मुहूर्त muhūrt

Hindi is also shown in Latin characters, using an adapted form of ISO 15919 transliteration.

How to read the transliteration

This site uses transliteration based on ISO 15919, with a few adaptations to make reading easier: h is added after c, ś and ṣ, and i after the vowel r̥. These adaptations bring it closer to the Hunterian system used in India while retaining the distinctive marks of ISO 15919.

Adaptations used on this site
ISO 15919On this site
cch
śśh
ṣṣh
r̥r̥i

A few reading pointers:

  • ā, ī, ū: the line above the letter indicates a long vowel.
  • ṭ, ḍ, ṇ: the dot below distinguishes retroflex consonants from t, d, n.
  • A tilde above a vowel indicates nasalisation.

sa · n. · m.

Earlier definition

Definition

A particular division of time; the thirtieth part of a day, a period of 48 minutes Any short space of time, a moment, an instant.
One of those 30 moments of 48 minutes.
(astrology) An auspicious moment, an appropriate time to undertake an important act; fateful hour.

Usual translation

  1. time

Origin of the definition

S مہوت मुहूर्त muhūrt, and H. महूर्त mahūrt, महूरत mahūrat, and महुर्त mahurt, महुरत mahurat , s.m. A particular division of time ( = 12 kshaṇ, or 2 ghaṛī); the thirtieth part of a day, a period of 48 minutes; — any short space of time, a moment, an instant; — an auspicious moment; — an astrologer, or astronomer: — mahūrat bićārnā, or mahūrat dekhnā, To ascertain the auspicious moment (for any work): — mahūrat karnā, To begin (a work) in an auspicious moment.

Usage in the murlis

Murlis of the day (and original sakar)

19 occurrences

In 12 on 2386 murlis

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Avyakts

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In 10 on 1112 murlis

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Created
Thursday 9 July 2020
Updated
Friday 12 July 2024