Muhurta

In traditional timekeeping, a muhurta is
a period of forty-eight minutes, of which
there are thirty during each day. The
Brahma Muhurta is the most auspicious time period, coming directly
before dawn. The time before the
Brahma Muhurta is considered the least
auspicious in the day. This cycle exemplifies a pattern in the Indian view of
time. A period of inauspiciousness is
typically followed by a sudden regeneration of fortune.