If you wish to get a muhurta calculated for an activity other than the ones listed here, please send an email to admin@jyotishworks.com.

Include a small description of that special event/ exercise/ activity, and the name of the place where you wish to conduct/start it.

We will reply to your email and ask for more information, if it is required. The fee for the calculation of such muhurtas will be -

INR 7500/- (USD 90.00)

Important To Understand - Point of Possible Conflict & Offered Advice

A muhurta cannot be 'manufactured'. It can only be 'discovered'. The availability of a muhurta depends entirely on the movement and position of planets. Nobody has control over that. Sometimes clients want a muhurta at (very) short notice. This 'short-notice' period may, or may not contain a 'suitable' and 'auspicious' muhurta or 'shubh muhurta' for the activity they wish to start. The only way to find out, is to calculate and analyze planetary positions within this 'short-notice' period. Calculation and analysis will require investment of time and effort. This investment warrants monetary compensation. But, if the entire calculation and analysis exercise proves to be futile due to non-availability of a suitable muhurta (within the specified time), the demand for monetary compensation will seem unjustified.

To avoid situations where investment of time and effort by both, the client (you) and the service provider (us), produces a 'zero' result, we suggest that clients engage us for muhurta calculation in the initial/earliest stages of planning, so that there is a large enough ‘time-horizon’ available to search the muhurta in. In simple words, this means we would ideally like to look for muhurtas within a time-period that is long enough to definitely reveal a 'suitable' and 'auspicious' muhurta for the planned event.

How long is this ‘large-enough-time-horizon’ which is most likely to reveal a suitable and auspicious muhurta for the new activity?

Ideally, we think one (1) month is the MINIMUM time that the client should give us to look for a ‘suitable and auspicious’ muhurta. We will however, appreciate it MORE if the client can give us between 3-6 months to search for a muhurta that we think is ideal for their new activity or event,  and meets the lofty standards that we at JyotishWorks.com set for ourselves, and aspire to meet in our effort to deliver to our clients, services and solutions that are indisputably the best.

Please Note – Our muhurta request forms are designed to only accept muhurta-calculation requests wherein the client gives us a minimum of one (1) month to find the muhurta they want.

What if no suitable Muhurta is found in the specified time period?

While sending a request for muhurta calculation, you will have to specify a time-period within which you want us to find a suitable muhurta for the start of the new activity. If, through the method of calculation you choose, we are not able to find a good enough muhurta for you, within that specified time period, we will return 100% of your money within 5-7 days.

Some FAQs about Muhurta Calculation –

Question – Why at all is a muhurta required? If at the start of a new activity, an appropriate muhurta is not calculated and impediments or problems are faced in performing the important activity later, or if the desired objectives are not achieved, an astrologer can be consulted to suggest remedial measures (upaayas). Until a problem is faced, why worry about it?

Short Answer – A stitch in time saves nine! 'Prevention is better than Cure' is also an appropriate idiom to quote here. Sometimes there is no cure, and prevention is the only sensible choice. But to exercise it before the onset of disease, a warning is required.

Long Answer – The suggestion/idea/understanding/belief that if problems are faced in carrying out a certain task, due to (major) flaws in the muhurta horoscope, an astrologer can be consulted and remedial measures can be taken, is counter-productive/misleading and a false-assurance that things can be manipulated/managed later. People are often mislead into believing that astrologers/occultists will change something for them or make their problems disappear overnight through suggestions of wearing of gemstones, donation of specific items, use of yantras or chanting of mantras.

Remedial measures will have some impact surely, but they are more likely to bring a situation of (-5) to (-3) or (-2) i.e. they will make the problem situation more bearable. Remedial measures WILL NOT turn a (-5) situation into a (+2) situation overnight. Yantras and mantras will enable the victim to deal with problems, but the process is slow and less likely to deliver what is required in a crises situation.

People probably believe claims of remedial measures changing fortune/destiny overnight, because in the physical world, people count on lawyers/doctors/enforcers/negotiators and other such trouble-shooters, to get them out of problems, if they encounter any, while executing their plans.

A good lawyer can argue in the court and convince the judge that his client is an innocent victim. The judge is approachable and a human. Humans can be influenced and can make mistakes. However weak the case, there is a fat chance that a good lawyer will ‘handle it well’ and secure some relief for his client.

People think the astrologer/occultist is also like a lawyer, just in a different courtroom, and just like a human judge, even planets can be influenced and relief can be sought. Think about this yourself, can you argue with Saturn? Or with Mars? Can anybody? Do you think planets can be influenced like a judge can be influenced by the arguments of the lawyer? A lawyer may be able to get an adjournment on a particular day and delay the proceedings of a case wherein his client is in trouble. But who can stop Saturn’s or Jupiter’s transit? You think the astrologer can?

It is in the interest of prospective-clients to understand that an astrologer is not their lawyer in the planetary courtroom, or their body-guard who will fend-off enemies when they are attacked.

An astrologer is your advisor in the chess-game that you, knowingly or unknowingly, play with planets every day. Astrological advice is most useful only before the move is made.

Laugh if anybody tells you anything different.

Question – Why should I spend money to get a ‘muhurta’ calculated? Why can’t I use a ‘muhurta’ that I get from a ‘Panchang’/Almanac? (The panchang/almanac will cost about INR 300/- OR USD 4/-)

Short Answer – Two Reasons –

1. Almost all Panchang muhurtas are calculated on the basis ‘Panchang’ elements only. Except the Sun and Moon, no other planetary position/combination is considered in the calculation of panchang elements. Only exception to this is – Marriage muhurta calculation.

Even Marriage muhurtas in the Panchang don’t take into account the birth constellations of the would-be bride and groom.

2. All pre-calculated muhurtas listed in a panchang are good, but the panchang won’t say which one of those muhurtas will be best/better for you.

Read the ‘Long Answer’ to get answers for the following questions –

1. What are ‘Panchang’ elements and how are they calculated?
2. Why are other planets (apart from Sun & Moon) and their positions important while calculating muhurta?
3. Why a Panchang muhurta may not be best/better for you?
4. Why is the birth constellation given importance while calculating a muhurta?

Long Answer – The word ‘Panchang’ can be broken into two Hindi words – ‘Panch’ & ‘Ang’

‘Panch’ means – Five (5)

‘Ang’ means – Part/portion

So, ‘Panchang’ literally means – Five parts

These five parts are –

1. Yoga/Yog – Literal translation of the word ‘yog’ is – ‘combination’. It is used to identify all kinds of planetary combinations by astrologers, but in context of the ‘panchang’ calculation, Yogas are calculated on the basis of ‘relative’positions of the Sun and the Moon. The term ‘relative positions’ means the distance between the longitudes of the Sun and the Moon, as observed from the Earth.
2. Tithi– This is the day in the lunar-month. This is also calculated in a way similar to ‘yog’ and is based on the difference between the longitudes/positions of the Sun and the Moon.
3. Karan – This is based on the Tithi. Each half of a tithi is a separate Karan. The duration of a tithi is ascertained first and then the duration of time for which it (tithi) operates is divided by two, to get the start and end times of the two Karans in that tithi.
4. Vaar – This means the day of the week. Each day of the week is accorded to each ‘pind-graha’/gross body considered in ‘Vaidik-Jyotish’ or predictive Vedic astrology. No calculation is required to know this. Almost everyone in the Indian sub-continent knows this.

5. Nakshatra – Literal translation of the word is ‘constellation’. This depends entirely on the position of the Moon. For most purposes, 27 nakshatras are considered. In some special situations the use of the 28^thnakshatra à Avijit – meaning ‘undefeated’ is made.

So, we see that the calculation of 3 ‘Panchang’ elements, (Yog, Tithi & Karan) requires the use of positions on the Sun and the Moon, 1 (Nakshatra) requires the use of the Moon only, and 1 (Vaar) does not require the use of any live planetary data/information.

The Sun and the Moon are just 2 out of the 9 planets considered for evaluation of a Muhurta. Without doubt, they are two out of the three legs in the tripod on which any horoscope/muhurta stands, but can we afford to ignore the positions of other 7 planets while calculating a muhurta? In our experience, the answer is ‘No’.

The other seven planets are important too. But, for a generic muhurta calculation, the review and assessment of motion and position of other planets is not taken into account because that takes much effort and time and is undertaken only on special requests by learned and experienced astrologers.

Different planets signify different things and the importance of each planet varies according to the purpose for which the muhurta is required. Some examples are –

1. While calculating a muhurta to start the education of a child, Mercury and Jupiter will have to be considered as Mercury signifies youngsters and students and Jupiter signifies teachers and learned persons.
2. In a muhurta for starting a business related to food, Moon and Jupiter will have to be considered because Moon signifies nourishment and Jupiter signifies wealth. Both purposes of the business namely – public service and profit-making, must be served.
3. For a marriage muhurta, Venus will become more important as it is the natural significator of marriage.
4. For calculating the muhurta to start a military operation, the strength and position of Mars, the planet that signifies the military, has to be evaluated.

Next question was - Why a Panchang-Muhurta may not be best/better for you?

Answer –The reasons are –

1. The Moon is not known to give good/happy/beneficial results in the 3^rd, 5^th, 7^th, 12^th 14^th, 16^th, 21^st, 23^rd, & 25^th nakshatras counted from the birth nakshatra. Please note, that the keywords here are – ‘counted from’.

Example –

The ‘Guru-Pushya’ yog is a well-known auspicious combination of Moon’s transit through the Pushya nakshatra on a Thursday, which can be used to start most new activities.

Now, if the birth-nakshatra of a person is Bharini, then, for the start of most new activities, even this day, which falls on the day of a ‘Guru-Pushya’ yog, (one of the most desired ‘muhurtas’) will NOT be suitable because Pushya is 7^th when counted from Bharini.

But, the panchang will not tell you this. It will, for most new activities suggest a day on which the ‘Guru-Pushya’ yog will operate without considering your birth-nakshatra.

We, however, will not suggest the Guru-Pushya-yog muhurta to our Bharini-born clients because it makes use of the 7^th nakshatra from their birth-nakshatra, and should ideally not be used for starting anything new by Bharini-born people.

Only those who know the names and order, of all 27 nakshatras will be able to ascertain whether the nakshatra operating at the time of the ‘panchang-muhurta’ is good and suitable for them, or not.

2. The Moon may occupy a favourable nakshatra but may still be in a zodiac sign that falls in the 6^th, 8^th or 12^th sign counted from the natal Moon-sign of the muhurta seeker. Such a situation will also make the pre-calculated panchang-muhutra less suited for the said muhurta-seeker.

3. Finally, as stated above ‘Panchang-muhurtas’ are almost always entirely based on ‘panchang-shuddhi ‘ and may or may not factor-in positions of other planets. In our opinion, the position and motion of at least the planet which signifies the activity for which muhurta is required, must be considered and used if possible.

Doing this is not possible in all situations, but whenever done, it surely helps in securing a position wherefrom the purpose of the new-activity is not easily defeated and those who hope to gain from the new activity will not be embarrassed. 

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