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Chapter 11: Calculation of Time, from the Atom

Verse 8 of 42
SB 3.11.8

लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पंच च नाडिका ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम्

laghūni vai samāmnātā daśa pañca ca nāḍikā te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām

Synonyms

laghūni—such laghus (each of two minutes); vai—exactly; samāmnātā—is called; daśa pañca—fifteen; ca—also; nāḍikā—a nāḍikā; te—of them; dve—two; muhūrtaḥ—a moment; praharaḥ—three hours; ṣaṭ—six; yāmaḥ—one fourth of a day or night; sapta—seven; vā—or; nṛṇām—of human calculation..

Translation

Fifteen laghus make one nāḍikā, which is also called a daṇḍa. Two daṇḍas make one muhūrta, and six or seven daṇḍas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.

Verse 8 of 42