Muhurta finder
Your rashi is your Moon sign — with it, each day says how the Moon stands for you. Don't know it? Find my Moon sign →
How it works
- 01Pick your city and a month — and, if you like, your rashi.
- 02Each day is checked for the text's good and bad combinations of weekday and star, and what its star suits; its good times are Abhijit and the good choghaḍiyās, outside Rahu kalam, Yamaganda and Gulika.
- 03See the month at a glance, the good days starred, and open any day for its times and reasons.
Questions about the muhurta finder
What makes a day good for starting something?
The Muhūrta Chintāmaṇi (chapter 1) names combinations of weekday and star that are good for any undertaking — Sarvārtha-siddhi (for example Thursday with Puṣya) and Ravi-yoga (the Moon's star the 4th, 6th, 9th, 10th, 13th or 20th from the Sun's) — and three to avoid: Utpāta, Mṛtyu and Kāṇa. A starred day has a good combination on a star suited to new starts.
What does the day's star suit?
Chapter 2 sorts the 27 stars into groups: fixed stars (Rohiṇī, the three Uttaras) suit lasting things and starting a house; movable ones travel and vehicles; quick ones (Hasta, Aśvinī, Puṣya) trade, learning, jewellery and crafts; soft ones (Mṛgaśirā, Citrā, Anurādhā, Revatī) music, new clothes and friendship. Fierce and sharp stars suit only forceful work.
Which times in the day are good?
Abhijit, the muhūrta around local noon (not on Wednesdays), and the Amṛt, Śubh and Lābh choghaḍiyās — with Rahu kalam, Yamaganda, Gulika and the day's durmuhūrta taken out. Choghaḍiyā and the kalams are common practice rather than this book, and the page says so.
Where do these rules come from?
From the Muhūrta Chintāmaṇi, written by Daivajña Rāmācārya in Kashi around 1600 — the classical handbook for choosing a time. We read the Sanskrit (with Mahidhar Sharma's Hindi commentary) and write each rule in our own words.
Why add my rashi?
With your Moon sign, each day also says how the day's Moon stands for you — and marks Chandrashtama, the Moon in the 8th from yours, a quieter day by tradition.
Does it work for weddings or moving into a new home?
Those have strict rules of their own in the text, so a good day here isn't a wedding muhurta — ask a family priest, who will also weigh both families' charts.