मुहूर्त

Sanskrit

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• মুহূৰ্ত (Assamese script)
• ᬫᬸᬳᬹᬃᬢ (Balinese script)
• মুহূর্ত (Bengali script)
• 𑰦𑰲𑰮𑰳𑰨𑰿𑰝 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀽𑀭𑁆𑀢 (Brahmi script)
• မုဟူရ်္တ (Burmese script)
• મુહૂર્ત (Gujarati script)
• ਮੁਹੂਰ੍ਤ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌮𑍁𑌹𑍂𑌰𑍍𑌤 (Grantha script)
• ꦩꦸꦲꦹꦂꦠ (Javanese script)
• 𑂧𑂳𑂯𑂴𑂩𑂹𑂞 (Kaithi script)
• ಮುಹೂರ್ತ (Kannada script)
• មុហូត៌ (Khmer script)
• ມຸຫູຣ຺ຕ (Lao script)
• മുഹൂര്ത (Malayalam script)
• ᠮᡠᡥᡠᡠᡵᢠᠠ (Manchu script)
• 𑘦𑘳𑘮𑘴𑘨𑘿𑘝 (Modi script)
• ᠮᠤᠾᠤᠤᠷᢐᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
• 𑧆𑧔𑧎𑧕𑧈𑧠𑦽 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐩𑐸𑐴𑐹𑐬𑑂𑐟 (Newa script)
• ମୁହୂର୍ତ (Odia script)
• ꢪꢸꢲꢹꢬ꣄ꢡ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆩𑆶𑆲𑆷𑆫𑇀𑆠 (Sharada script)
• 𑖦𑖲𑖮𑖳𑖨𑖿𑖝 (Siddham script)
• මුහූර්‍ත (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩴𑩒𑪂𑩒𑩛𑩼 𑪙𑩫 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚢𑚰𑚩𑚱𑚤𑚶𑚙 (Takri script)
• முஹூர்த (Tamil script)
• ముహూర్త (Telugu script)
• มุหูรฺต (Thai script)
• མུ་ཧཱུ་རྟ (Tibetan script)
• 𑒧𑒳𑒯𑒴𑒩𑓂𑒞 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨢𑨃𑨱𑨃𑨊𑨫𑩇𑨙 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mr̥ȷ́ʰúš (“brief, short”), from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥ǵʰ-ú-s (“short, brief”). Related to Ancient Greek βραχύς (brakhús), Latin brevis (“short”) and also to मुहुर् (múhur, “in a moment; suddenly”).

Pronunciation

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /mu.ɦuːɾ.tɐ́/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /muˈɦuːɾ.t̪ɐ/

Noun

मुहूर्त • (muhūrtá) stem, m or n

1. a moment, an instant; a fleeting or a brief period of time
   • c. 1700 BCE – 1200 BCE, Ṛgveda 3.33.5:

     रमध्वं मे वचसे सोम्याय ऋतावरीरुप मुहूर्तम्एवैः ।

     ramadhvaṃ me vacase somyāya ṛtāvarīrupa muhūrtamevaiḥ .

     Come to rest and stand still for a moment, you truthful ones, for the sake of my soma-like word.

2. a period of time equal to 48 minutes
   • c. 700 BCE, Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa

Declension

Masculine a-stem declension of मुहूर्त (muhūrtá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुहूर्तः muhūrtáḥ	मुहूर्तौ / मुहूर्ता¹ muhūrtaú / muhūrtā́¹	मुहूर्ताः / मुहूर्तासः¹ muhūrtā́ḥ / muhūrtā́saḥ¹
Vocative	मुहूर्त múhūrta	मुहूर्तौ / मुहूर्ता¹ múhūrtau / múhūrtā¹	मुहूर्ताः / मुहूर्तासः¹ múhūrtāḥ / múhūrtāsaḥ¹
Accusative	मुहूर्तम् muhūrtám	मुहूर्तौ / मुहूर्ता¹ muhūrtaú / muhūrtā́¹	मुहूर्तान् muhūrtā́n
Instrumental	मुहूर्तेन muhūrténa	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तैः / मुहूर्तेभिः¹ muhūrtaíḥ / muhūrtébhiḥ¹
Dative	मुहूर्ताय muhūrtā́ya	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तेभ्यः muhūrtébhyaḥ
Ablative	मुहूर्तात् muhūrtā́t	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तेभ्यः muhūrtébhyaḥ
Genitive	मुहूर्तस्य muhūrtásya	मुहूर्तयोः muhūrtáyoḥ	मुहूर्तानाम् muhūrtā́nām
Locative	मुहूर्ते muhūrté	मुहूर्तयोः muhūrtáyoḥ	मुहूर्तेषु muhūrtéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Neuter a-stem declension of मुहूर्त (muhūrtá)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	मुहूर्तम् muhūrtám	मुहूर्ते muhūrté	मुहूर्तानि / मुहूर्ता¹ muhūrtā́ni / muhūrtā́¹
Vocative	मुहूर्त múhūrta	मुहूर्ते múhūrte	मुहूर्तानि / मुहूर्ता¹ múhūrtāni / múhūrtā¹
Accusative	मुहूर्तम् muhūrtám	मुहूर्ते muhūrté	मुहूर्तानि / मुहूर्ता¹ muhūrtā́ni / muhūrtā́¹
Instrumental	मुहूर्तेन muhūrténa	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तैः / मुहूर्तेभिः¹ muhūrtaíḥ / muhūrtébhiḥ¹
Dative	मुहूर्ताय muhūrtā́ya	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तेभ्यः muhūrtébhyaḥ
Ablative	मुहूर्तात् muhūrtā́t	मुहूर्ताभ्याम् muhūrtā́bhyām	मुहूर्तेभ्यः muhūrtébhyaḥ
Genitive	मुहूर्तस्य muhūrtásya	मुहूर्तयोः muhūrtáyoḥ	मुहूर्तानाम् muhūrtā́nām
Locative	मुहूर्ते muhūrté	मुहूर्तयोः muhūrtáyoḥ	मुहूर्तेषु muhūrtéṣu
Notes	¹Vedic

Descendants

• Pali: muhutta
• Prakrit: 𑀫𑀼𑀳𑀼𑀢𑁆𑀢 (muhutta)
• → Bengali: মুহূর্ত (muhurto)
• → Chinese: 牟呼栗多 (móuhūlìduō)
• → English: muhurta
• → Hindi: मुहूर्त (muhūrt), महूरत (mahūrat)
• → Kannada: ಮುಹೂರ್ತ (muhūrta)
• → Tamil: முகூர்த்தம் (mukūrttam)
• → Telugu: ముహూర్తము (muhūrtamu)

Further reading

• Monier Williams (1899) “मुहूर्त”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 825.
• Apte, Vaman Shivram (1890) “मुहूर्त”, in The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary, Poona: Prasad Prakashan