er... but why muhurtha?

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Hi all!

 

I was raised in a typically South Indian brahmin family where almost

nothing of note was done without looking up an appropriate time - a

muhurtha. We in south India look for muhurthas for every conceivable

thing - leaving home for an important mission, filling out a job

application, ground-breaking for a house and what-have-you. Ever

since I began my quest of learning and understanding astrology, I

must confess I find a little paradox in the concept of muhurtha; I'm

certain that's only because of my ignorance.

 

Why muhurtha is important at all to an event isn't yet too clear to

me. Let's take a marriage for an example. If the two who are to be

husband and wife are matched for compatibility, etc and are found

well-suited, and if both are running favorable dasas and bhuktis, I

wonder how much more important is muhurtha to the longevity of that

marriage than gochara is in our lives. An incompatible couple's

marriage won't last, no matter what muhurtha they entered wedlock,

and an otherwise compatible couple's marriage can't come unhinged

merely because it came into being at an inauspicious time... or can

it?

 

There's this south Indian tradition of not performing marriages or

important events during certain months and even during permissible

periods, we look for favorable time slots during a particular day. I

could be wrong, but all this appears very Sun and Moon-centric. I

guess it'll take some explanation to convince one of the concept of

fixed times for Rahu kaals on the various days of the solar week,

since Rahu and Ketu are Moon's nodes of magnetic influence.

 

Right now, from my minuscule knowledge window, it seems that taking

gochara as a guideline for ascertaining suitability of events is a

safer bet than the traditionally held muhurtha.

 

I request you not to consider this a heretic script but a sincere

student's blindness.

 

Warm regards,

 

Ramapriya

hubli

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hare rama krishna

 

ramapriya_d wrote:

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> Why muhurtha is important at all to an event isn't yet too clear to

> me. Let's take a marriage for an example.

 

One of the criteria for marraige muhurta is that there should be no

grahas in the 7th house. Grahas in the 7th would represent the influence

(interference) of people in marital affairs.

 

The 8th house (2nd from 7th) shows longevity of the 7th house. As a

result, a muhurta with brahmacharya Mars in the 8th house should be

avoided (since he is opposed to the indications of the 7th house).

 

When we study the natal charts, we are studying the muhurta during which

we were born and its implications.

 

ajit

 

--

Ajit Krishnan

ajit

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~ajit

[V K Shridhar 0]

Dear Readers,

Like horoscopy deals with only one radical chart at the birth time, Muhurt deals with figures of the Heaven at each activity conducted by the doer after his birth. Wise men who believe in human effort (Purushartha) & intent to endeavour for the righteous effort at right time, take the benefit of the knowledge blessed by our Sages. The guidance provided by this branch of knowledge is fundamental, & when effectively used along with the sound professional knowledge related to the activity, degree of success & Siddhi is almost certainly assured. This is the most useful part of the astrology, & its other branches merely play a (minor) supporting role to it. No other branch of the existing knowledge guides an aspirant about the most opportune time to initiate an activity enabling him achieve the highest expected success.

Hindu electional astrology since the time immemorial from the birth of the Vedas is being profitably used in Yagyas & performing Samskaras (pronounced as Sanskaras - sacraments for purification of the body, mind & soul). None of these rites were thought possible without auspicious Muhurt. Without auspicious Muhurt they lose their purpose of purification.

By acting on auspicious Muhurt for conception & Punvasan Samskaras, one can have choice of sex of progeny; safety & health of foetus can be assured through Seemanta Samskar; warding of evil effects of planets & adverse birth time through Jaatakaram Samskar; higher level in wisdom, education, wealth & profession is achievable through Vidyaarambh (starting of education) Samskar; longevity, health, disease free life through tonsure Samskar; continuous gain of ornaments & the like through ear boring Samskar; spiritual development & purification through Upanayana Samskar (wearing a scared thread); health & proper medical development through Aanaprashan & first feeding in milk; felicitous, harmonious, mutual love, virtuous wife through matching of horoscopes, election of engagement & marriage; peace of the departed soul through proper last rites; are achieved on compliance of prescribed Muhurtas.

In lot many day to day activities, Muhurt has its role in achieving higher success through lesser efforts. Measure of pleasure & fruition of the desires are enhanced. Muhurt has its application in all the times to come including in the present socio-political & religious environments. Head of the state or Prime Minister shall have stable government, trouble free from foreign attacks or victory over enemy, better financial status & overall prosperity through oath / coronation at an auspicious Muhurt; war can be won if started at a selected time; safety & defence of army personnel in wearing of arms in specified election has been recommended; good yield, more fruits in starting tilling, sowing, harvesting storing in agriculture can certainly be expected if started at a fortunate time; for early removal of illness specific time has been prescribed for preparation & administration of medicine & taking bath on recovery; starting digging, laying foundation, fixing door frames & entrance gate, entering into house at a pre-determined auspicious time shall ensure safety, welfare, progeny & fortunes to the habitants; start of a travel of importance at favourable time for an aspirant shall surely bring success to him; wearing of ornaments & clothes in the prescribed Muhurt shall lead to prosperity & well being; fast progress, development & profits are assured in new venture & business initiated at felicitous Muhurt. The list is unending, & as the learned readers shall study the subject more & more, applications of Muhurt shall be explored for the aspirants.

... V K Shridhar

[V K Shridhar 0]

 

hare rama krishna

 

ramapriya_d wrote:

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> Why muhurtha is important at all to an event isn't yet too clear to

> me. Let's take a marriage for an example.

 

One of the criteria for marraige muhurta is that there should be no

grahas in the 7th house. Grahas in the 7th would represent the influence

(interference) of people in marital affairs.

 

The 8th house (2nd from 7th) shows longevity of the 7th house. As a

result, a muhurta with brahmacharya Mars in the 8th house should be

avoided (since he is opposed to the indications of the 7th house).

 

When we study the natal charts, we are studying the muhurta during which

we were born and its implications.

 

ajit

 

--

Ajit Krishnan

ajit

http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~ajit

 

Dear Krishnan ji,

 

You are right that there should be no planet in 7th house in marriage electional chart, as well as no planet in 8th house.

 

Further any planet in 64th Navamsha is also to be avoided - to be precise.

 

Karmas are in our hands. Human birth is for imrovement of one's status in this birth. If there is no effect of Karmas then, quest for leaning, attaining knowledge, study of Vedas & the like, doing good Karmas has no sense.

 

Since the Karmas are in our hands, elections (Muhuartas) are also in our hands. Vedic knowledge is full of dilations on Karmas & propitiations.

 

For detailed study on Vedic system of elections please refer to my book titled "Hindu Electional Astrology"- a compendium on Muhurtas.

 

http://www.besttime-election.com

 

--- V K Shridhar