Chikitsa Arambha muhurat: shubh dates to begin treatment

Chikitsa Arambha, in plain terms the muhurat for starting treatment, is the timing for the first dose of a course of medicine, the first sitting of a therapy, or the day a long regimen begins. Beginnings are what a shubh muhurat is for, and a course of treatment is a beginning like any other. Tarini gives you ranked dated, timed windows for चिकित्सा आरंभ मुहूर्त, judged against the patient's own birth chart, the running dasha and the panchang, with the tithis, nakshatras and hours to avoid. These windows go alongside your doctor's advice and never in place of it - if the treatment should start today, it starts today.

About this muhurat

Beginning a course of treatment — the first dose, the first sitting. Windows to start on, alongside your doctor's advice and never in place of it.

Chikitsa Arambha covers the first act of a course of care: the first tablet of a long prescription, the first day of a Panchakarma or physiotherapy programme, the start of a diet or a regimen prescribed by a vaidya, or the first sitting of a repeated procedure. Families take it when the treatment is elective or preventive, when a chronic condition is being addressed over months, or when a course of Ayurvedic medicine is begun. It is timed for the hour the first dose or the first sitting is taken.

What you receive

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