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type: Reference
bundle: jyotisha-kala
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id: muhurta-chintamani
title: Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi
description: 'Rāma Daivajña’s manual (c. 1600 CE), the standard treatise of electional astrology: the pañcāṅga limbs, lagna, and graha positions applied to choosing times for named undertakings.'
tags:
- reference
- muhurta
- election
- daivajna
timestamp: '2026-07-09'
okf_version: '0.2'
license: CC BY-SA 4.0
---

# Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi

The Muhūrta Cintāmaṇi of Rāma Daivajña (composed c. 1600 CE, with the Pīyūṣadhārā commentary) is the standard manual of muhūrta, the electional discipline: codified rules over tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga, and karaṇa, together with lagna and graha considerations, for timing marriage, travel, construction, saṃskāras, and other named undertakings, including the standing exclusions (Viṣṭi karaṇa, Vyatīpāta and Vaidhṛti yogas). This bundle cites it as the codification of election, documenting the rule system while endorsing none of its efficacy claims.
