means, if destiny
has provided something opposite related to that work, we can dilute the same by opting best Muhurta. So, Muhurta advocates the freewill of
human being.

Muhurta is a time span of 48 minutes (which is equal to two ghati) taken into account from Sunrise. in Indian Astrology, the day is said to
commence from sunrise. There are 30 muhurtas in a nakshatra ahoratra. The period from sunrise to local noon is divided into 7 Muhurta as is
the period between local noon and sunset. In a similar manner the period from sunset to midnight and midnight to the next sunrise is divided into
7 Muhurta each (7 Muhurta x 4 = 30 muhurta). These four points of time - sunrise, local noon, sunset and midnight are the four gayatri pada.
Each of the four time span between these points measuring 7 Muhurta is called a Prahara. So, the four (4) Prahara make a day.

For Muhurtha, Panchanga Shuddhi is necessary. Panchanga Shuddhi implies auspiciousness of tithi (lunar day), vara (weekday), nakshatra
(constellation), yoga (joint motion of sun and moon amounting to multiples of 800 angular minutes) and karana (half a lunar day). All must be
auspicious. In tithi, 4th, 6th, 8th, 12th, 14th, full moon (purnima) and new moon (amavasya) should be avoided. Tuesday and Friday are suitable
for all purposes. Tuesday and Saturday are considered inauspicious but they are acceptable for surgical operations. Tuesday is avoided except
when it is 10th 12th or 16th day of the child birth for his Namkarana. Bharani and Krittika Nakshatras are also considered bad for all purposes.
Last parts of Ashlesha, Jyestha and Revati also should be avoided. Vishti Karana is very bad while bava and taitil are auspicious. 6th, 9th, 10th,
17th and 27th Yoga are inauspicious.

Thereafter Lagna Shuddhi is done. For this, auspicious Lagna or time for Muhurta should be obtained. Debilitated or retrograded Lagna Lord
should be avoided. Lagnesh should not be in enemy sign or 8th house. All planets are considered auspicious in 11th house. Sun and Saturn in
3rd or 8th house, Moon in 3rd or 12th house, Mars in 3rd or 6th house, Mercury and Venus in 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th or 10th house and Rahu
in 2nd, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th, 10 or 12th house are auspicious. Venus, Mercury or Jupiter in Lagna cancels all doshas in Muhurta Chart. Generally,
benefic in angles or konas, malefic in 3rd, 6th, 11th houses with 8th and 12th house vacant are best. Lagna should be strong and 7th house be
better vacant. 8th and 12th sign from Janama Rashi are good for Muhurta Lagna. 8th house if vacant in all cases, it is auspicious. Nature of an
activity also should be matched with the nature of sign.

For normal purposes, people take into account one or more of tithi or nakshatra or chandra bala or tara bala or rahu kaal. For daily routine nature
of work astrologer suggests to consider Rahu Kaala and Chaughadiay also. Abhijit Muhurta is taken as auspicious for all purposes.

PANCHANG

Panchang means five limbs which are i) Vaar ii) Tithi iii) Nakshatra iv) Yoga and v) Karan.
Vaar (Day): As we know there are 7 days in a week viz. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saurday.

The first day of S t Yuga i.e. the first day of Mahayuga starts from Sunday. As we know, there are 24 hours in a day; each hour or Hora is
ruled by a planet starting from the same sequence as mentioned above. After Sun, second Hora belongs to Venus followed by Mercury, Moon,
Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, again Sun, Venus likewise till we count 24 Horas or hours. The day will finish after 24 horas and we enter into next day
with 25th Hora. If you calculate, we get Moon as 25th Hora lord so Monday is the next day after Sunday. Likewise, please count further and we
get 25th hora of Mars so Tuesday.

It is important to remember for predictive astrology that everyday starts with its own hora of 1 hour starting from Sunrise time. Remedies related
to a planet gives best result if performed in its own hora or hora of friendly planet. If remedies (related to a planet) are performed in the hora of
lord of sign of debilitation planet, it gives extremely poor results. For example we wish to perform remedy for Saturn on Saturday. Starting from
Sunrise, the pattern is Saturn-Jupiter-Mars. This means third hora belongs to Mars who is lord of Aries, the debilitation point of Saturn. All
remedies performed in this hora will yield negative results instead of positive. We will discuss about remedial measures in detail later.

Tithi: There are 15 tithis each in Shukla and Krishna paksha. One kala of moon is referred as Tithi. They are as under:

1. Pratipada - Nanda Agni
2. Dwitya - Bhadra Brhama
3. Tritya - Jaya Gauri
4. Chaturthi - Rikta Ganesh
5. Panchmi - Purna Naag
6. Shashti - Nanda Kaartik
7. Saptami - Bhadra Surya
8. Ashtami - Jaya Shiv
9. Navmi - Rikta Durga
10. Dashmi - Purna Yam
11. Ekadashi - Nanda Vishwadeva
12. Dwadshi - Bhadra Vishnu
13. Tryodashi - Jaya Kaamdeva
14. Chaturdashi - Rikta Shiv
15. Purnima or Amavasya - Purna Chandra or Pitra

Nakshatra: There are 27 constellations or Nakshatra . Abhijit Nakshatra is not used in predictive astrology but in Muhurata (auspicious time of a
work) only. Each Nakshatra has four charana of 3 degree 20 minutes each. They are as under:

Ashwini : Chu, chay, cho, Laa
Bharani : Lee, Lu, Lay, Lo
Krittika : Aa, Ee, uu(udhar), Aay
Rohini : O, vaa, vee, voo
Mrigashira : vay vo, kaa, kKee
Ardra : Ku, Gha, da,Chha
Punarvasu : Kay, Ko, Haa, Hee,
Pushya : Hu, Hay, Ho, Daa
Ashlesha : Dee, Du, Day, Do
Magha : Ma, Me, Mu, May
Purva Phalguni : Mo, Ta, Ti, Tu
Uttara Phalguni : Tay, To, Pa, Pee
Hasta : Pu, Sha, ana, Tha
Chitra : Pay, Po, Ra, Ree
Swati : Ru, Ray, Ro, Ta
Vishakha : Tee, Tu, Tay, To
Anuradha : Na, Nee, Nu, Nay
Jyeshtha : No, Ya Yee, Yu
Mula : Yay, Yo, Bhaa, Bhi i
Purvashada : Bhu, Dhaa, Fhaa, Ddhaa
Uttarashada : Bhay, Bho, Jaa, Jee
(Abhijit) : Ju, Jay, Jo, Khaa
Shravana : Khee, Khu, Khay, Kho
Dhanishtha : Gaa, Gee, Gu, Gay
Shatbisha : Go, Saa, See, Su
Purva Bhadrapada : Say,so,Da,Dee
Uttara Bhadrapada : Du, Tha, Jjha, ana
Revati : Day, Do, Chaa, Chee Pushaa

Yoga: It indicates the time taken to cover 13 degrees 20 minutes or 800 minutes by (both) Sun and Moon. Unlike Nakshatra, yoga is j ust
measurement of time of distance only. There are 27 yogas which are as under

Vishkumbh, Preeti, Aayushman, Saubhagya, Shobhan, Atigand, Sukarma, Dhriti, Shool, Gand, Vridhi, Dhruv, Vyaghaat, Harshan, Vajra,
Sidhi, Vyatipaat,
Variyaan, Parigh, Shiv, Sidh, Sadhya, Shubh, Shukla, Brahm, Ayndra, Vaidhriti.

Karan: Half of a Tithi is called a Karan so there are two Karans in one Tithi. There are 11 Karans viz.
1) BAV 2) BAALAV 3) KAULAV 4) TAITIL5) GARA 6) VAANIJ 7) VISHTI OR BHADRA
8) SHAKUNI 9) CHATUSHPAAD 10) NAAG 11) KINSTUGHNA The first 7 of these Karans are char or moveable so it cannot be predetermined
on which dates these karans are going to occur, but the last 4 karans are sthira or fixed and hence can be predetermined. Sthira karan occurs
near Amavasya or no moon day and are considered in-auspicious.

Varsha (Year): There are primarily three types of years:

a) Solar year : It starts when Sun enters Aries sign and is approximately of 365 days and relates to apparent movement of Sun in 12 signs
b) Chandra (Lunar) Year: It starts from Chaitra (lunar) month and Pratipada tithi of shukla paksha. There are approximately 354 days in a lunar
year.
c) Brihaspatya Year: Brihaspatya means Jupiter and one Brihaspatya year is equal 12 months, the average time taken by Jupiter in a sign. It is
also referred as Sanvatsar.

Ayana: There are two Ayana viz Uttrayana and Dakshinayan of 6 months each. When Sun transits from Capricorn to Gemini, the period is
known as Uttrayana. And when Sun transits from Cancer to Sagittarius, the period is referred as Dakshinayan. Ayana is calculated from Sayana
Sankranti only.

Ritu (seasons): There are six types of ritus or seasons in a year. viz. Shishir, Basant and Gresham in Uttrayana and
Varsha, Sharad and Haymant in Dakshinayan

Ritus (Seasons) Months
Gresham Ritu Summers June - July
Varsha Ritu Rains July - Sept
Sharad Ritu Autumn Oct - Nov
Haymant Ritu Early Winter Dec - Jan
Shishir Ritu Winter Jan - Mar
Basant Ritu Spring April - May

Maas (month): There are two types of months a) Solar Month - It is equal to Suns transit in a sign and b) Lunar Month - It is transit of Moon
from a full Moon day to another full Moon day. There are 12 lunar months named as under :

Lunar Month - Solar month
1. Chaitra (Mar-Apr)
2. Vaishakh (Apr-May)
3. Jyestha (May-June)
4. Aashadh (June-July)
5. Shravan (July-Aug)
6. Bhadrapad (Aug-Sep)
7. Ashwin (Sep-Oct)
8. Kaartik (Oct-Nov)
9. Margsheersh (Nov-Dec)
10. Paush (Dec-Jan)
11. Maagh (Jan-Feb)
12. Fhalgun (Feb-Mar)

Paksha: There are two paksha of 15 tithis each in one lunar month viz. Shukla Paksha and Krishna Paksha. Shukla means bright or white and
Krishna means dark or black. Starting from Amavasya (no moon day) and up to Purnima (full moon day) is shukla paksha because kala or
brightness of moon increases in this period. From the full moon day to no moon day, 15 days period is referred as Krishna paksha as brightness
of moon decreases in this period.