An auspicious moment
Sanskrit muhurta: a period of about forty-eight minutes.
A stretch of time held to be favourable for a rite or a venture. Festival puja is timed to its muhurta, which differs by place.
The Panchang, Hinduism's lunar-solar calendar, tracks the relationship between Sun and Moon across five limbs to determine auspicious timings and festivals.
Samayika is the Jain practice of sitting in meditative equanimity for forty-eight minutes, the first of six daily Avashyakas observed to purify the soul.
Andal's thirty Tamil verses, sung each Margazhi dawn, awaken her gopi companions to Krishna. Tradition places her in eighth-century Srivilliputhur.
A guide to Ekadashi Vrat: Ekadashi Devi's origin, the three modes of fasting, foods to avoid, puja vidhi, and the rules of Dwadashi Parana and Hari Vasara.
Karva Chauth is a fast kept by married Hindu women for their husbands' health and longevity, including its rituals, timing, and classic story.
The sacred katha from the Brahmanda Purana of King Vaikhanasa delivering his ancestors, celebrated concurrently with Gita Jayanti in Margashirsha Shukla Paksha.