Maharashtra, India

Brahma Muhurta Time in Mumbai — Today

Computed for Mumbai (Maharashtra), latitude 19.076°N, longitude 72.8777°E, today 13 May 2026. Fresh on every page load — no cache.

Today's Brahma Muhurta

4:28 AM5:16 AM

Duration: 48 minutes (one ghati). The window begins 96 minutes before sunrise and ends 48 minutes before sunrise.

Today's Sunrise

6:04 AM

Computed for your exact coordinates using the NOAA Solar Position Algorithm.

Today's Panchang

Vara
BUDHAVARA
Tithi
Ekadashi Krishna
Nakshatra
Uttara Bhadrapada
Yoga
Vishkumbha

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Brahma Muhurta in Mumbai — Next 7 Days

DateBrahma MuhurtaSunrise
Today13 May 20264:28 AM5:16 AM6:04 AM
14 May 20264:28 AM5:16 AM6:04 AM
15 May 20264:27 AM5:15 AM6:03 AM
16 May 20264:27 AM5:15 AM6:03 AM
17 May 20264:27 AM5:15 AM6:03 AM
18 May 20264:26 AM5:14 AM6:02 AM
19 May 20264:26 AM5:14 AM6:02 AM

Brahma Muhurta in Mumbai: The Local Tradition

Mumbai's brahma muhurta belongs to its temples that open before its trains do. ISKCON Juhu performs mangala aarti at 4:30 AM — the gathering routinely draws 400+ devotees on Ekadashi and is one of the city's longest-running pre-dawn assemblies. Siddhivinayak Ganapati at Prabhadevi opens its kakad aarti queue at 5:30 AM; the temple's chief priests, however, conduct the night closure prayers and the sankalpa nyasa from 4:15 AM. Babulnath Mandir near Marine Lines holds its earliest Shiva abhishekam at 5:00 AM, and the Mahalakshmi temple's first conch sounds at 6:00 AM coincides with sunrise on the Arabian Sea horizon. The city's Iyengar yoga lineage, founded in the Tilak Bridge–Mulund corridor, prescribes practice in brahma muhurta as the foundational discipline — a tradition unbroken since the 1950s.

How sunrise varies in Mumbai

Mumbai at 19.07°N has a tighter seasonal sunrise band than the northern metros — sunrise moves only from 5:58 AM in June to 7:12 AM in late December. The Arabian Sea horizon to the west means the dawn light reaches Mumbai's central districts a few minutes after the horizon-measured sunrise.

What is Brahma Muhurta?

Brahma Muhurta is the 96-minute window before sunrise that the Vedic tradition treats as the most spiritually charged hour of the day. It begins 96 minutes before sunrise and ends 48 minutes before sunrise — two ghatis of 48 minutes each.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the Brahma Muhurta time in Mumbai today?

Today's Brahma Muhurta in Mumbai runs from 96 minutes before sunrise to 48 minutes before sunrise. Because Mumbai sits at 72.88°E (about four degrees west of Delhi), its sunrise — and therefore its brahma muhurta — runs roughly 16 minutes later than Delhi's on the same calendar date.

Is Brahma Muhurta in Mumbai different from in Pune?

Yes, by about three minutes. Pune at 73.86°E is slightly east of Mumbai, so Pune's sunrise is roughly four minutes earlier and the brahma muhurta window starts about four minutes earlier in Pune than in Mumbai on any given date.

What is the exact time of Brahma Muhurta?

Brahma Muhurta spans from 96 minutes before sunrise to 48 minutes before sunrise — two ghatis of 48 minutes each. Because sunrise depends on your location and the date, the exact clock time changes daily. Select your city on this page for today's precise window, computed fresh on every page load.

Why is Brahma Muhurta considered auspicious?

Three plain reasons. The air is cleaner before traffic and industrial activity start — verifiable on any city's hourly air-quality data. The world is quieter, so attention is less divided. And your mind has not yet been pulled at by phones, news, or other people's worry. The tradition formalised this observation in texts like the Ashtanga Hridaya (Sutrasthana 2.1), the Charaka Samhita (Sutrasthana 5.8), and the Vishnu Purana (6.6.10) — they describe it as the hour most useful for inner work.

Does Brahma Muhurta apply outside India?

Yes. Brahma Muhurta is defined relative to your local sunrise, not to Indian Standard Time. If you live in London, New York, or Singapore, your brahma muhurta is the 96 minutes ending 48 minutes before your local sunrise. The same Vedic logic applies — only the clock-time numbers change with your latitude and longitude.

Brahma Muhurta time in other cities

Brahma Muhurta time depends on local sunrise — every city has its own window.