Muhoortha Sangraha: Tables for Muhoorthas (Vol.2)

by V.S.Kalyanraman

In the second volume, of the book, the pitfalls to be avoided for the selection of Muhoortha are presented. The next chapter delves in great detail, the Muhoorthas for different Samskaaras like, Garbhaadaana, Pumsavana, Seemantha, Jaatakarma, Naamakarana, Nishkramana, Annaprasana, Choodaakarma, Karna-vedha, Aksharaabhyaasa, Upanayana, Vedaarambha, Kesantha, Samavarthana and Vivaha. The next section comprises the bulk of the volume which contains muhoortha tables for different deeds based on the present day necessities. Divided into, separate sections like Educational, Farming and Agriculture, Business and Commerce, Building Activities, Legal Matters, Treatment and Medication, Undertaking Travel, Monetary Transactions, Occupational, Religious Rituals, Temple Activities and Miscellaneous etc.

Table of Contents:

1. Electional Astrology - An Introduction

2. Some Important Hinits 

3. Muhoorthas for different Sanskaaras 

i) Garbhaadaana 

ii) Pumsavana

iii) Seemantha

iv) Jaatakarma

v) Naamakarana

a). Soothikasnaana

b). Jalapoojana

vi) Nishkramana 

vii) Annaprasana

a). Navannaprasana 

b). Aagrayanam

viii) Choodaakarma

ix) Krnavedha

x) Akshara abhyaasa

xi) Upanayana

xii) Vedaarambha

xiii) Kesantha

xiv) Samavarthana

xv) Vivaha

a) Marriage for yajurveds

b) Making Mangalyasutra

i) Educational

ii) Farming and Agriculture

iii) Business and Commerce

iv) Building Activities

v) Legal Matters

vi) Treatment and Medication

vii) Undertaking Travel

viii) Monetary Transactions

ix) Occupational

x) Religious Rituals

xi) Temple Activities

xii) Miscellaneous

Glossary


Author:

V.S.KALYANRAMAN – A mathematician and amateur astronomer by training, a bureaucrat by profession and a student of astrology by passion, was initiated to regular traditional training in astrology in his teens under distinguished astrologers of yesteryears, in Kerala, with a vow not to turn professional at any time. Commencing his career as a teacher in Kerala and joining the central government survive retired as a senior class 1 officer of the Government of India. After a stint of story writing in Tamil, in the fifties, turned to serious studies of Saiva Siddhanta, Philosophy, Psychology, Bharateeya Ganitha Sastra, Vedic Mathematics, Ancient Hindu Astronomy, varied Astrological systems of the world, Vastu Sastra, Vedic Numerology, and allied disciplines under various teachers of repute. As a freelancer he had been contributing on varied topics to magazines in English, Tamil and Malayalam from the fifties. Recipient of various awards and titles, he has been for over a decade a columnist, reviewer of books and contributor to Indian astrology, besides running its regular monthly features. Involved in coordinating and propagating the messages of Indian Scientific Heritage, his main passion is to bring the wisdom of our ancients to our younger generation. Preferring anonymity to publicity, he would like to remain a student of the subjects he loves, perennially than carrying the can of any erudition.