The Hour Before Dawn
Brahma Muhurat on 20 October 2026
New Delhi · Tuesday, 20 October 2026 · Ashwin Shukla Navami · Vikram Samvat 2083
Brahma Muhurat Tuesday, 20 Oct in New Delhi
4:48 – 5:36 AM
Lasts 48m · Tuesday · sunrise 6:24 AM, sunset 5:46 PM
Also Tuesday, 20 Oct
- Rahu Kaal2:56 – 4:21 PM
- Yamaganda Kaal9:15 – 10:40 AM
- Gulika Kaal12:05 – 1:30 PM
- Abhijit Muhurat11:41 AM – 12:29 PM
Brahma Muhurat for the Next 7 Days
In New Delhi, from 20 October. Each day has its own sunrise, so the times move a little.
The Day From Sunrise to Sunset
The hours to use and the hours to leave alone, on one line.
Sun and Moon
Good Times
Times to Avoid
More From the Panchang
Each one for your own city, on any date.
Brahma Muhurta
What Brahma Muhurat Is, and How to Use It
Before sunrise there is a stretch of the night that feels different from every other hour, and the tradition gives it a name: Brahma Muhurat.
A muhurat is about 48 minutes. Brahma Muhurat is the second-last muhurat of the night, ending one muhurat before sunrise, so it runs from roughly an hour and a half to three quarters of an hour before the Sun comes up. The texts call it the time when the mind is clearest and the senses most at rest.
It is the time prescribed for waking, for bathing, for sandhya and japa, for meditation and for study. Students were told to learn in it, and Ayurveda counts rising in it among the habits that keep a person well.
I tell people not to treat Brahma Muhurat as an exam they can fail. Even ten minutes of quiet in it, a lamp and a mantra, does more than an hour of the same practice at noon. Start with that, and the habit grows by itself.
Prayer and Japa
The traditional time for sandhya, mantra and worship.
Meditation
The mind is quiet before the day's noise begins.
Study
What is learned in these hours is said to stay.
Your Sunrise
Counted back from your own sunrise, so set your city.
Questions
Brahma Muhurat: Common Questions
The muhurat before dawn, from about 96 to 48 minutes before sunrise. It is the time the scriptures recommend for waking, prayer, meditation and study.
It depends on your sunrise. If the Sun rises at 6:00, Brahma Muhurat runs from about 4:24 to 5:12. The exact times for your city are at the top of this page.
Waking, bathing, prayer, japa, meditation, pranayama and study. Ayurveda also recommends rising in this period for the health of body and mind.
It is valued for inner work, worship and learning, rather than for worldly beginnings such as a purchase or an agreement, for which Abhijit Muhurat is the usual choice.
Because it is counted back from sunrise, and sunrise moves through the year and differs from city to city.
