Ajapada-muhurta, Ajapāda-muhūrta: 1 definition

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Source: Wisdom Library: Hinduism

Ajapāda-muhūrta (अजपाद-मुहूर्त):—Name for a specific portion or phase of the day, used in ancient India during Vedic times. Ajapāda means “unborn foot/goat foot” and muhūrta means “division of time”, in this case, a 30th part of a day. This is the seventeenth muhūrta of a day.

The specific time range this day-part refers to is 18:48–19:36 and has Inauspicious qualities.

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