Muhurtam is a unit of time in tradition. A dina is divided into a number of units of forty-eight minutes, and each of these units is called muhurtam. Modern calendar days are from midnight to midnight. On the other hand, in terms of tradition, ‘dina’ is from sunrise till next sunrise. Thus, we have mornings, noon time, afternoons, evenings, early nights, and late nights. The day set-in, noon, and evening set-in times are called ‘tri-sandhya’, and ‘sandhya vandanam’ is performed during these three times. Bramhi muhurtam is the samayam comprising two ‘muhurta kalas’. In other words, it is........

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