In Vedic traditions, the day starts at Sunrise and ends at the next sunrise. A Muhurta is a Vedic unit of time that is equal to 48 minutes. Every day then has 30 muhurtas as 30 X 48 minutes = 1440 minutes = 24 hours = 1 day.The Brahma Muhurta starts 2 muhurtas or 96 minutes (about 1 1/2 hours) before sunrise.
Literally meaning "The Creator's Hour", it is considered an auspicious time for all practices of yoga and most appropriate for meditation, worship or any other religious practice. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning have a greater effect than in any other part of the day. Each muhurta lasts 48 minutes, and therefore the Brahma muhurta begins 1 hour and 36 minutes before sunrise, and ends 48 minutes before sunrise.
The time of sunrise varies each day, according to geographic location and time of year, thus the time of the Brahma muhurta also varies. For example, if sunrise is at 6am, the brahma muhurta begins at 4:24am. If sunrise is at 7am, brahma muhurta begins at 5:24am, and so on.
Brahma muhurtha occurs during the "Vata" phase of the morning, between 2:00am and 6:00am, and Yoga masters state that the best time to meditate is one and a half hours before dawn, because the mind is inherently still at that time, enabling one to achieve a deeper meditative state.
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