Commodity Muhurta
A Vedic guide to today's classical muhurta windows and the planetary ruler the tradition gives gold, silver, crude oil, copper, natural gas, wheat, cotton, sugar and platinum - from today's weekday ruler, Tithi, Nakshatra, and the four windows the tradition counts inauspicious. It describes the calendar: it says nothing about prices or markets.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links gold with Sun, whose weekday is Sunday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links silver with Moon, whose weekday is Monday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links copper with Mars, whose weekday is Tuesday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links base metals with Mercury, whose weekday is Wednesday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links crude oil with Saturn, whose weekday is Saturday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links natural gas with Saturn, whose weekday is Saturday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links platinum with Saturn, whose weekday is Saturday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links wheat with Sun, whose weekday is Sunday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links cotton with Venus, whose weekday is Friday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
Not its ruler's weekday. The tradition links sugar with Venus, whose weekday is Friday. Today is Thursday, ruled by Jupiter.
⚠ Windows counted inauspicious today
How commodity muhurta works in Vedic astrology
Every commodity has a ruling planet in classical Vedic finance astrology. Gold belongs to the Sun (yellow metal, kingly authority), silver to the Moon (white metal, public mood), copper to Mars (red metal, industrial vigour), platinum to Saturn (rare, hard-won). When the weekday matches the ruling planet - or when that planet's Hora (planetary hour) falls in the daylight period - the tradition counts the day as that planet's own. It is a classical association, not a reading of any market.
The weekday rulers in the tradition
Sunday is ruled by the Sun (gold, authority and leadership). Monday belongs to the Moon (silver, dairy, water and the public mind). Tuesday is Mars (copper, land, defence and energy). Wednesday is Mercury (commerce, communication and base metals). Thursday is Jupiter (learning, banking and counsel - the weekday the tradition counts most widely auspicious). Friday is Venus (jewellery, luxury and sugar). Saturday is Saturn (heavy industry, oil and platinum).
The four windows the tradition counts inauspicious
However favourable the day, Rahu Kalam is the window the muhurta tradition most consistently counts unfit for beginnings. Yamaganda is the second, also counted unfit for auspicious starts. Gulika Kala is said to multiply whatever is begun in it, which is why the texts keep it for repeated, routine acts rather than first steps. Visti Karana (Bhadra) recurs eight times in each lunar month, and the tradition counts it unfit for all auspicious beginnings.
How the tradition combines the limbs
The classical texts grade a muhurta for a beginning more highly when several limbs agree: (1) the weekday, (2) the Nakshatra - Pushya, Hasta, Anuradha, Shravana and Revati are widely counted favourable, (3) the fortnight - the waxing Shukla Paksha is preferred for beginnings, (4) none of the four windows above, and (5) a Choghadiya of Amrita, Shubha or Labha. This is how the tradition grades a time for beginnings. The calendar says nothing about markets, prices or returns, and it is never a time to buy or sell a commodity or a contract.