ABSTRACT
TIME in Indian thought is no abstract measure but something very real and concrete suffused like other entities with power. There are moments of śakti when the movements of the stars and planets produce a parvakāl; there are other moments when a combination of elements of time produces a muhūrtta, the auspiciousness of which is correlated to the horoscope of the person who chooses those moments for action. On the other hand, there are dies nefasti, and in all moments of great power there lurks the element of danger which characterizes all power.
