err ccCONTENTS . PAGE NO. 1, AUSPICIOUS AND INAUSPICIOUS MUHURTAS 1-46 2. THE NAKSHTRAS 47-89 3. THE DESCRIPTION OF SANKRANTIS 90-100 4. ‘GOCHARA PRAKARNAM’ OR THE PLANETS IN TRANSIT 101-112 5, THE SAMSAKARAS 113-145 6. MARRIAGE SANSKARAS 146-224 7, THE COMING IN OF THE BRIDE AFTER MARRIAGE 225-226 8. THE BRIDE’S SECOND COMING IN TO HER HUSBAND’S HOME (CALLED DWIRAGMANA) 227-229 9. THE DOING OF YAJNAS 230-231 10. THE CORONATION OF A KING 232-234 11. JOURNEYS AND TRAVELS 235-287 12, LIVING IN A CITY OR VILLAGE 288-312 13, CONSIDERATIONS WITH REGARD TO ENTERING A NEWLY CONSTRUCTED HOUSE ETC. 313-318 13> St 1] afrpoysrey aa: (Obeisance to Shri Ganesh ji) Laer qactferarahr | MUHURTA CHINTA MANI COMPOSED BY SHRI RAMA DAIVAGYA LEAT PT LIVI CHAPTER 1 AUSPICIOUS AND INAUSPICIOUS MUHURTAS, Wire posas TABS ea TAU | fai qeclefaatedtadamdel exg fear: 11911 May Gajanana (the elephant mouthed god Ganesha, the son of Shiva’s consort Paravati) remove all the obstacles of my way, He is adomed for a moment with the emergence of the second teeth or the second tusk (Ganesha, the elephant mouthed god has only one teeth or tusk) as he has thrown in sport by his hand into his mouth the forepart of the Ketaki flower in the ear of Gauri or Paravati (she wore the Ketaki flower in her ear as a jewel). Notes: In all the books written in Sanskrit there has been the tradition to offer obcisance for welfare at the beginning of the book Here obeisance has been paid to Shri Ganesha, the son of Paravati Shiva’s consort. Ganesha ji is endowed with the qualities of2 Muhurta Chinta Mani removing all the obstacles and ensuring successful completion of a decd. The present book has been annotated in Sanskrit by Shri Govind ji. The book is known by the name of Peeyushdhara (The Current of Nectar). In Peeyushdhara may be seen the harmonization of Shri Govind ji’s multifaceted knowledge of Shruti, Smriti, Purana, Nyaya, Vyakarana, Mimamsa, Dharma Shastra and Astrology. According to him the word 771 (Bhanga) in the shloka in ‘#aehU47' is wrong from the literary point of view and the expression should be ‘SASTMUTY or ‘“HAHAATA' in place of PeHqsrry’, “The word ‘arT would be better”, says Shri Govind ji. He has said so with a view to observing the rules of literature. But there will be no differ- ence in meaning duc to the word 71 or 7 Procrnfrattied deraraet rarer | OTA T ART: TN Heifer | 12 | Rama, the son of Ananta Daivagya, for the successful comple- tion of rites (conception, christening, first eating of grains ctc.) and deeds (trading, buying and selling, travelling etc.,) for the proper knowledge of Muhurtas (elections of time etc.) and for expressing 1n brief the deep meaning of things, composed this book named *Muhurta Chintamani’, Notes: Indian thinkers hold the view that a deed begun at a fayourable moment will confer favourable results. Therefore Astrolo- gy has made provision for the Muhurtas for the various rites like those of conception, christening (naming), child's first eating of grains, making hole in the ear (@°} @), beginning of education, beginning of teaching letters, keeping fast, marriage, yajna etc. and the various deeds like travelling, construction of new house, making jewels, tak- ing loan, ploughing, sowing seeds, cutting crops etc.. It is for the proper knowledge of these that Ramacharya has composed the book named Muhurta Chintamani fester afeat a aelensedat ef | fret guise faa eR: wre: ra: BVA 113 1 | LORDS OF TITHIS : Lords of tithis (Hindi Dates) Pratipada 3 Auspicious and Inauspicious Muhurtas etc. are respectively Agni, Brahma, Gauri, Ganesha, Sarpa, Kartikeya, Surya (the Sun), Shiva, Durga, Yamaraja, Vishwe Deva, Vishnu, Kamadeva, Shiva and Chandrama (the moon). Notes: On full Amavasya (the 30th Hindi Tithi) the longitude of the sun and that of the moon are the same. At the end of Amavasya the moon, due to her fast movement, goes towards the East from the sun and in this way, the moon’s being away from the sun by 12°, each time there is one tithi Pratipada etc. that is, when the moon goes away from 0° to 12° from the sun, there is the Pratipada tithi of the Shukla Paksha (the bright half of the month). The rest of the tithis are formed by the moon’s going away from the sun by 12° each time. When the distance between the sun and the moon is 180° there is the full disc of the moon in the sky. It is because of this that the 15th tithi is named as ‘Poornima’ or ‘Paurnamasi’. After ‘Poornima’ (Full moon tithi) when 15 tithis are completed, the dis- tance between the sun and the moon again becomes 0° and this day is the day of Amavasya (full dark tithi). It brings an end of the month, In the present Shloka are stated the lords of the tithis. The lords of the tithis in both the Pakshas (fortnights) - the bright half and the dark half - are the same. The first tithi of the bright half of the month is called Pratipada. In Indian Panchangas (Almanacs) it is indicated by the figure 1 (one) and in the same way the other tithis are also represented by figures or numbers 1, 2, 3 and so on. Poornima has been allotted the number of 15. The tithis after Poomnima are not rep- resented by the numbers of 16, 17 and so on, they are again started with Number 1 (one) and are represented by numbers 1, 2, 3 and so on, Only the Amavasya of the month is represented by the number of 30.4 Muhurta Chinta Mani The Lords or deities of the tithis are as follows: [Dates (ithis) ~ [Lords or deities 1. Pratipada Agni (Fire) 2. Dwitiya Brahma (the creator of the universe) 3. Tritiya Gauri (Lord Shiva’s consort) 4. Chaturthi Ganesha (Parwati’s son) 5. Panchmi Sarpa (Serpent, he is also a god) 6. Shashthi Kartikeya (son of Lord Shiva and Parwati) 7. Saptami The Sun (He is also a living god) 8. Ashtami Shiva (the god of destruction) 9. Navami Durga (the goddess who is symbol of pri} meval energy) 10. Dashmi Yaina Raja (god of death) 11. Ekadashi Vishwe Deva (one of God's names) 12, Dwadashi Vishnu (the god who supports creation) 13. Tryodashi Kamadeva (god of love) 14. Chaturdashi Shiva 15, Poornima The moon 30. Amavasya The moon/Manes. The worship, fast and the establishing of the image with life (in Sanskrit 11 wfetst - Prana Pratishtha) of the gods — these are to be done on the tithis of which they are the Lords or presiding deities. Thus, if one wants to worship Ganesha, it should be done on the 4th tithi the lord or presiding deity of which is Ganesha and so on, a1 a var a ora a Reo yl fireat seyaeagredi: | fad sfad eseraarern: eq: Rasta a fran ei 5 Auspicious and Inauspicious Muhurtas ‘NANDA’ ETC. NAMES OF TITHIS AND SIDDHA YOGA: In both the bright half of the month and the dark half of the month, Nanda, Bhadra, Jaya, Rikta and Poorna (in three frequencies) are re- spectively the names of the tithis. The three frequencies of the bright half of the month are respectively inauspicious, medium in auspicious- ncss and fully auspicious and; the three frequencies of the dark half of the month are regarded respectively fully auspicious, medium in auspiciousness and inauspicious. If, in both the bright and the dark half of the month, the tithis Nanda etc. in order (of all the three fre- quencies) happen to fall on Friday, Wednesday, Tucsday, Saturday and Thursday, then on that day there is the Siddha Yoga. Notes: In the 15 tithis of the bright half and the dark half of the month, 1/6/11 are Nandas, 2/7/12 ate Bhadzas, 3/8/13 are Jayas, 4/9/14 are Riktas and 5/10/15 are Poornas (in the Dark half of the month the Poornas are 5/10/30. In the bright half of the month the tithis Pratipada (1), Dwitiya (2), Tritiya (3), Chaturthi (4) and Panchmi (5) have been said io be inauspicious. Here inauspiciousness or auspiciousness depends upon the decreasing or the increasing of the moon. The moon disap- pears completely in the night of the Amavasya (30 tithi) and in the nights of the 1/2/3/4/5 tithis she is seen to be slowly increasing. Therefore owing to the weakening of the moon tnese tithis of the bright half of the month which are of the first frequency are said to be inauspicious. The second frequency of the tithis of the bright half of the month, that is 6/7/8/9/10 witness increase in the kalas of the moon. The strength of the moon increases to a certain degree. There- fore, these tithis are neither auspicious nor inauspicious or they are medium in auspiciousness. In the 3rd frequency of the tithis ef the bright half of the month, that is 11/12/13/14/15 the moon is endowed with all the kalas and therefore these tithis have been spoken of as auspicious. On the other hand in the dark half of the month in the first frequency of the tithis, that is, 1/2/3/4/5 the moon decreases slowly. But she is seen in her greater number of kalas. Therefore the tithis of the first frequency of the dark half of the month that is 1/2/3/4/5 have been said to be fully auspicious. In the 2nd frequency of the tithis of the dark half of the month 6/7/8/9/10 the moon gradually decreases in strength, and so these tithis have been said to be medi- um in auspiciousness. And in the 3rd frequency of the tithis of the6 Muhurta Chinta Mani dark half of the month, the moon's being completely devoid of strength, therefore these tithis 11/12/13/14/15 have been said to be inauspicious. If the Nanda tithis (1/6/11) happen to fall on Friday, Bhadra tithis (2/7/12) on Wednesday, Jaya tithis (3/8/13) on Tuesday, Rikta tithis (4/9/14) on Saturday and Poorna tithis (5/10/15) on Thursday, then on that day there happens to be Siddha Yoga. This Yoga is counted among the most auspicious yogas and it is regarded as suc- cess giving in one’s efforts. Brahma rishi Vashistha has said that as the Ekadashi tithi (11) destroys all the sins if on this tithi one keeps fast, gives alms, per- forms worship, listens to the religious stories, performs the comple- tion rites of some fast ‘S€TT*" etc., in the same way the above men- tioned Siddha tithis confer auspicious effects by destroying the de- fects relating to Muhurtas such as those of Masa Shunya (zero month), Masa Dagdha (burnt month). Inauspicious day such as the day of Saturday happening to fall on the inauspicious tithi of Rikta becomes a day of Siddha Yoga and confers auspicious effects. The Shioka in Tabular form Name of Days Yoga Tithis Nanda 1 6 i Friday Bhadra 2 7 12 Wednesday |Siddha Jaya 3 8 13 Tuesday | Yoga Rikta 4 9 4 Saturday Poorna x 10 13. Thursday In the bright |Inauspi- [Medium | Auspici- - - half of the — |cious in auspi- |ous month ciousness In the dark auspici- |Medium | Inauspici-| - - half of the — jous in auspi- |ous month ciousness 7 Auspicious and Inauspicious Muhurtas aa wal dfeeren oar a fear Hel YorUsasyaset a, | ari wre deatd afore Qe wees wR Ill AMRITA YOGA AND DAGDHA YOGA ON DAYS SUN- DAY ETC. If on days Sunday, Monday and so on there happen to fall respectively Nanda, Bhadra, Nanda, Jaya, Rikta, Bhadra and Poorna, then there is Amrita Yoga. In the same way, if there hap- pens to fall the Nakshtra of Bharani on Sunday, Chitra on Monday, Uttara shadha on Tuesday, Dhanishtha on Wednesday, Uttara phalguni on Thursday, Jyeshtha on Friday and Rewati on Saturday, Daghda Yoga happens to be on that day. Notes: If it happens that there is the Nanda tithi (1/6/11) on Sunday, Bhadra tithi (2/7/12) on Monday, Nanda tithi (1/6/11) on Tuesday, Jaya tithi (3/8/13) on Wednesday, Rikta tithi 4/9/14 on Thursday, Bhadra tithi (2/7/12) on Friday and Poorna tithi (5/10/15 or 5/10/30) on Saturday, there is formed on these days what is called Amrita Yoga. [According to Shri Govind ji Devarishi Narada’s shloka: gel sear, ae SA eT, HA FRAT, Get OTT, axl Rea, Yes ar erat qoryacaed: 11 should be interpreted in this way: “If it happens that there is the Nanda Tithi on Sunday, Bhadra Tithi on Monday, ‘Nanda Tithi on Tuesday, Jaya Tithi on Wednesday, Rikta ‘Tithi on Thursday, Bhadra Tithi on Friday and Poorna Tithi on Saturday. then Amrita Yoga is formed, this is the meaning”). But certain writers have interpreted that these days are Mrita Yoga forming if these Tithis fall on them. Actually. they have wrong- ly interpreted the expression U4) Yuifyaeael. The meaning of the expression should be this — If Poorna tithi falls on Saturday, the yoga formed will be Amrita. The expression when it is analysed is jt + aya + cael. This meaning is verified by the shloka writ- ten by Maharishi Kashyapa8 Muhurta Chinta Mani anfecrnt arta sar meena: | oer dhet att Ror worketrga war qet@fagen is analysed as ‘Yor + amef + amyen" that is if arm WA or aif or wifFare Saturday coincides with the Poorna tithi, the Yoga so formed is Amrita Yoga Table showing the Formation of Yogas due to Tithi (Date) Var (day) and Naksktra (Asterism) No. |Day {On 1 nm fOn fon lon |on of sun- |Mon- ffues- |Wednes|Thurs- [Friday |Satur- yoga} Yoga fay [day day day —day dey | 1. | Siddha jaya |Bhadra [Poona [Nanda |Rikta [Yoga _|x 318/13 [272 |s/ios Let jana 2. |Amnta |Nanda |Bhadra [Nanda |Jaya Rikta |Bhadra |Poorna| Yoga =|1/6/i1_ 2/7/12 {1/6/11 }3/8/13 [49/14 [2/7/12 [S/10/1 3. |Deghda [Bharani Chitra Uttara [Dhani Utara- [JyeshthalRewati Yoga lshadha |shtha _[phaleuni 4, | Kraka- 12 u jo 9 3 7 6 cha 5. | Samvart}7 k Ik 1 Ix Ik ik 6. |Dagdhafi2 ft s 3 G is 9 pe 7 Visha |4 6 I7 2 8. 19 7 (Poison)| at 8 Huta- [12 is 7 8 Ed 10 i shana {| 9. | Yama- [Megha [Visha- fArdra [Moola [Kritika [Robini [itasia Ghanta kha sssaifefieat vara vfimeqe | AAU SOM: TRS TANT |G || 9 Auspicious and Inauspicious Muhurtas KARKACHA AND SAMVARTAKA YOGA: If Shashthi etc tithis in right order of tithis fall on Saturday etc in reverse order of days, there is Adhama Yoga (Krakacha) on these days. There is Adhama (Samvartaka) yoga also if Pratipada (1) falls on Wednesday and Saptami (7) falls on Sunday. And teeth should not be cleaned with Neem stick ete on the Shashthi (6) etc, Tithis. Notes: If it happens that the Shashthi (6) tithi falls on Satur- day, Saptami (7) on Friday, Astami (8) on Thursday, Navami (9) on Wednesday, Dashmi (10) on Tuesday, Ekadashi (11) on Monday and Dwadashi (12), on Sunday, the yoga formed on these days is not aus- picious and good. Shri Govind ji (the writer’s brother) has given this yoga the name of ‘Karkacha yoga’, And the yoga that is formed if Pratipada (1) happens to fall on Wednesday and Saptari (7) on Sun- day has been given the name of ‘Samwartaka’. Teeth are not to be cleaned with stick of any tree (such as Neem tree) in these yogas. According to ‘Kashi Khanda Granatha’ collection of wood should not be made on Pratipada (1), Amavasya (30), Shashthi (6) and Navami (9) and on Sunday wsoassHlafaard y a Waa ard Tra Be VIA | AEST Raawy a ohare eT MTT LL 6 || On Shashthi (6), Ashtmi (8), Chaturdashi (14), Amavasya (30) lithis are prohibited respectively for oiling (the hair), cating flesh, shaving and sexual intercourse with one’s wife. Ubatan (paste made of turmeric etc used to cleanse the body) should not be applied on the body on Trayodashi (13), Dashmi (10) and Dwitiya (2) and bath should not be taken after rubbing Amla {a fruit) on the body on Amavasya (30), Saptami (7) and Navami (9), Notes: Anti-yogas (yogas which remove the evil effects of the inauspicious yogas) are also there in this connection. wd tea da sereeal varft a | Mefed? aqezai tumrea a tepry || That is. if the Shashthi tithi (6) falls on Saturday oil may be applied on the body, flesh may be caten on the Durgashtami (8) of the month of Ashwina (coincident with October). shaving may be10, Muhurta Chinta Mani done on Chaturdashi at a place of pilgrimage and sexual intercourse may be indulged ir on'the Amavasya of Deepawali (one of the four chief festivals of the Hindus falling on the 30th tithi of the Hindi month of Kartika) Oné more fact is to be kept in mind here that the tithi which remains on that day for two or three hours after Sunrise is not the one on which the above said things should not be donc. Thus, sup- pose. the Shashthi tithi (6) remains (on Saturday) only for 2 hours after the Sunrise, then oil may be applied on the body 2 hours after Sunrise, qaeroanParre ra tein ara esta: | quirercrenifetten aren franz gaITS | || gafftanr fier vafta venfierenrkreperates: slat aRISmIMEveH ea Yr aoa TF IAT 11S 1 DAGDHA, VISHA, HUTASHANA AND YAMAGHANTA YOGAS. If Dwadashi tithi (12) happens to fall on Sunday, Ekadashi (11) on Monday, Panchami (5) on Tuesday, Tritiya (3) on Wednes- day, Shashthi (6) on Thursday, Ashtami (8) on Friday and Navami (9) on Saturday, the yoga formed on these days is Dagdha. Again, if Chaturthi tithi (4) happens to fall on Sunday, Shashthi (6) on Mon- day, Saptami (7) on Tuesday, Dwitiya (2) on Wednesday, Ashtami (8) on Thursday, Navami (9)-on Friday and Saptami (7) on Satur- day, the yoga formed on these days is called ‘Visha’. In the same way, if the Dwadashi tithi (12) happens to fall on Sunday, Shashthi (6) on Monday, Saptami (7) on Tuesday, Ashtami (8) on Wednes- day, Navami (9) on Thursday, Dashmi (10) on Friday and Ekadashi (11) on Saturday, the yoga formed on these days is called ‘Hutashana’ yoga. Similarly, if the Makha Nakshtra happens to be there on Sun- day, Vishakha on Monday, Aridra.on Tuesday, Moola on Wednes- day, Kritika on Thursday, Rohini on Friday and Hasta on Saturday, the yoga formed on these days in these Nakshtras is Yama Ghanta. me wequl awa a Herd steel we degre sv aera art sfearn Het | I Auspicious and [nauspicious Muhurtas Tissal aeermerneg feers: yea ga: wrtar ott WS TITRA MHATTAT HN WITTE: 1190 1 | zip: usa fra simrenfafezaven: Hara | ZERO TITHIS OF CHAITRADI MASAS or MONTHS IN BOTH THE PAKSHAS (The bright and the dark half of the month):— Pratipada and Dwitiya (1 and 2) tithis in the month of Bhadrapada (August), Dwitiya and Tritiya (2 and 3) in Shravana (August), Dwadashi (12) in Baisakha (April), Chaturthi and Panchami (4, 5) in Pausha (December) Saptami and Ashtami (7, 8) in Margashirsa (De- cember) and Ashtami and Navami (8, 9) in Chaitra (March) are given the name of Zero tithis in both the Pakshas. In the dark half of the month of Kartika (November) Ashadha (July), Phalguna (February) Jyeshtha (May) and Magha (January) the Panchami, tithi (5), the Shashthi (6), the Chaturthi (4) the Chaturdashi (14) and Panchami (5) are respectively the zero tithis and so are respectively the Chaturdashi (14), the Saptami (7), the Tritiya (3), the Trayodashi (13) and the Shashthi (6) in the bright half of the month. Notes: Shradhdha (the offering of food and water to the manes on certain days as prevalent among the Hindus) may be done in the Zero tithis, but no auspicious deed should be performed on these tithis, The doing of auspicious deeds brings destruction of the fami- ly and also of money. Masas (Months) are of four kinds Solar months, Lunar months, Sidereal months and Savana months. The Solar months are determined according to the transit time of Sun's entry into 12 signs (like Aries, Taurus etc) cach of an angular distance of 30°. Lunar month is the time period from completion of new Moon (conjunction of Moon with the Sun) to the next new-Moon. There are two kinds of Lunar months used in India. The new Moon ending and the full Moon ending. The new Moon ending Lunar Month covers the period from one new- Moon to the next. This is known as amanta (Amavasya) or Sukhladi system. The day next to Amavasya is the first day of the month. The full-Moon ending Lunar month known as Purnimanta covers the period from one full Moon to the next and begins from the day after the full Moon. This is known as the Krishanadi system