[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975) › c4.2580 # Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c4.2580 Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c4.2580 - **Language:** English ### [c4.2580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2580) BRĀHMĀMUHŪRTA. The period of forty-eight minutes before the sunrise is called Brāhmāmuhūrta. The deity of this period is Brahmā. In Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 155, it is instructed that one should wake up at this period and engage in prayer and meditation. - [Previous: c4.2579](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2579) - [Next: c4.2581](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2581) - [Up: c4](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4) ## Cites (1) - [Agnipurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.agni.155) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2580](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c4.2580) · Pramāṇa