Muhurta Yogas | Joey Bujold

Ānandādi Yoga Calculator

Simply select the Nakshatra from the drop-down menu, and associated Yogas are provided by weekday, along with their auspiciousness and inauspiciousness.

Examples:

If Moon is in Aśvinī on a Sunday, it forms Ānanda Yoga, which is an auspicious day to launch an endeavor.
If Moon is in Uttaraphalgunī on a Saturday, it forms Utpāta Yoga, which is an inauspicious day to launch an endeavor.

Yoga names are derived from Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi, Ch.1 v 23-24:

ānandākhyāḥ kāladandaś ca dhūmro dhātā saumyo dhvāṅkṣetuḥ krameṇa |
śrīvatsākhyo vajrakaṃ mudgaraś ca chatraṃ mitra mānasaṃ padma-luptau || 23

utpāta-mṛtyu kila kārpaṇya-siddhi śubho ’nutāpākhyau musalaṃ gadaś ca |
mātaṅga rakṣaś ca rasasthira-ṛṣabha-pravardhamānaḥ phaladāḥ svanāma || 24

These verses also state that these yogas give the result of the nature implied by their names. The following translations were derived using AI (ChatGPT 5.1), and are therefore open to contextual debate. The full table is provided below.

Any corrections or alternative translations can be emailed to the author.

A few extra notes:

These Ānandādi Yogas begin at sunrise and end at sunset.
This includes Abhijit - so 28 Nakshatra scheme is used.
* Note that #21: Anutāpa / Amṛta – Is textually Disputed
- In most printed editions of Muhurta Cintāmaṇi, the 21st yoga appears as Anutāpa (“regret”), which would classify it as inauspicious.
- However, several manuscript traditions — especially in South India — instead read Amṛta (“nectar, blessing”), which is treated as auspicious.
- Internal evidence strongly supports the Amṛta reading:
  - It fits the thematic grouping of benefic yogas
  - It is not listed among the harmful yogas in the ghati-avoidance verse (below)
  - Scribal confusion between “amṛta” and “anutāpa” is well attested
- For practical purposes, this page adopts Amṛta (auspicious) as #21, but acknowledges that anutāpa (inauspicious) is a viable translation from the source text.
These are calculated as per v25:
- "On a particular day, which of the above yoga is forming, can be found by counting from Ashvini on Sunday, from Mrgashira on Monday, from Ashlesha on Tuesday, from Hasta on Wednesday, from Anudradha on Thursday, from Uttarashadha on Friday, and from Shatabhiska on Saturday till that day's Nakshatra and the number so derived will give yoga at the numeral counted from Anand Yoga."
Verse 26 also states that for the inauspicious yogas formed (in addition to 14-Padma, which is auspicious), a certain number of ghatis are to be avoided (1 ghati: 24 mins, 2 ghatis: 48 mins, 4 ghatis: 96 mins, 5 ghatis: 120 mins, and 7 ghatis: 168 mins) - refer to table below: