MUHURTA | Electing of Auspicious Times for Important Events Course
ADVANCED COURSE

Week 1

What is Muhurta? Why is it so important to elect time for important events in life? This is a fundamental part of Jyotish: knowing the strengths and weaknesses of time so we can navigate our lives successfully. Muhurata is a major and complex subject with many techniques and exceptions. This course will give deep insight.

Week 2

Karma and Muhurta - How does Muhurta connect to Karma? We explore answers to some fundamental questions about it - Are we manipulating our karma? Does Muhurta cancel karma? How do our actions connect to the times in our lives? Is Muhurtas a psychological prop?

Week 3

The Shodasha Samskara – the sixteen sacred rites of passage for an incarnating soul from birth to death that, when performed correctly, help purify the mind, body and soul. These are specific rituals and responsibilities. The original purpose of muhurta was to perform it at the right time, and muhurta was selected accordingly.

Week 4

Types of Muhurta - The practice of Muhurta expanded to include finding the right and auspicious times for Marriage, starting new projects, education, house building, buying and moving house, medical muhurta, travel muhurta and many general-purpose muhurtas.

Week 5

Understanding Vedic Time. The Vedic time measure was the Ghadi; the time between two successive sunrises is 60 Ghadi. Ghadi is 24 minutes, and there are 60 Ghadis in a solar day. Why did the Sage divide the day into 60 Ghadi?

Week 6

Ten Main components of Muhurta. Five broad influences on Muhurta are Varsha (Year), Ayana (Half-Year), Ritu (Season), Masa (Month), and Paksha (Lunar Fortnight). Five specific components make up the Panchanga, the five limbs of the day. Dina/Vara, Nakshatra, Tithi, Karana and Yoga.

Week 7

Before embarking on Muhurta, we must study our own charts to determine whether our charts support the event we are planning Muhurta for, through dasha and transits. The best muhurta may not override problems or issues with marriage, as our chart suggests. Or, if you are in intense Sade Sati, Important guidelines on what to look for in your own chart and how it harmonises with the planned muhurta.

Week 8

Varsha is the year in which the Muhurta is planned - the Solar and lunar year. The knowledge of Samvatsara, the names of the 60 Vedic years, what to learn from the quality of the Vedic Year and its impact on the world. The five-year cycles of years mentioned in Vedanga Jyotish.

Week 9

Varsha part two – What are the main transits to watch for in a year? Eclipses, malefic conjunctions, retrogrades, and combustion can spoil the quality of the muhurta.

Week 10

Ayana and Ritu. Ayana divides the year into two parts, one of which is better for material work and the other for spiritual work.

Ritu are the 6 seasons, and some seasons are just not practical for starting new projects or marriage.

Week 11

Masa and Paksha. Masa is the month; some are auspicious, while others are more challenging. There are solar and lunar months. Sankranti is when the Sun changes sign and marks the beginning of a new month. Paksha is the lunar fortnight, which is studied in detail in Panchanga and Tithi. Adhika masa and Kshaya masa – the extra lunar month and the rare Kshaya masa, when a month is missed.

Week 12

The five limbs of the Panchanga. Dina, Nakshatra, tithi, Karana and Yoga. The energy each day carries. Each part of the panchanga represents one of the Panchamahabhuta, the five great elements and has a planetary ruler. The sub-sections within the limbs of the Panchanga.

Week 13

Dina is the most important component of the Muhurta. Get the Dina wrong, and the whole quality of the Muhurta is spoiled. Positive and Challenging days. The lord of the tithi. Dina's lords are Mars and Agni bhuta (Fire element); they indicate our energy and how we direct it.

Week 14

What each weekday represents and activities to do for each day. From Sunday to Saturday. The Role of the Lord of the Day.

Week 15

Hora – hours within the day. Each hora has a planetary ruler. Hora can be used for an emergency muhurta when a project must be completed on that day.

Week 16

Day Nakshatra – the Dina is divided into 30 sections known as Muhurtha. There are fifteen Muhurta nakshatras during the day and 15 Nakshatras during the night. These are key to planning an auspicious time, as each nakshatra brings its quality to a particular time of day.

Week 17

Abhijit Day Nakshatra and its uses. When not to use Abhijit Nakshatra.

Week 18

Rahu Kalam - the time of Rahu is considered a negative period during a day.

Week 19

Nakshatra influences the mind, and the state of our mind and feeling is of key importance to Muhurta. Nakshatra is Vayu bhuta ( air Element), and Saturn is the lord. Vayu can direct our thinking and inspire, or it can disturb our thoughts.

The types of Nakshatra - fixed, movable, aggressive, ordinary, dynamic, friendly and cruel. Other classifications include the nakshatras looking up, looking down, and looking forward. What activity and muhurta does each of these nakshatras promote?

Week 20

Chandra Bala, the Navatara transit of the moon over the nakshatras and how it connects to your natal Moon.

Week 21

Nakshatra gandanta: The Moon’s transits through gandanta nakshatras are negative for creating any muhurta. Gandanta nakshatras are the last 48 minutes of Revati, Ashlesha and Jyeshta and the first 48 minutes of Ashwini, Magha and Mula.

Week 22

Tithi is a lunar day. It represents our feel-good factor. It is the Jala Bhuta (Water element), and Venus is the ruler: Shukla and Krishna paksha, the 30 tithis, and their qualities.

Week 23

The sub-bhutas of the tithis. What each tithi represents and activities that can be done.

Week 24

Tithi Gandanta and Tithi Randhara are blind spots in the tithi system and should be avoided.

Week 25

Each tithi has daghda or burnt rashi. These rashis have no energy; therefore, they cannot deliver. The karaka planet of the project you are doing muhurta in daghda rashi, lagna or the Moon should be avoided.

Week 26

Karana is half a tithi. It represents the Prithvi Bhuta (Earth element), and Mercury is its ruler. The types of Karanas, what each karaka represents, and which ones need to be avoided.

Week 27

Yoga is the special energy created by the Sun and the Moon. It is our protection. Aakash bhuta (Ether Element) and Jupiter are the rulers. There are 27 Yogas, some of which can be very challenging. Even within the inauspicious yogas, there are specific times which are most damaging.

Week 28

Special yogas can be both positive and negative. Three factors are taken into account: Dina, Nakshatra and tithi plus the months. If two or three of specific dina, nakshatra, tithi and month happen on the same day, they create either positive vibrations or negative vibrations. You can have zero nakshatra days, with negative or positive Amrita, Siddha, or Sarva siddhi yogas.

Week 29

21 Weaknesses of time: these sum up what to avoid when creating a muhurta.

The exceptions that bless the muhurtas.

Week 30

General Muhurta Rules. We all need to find good times for various activities that require a smooth, positive outcome; here, simple rules of Muhurta will suffice.

Week 31

Important and Specific Muhurta rules – these could be major projects like buying a home, starting a new business, education, travel muhurta, medical muhurta, and more.

Week 32

Rules for Muhurta for marriage.

Week 33

Rules for Medical Muhurta.

Week 34

Rules for Travel Muhurta.

Week 35

Rules for Muhurta for starting new jobs or businesses, taking public office, etc.

Week 36

Final Analysis, combining various strands of complex rules of Muhurta to create successive and successful muhurtas.