Abhisheka muhurat: auspicious dates to take charge

Abhisheka, known plainly as taking charge, is the muhurat for the day you assume a role: a promotion, a new office, a formal appointment or the chair of a trust or committee. It was traditionally the muhurat of coronation, and it is judged with the same seriousness. A shubh muhurat is chosen for the hour you sign, take the seat or are formally introduced. The windows come dated and timed for your city, ranked, and weighed against your birth chart, with the days worth avoiding marked. What an अभिषेक मुहूर्त gives you is a date you can put to a board, a family firm or an appointing authority with a reason attached, instead of accepting whichever Monday the office offers you.

About this muhurat

The day you take charge — a promotion, a new office, a formal appointment. Traditionally the muhurat of coronation, and judged with the same seriousness.

Abhisheka is held when authority passes to a person: the first day in a new designation, the day a proprietor's child formally takes over, an appointment to public or institutional office, or the taking of a new chamber. A short puja is common, often with a tilak and a lamp before the desk or the seat, and the first order or first signature is made inside the chosen window. Families and firms usually arrange it in the forenoon, before the day's regular business begins.

What you receive

• Ranked, dated and timed taking charge windows within the period you choose
• Judged against the relevant birth chart, not a generic panchang
• Days and windows to avoid, marked clearly