SB 3.11.8
लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका ।
ते द्वे मुहूर्त: प्रहर: षड्याम: सप्त नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
ते द्वे मुहूर्त: प्रहर: षड्याम: सप्त नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
laghūni vai samāmnātā
daśa pañca ca nāḍikā
te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ
ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām
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.