The Race ofDharma - Verse 43-45

Aja, Ahir-Budhnya, Pusa, Yamadevata, Agneya. Prajapatya, Brahma, Saumya, Aditya, Barhaspatya, Vaisnava, Savitra, Tva§tra and Vayavya—these are the fifteen Muhurtas MuhUrta shows ‘time fit for performance of an auspicious act*. The names of Muhurtas in Brahmanas and Smrtis are different. The names of the 1 5 Muhurtas of the day and 1 5 MuhCLrtas of the night agree with those in Bd. P. 2.3.39-46. But of these Mt.P. 253.8-9 mentions only 8 auspicious Muhurtas for beginning a work. Puranas regard Muhurtas as deities as every Muhurta has a presiding deity.