लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका ।
ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम् ॥८॥

laghÅ«ni vai samÄmnÄtÄ
daÅ›a pañca ca nÄá¸ikÄ
te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ
á¹£aḠyÄmaḥ sapta vÄ nṛṇÄm

 laghÅ«ni - such laghus (each of two minutes); vai - exactly; samÄmnÄtÄ - is called; daÅ›a pañca - fifteen; ca - also; nÄá¸ikÄ - a nÄá¸ikÄ; te - of them; dve - two; muhÅ«rtaḥ - a moment; praharaḥ - three hours; á¹£aá¹­ - six; yÄmaḥ - one fourth of a day or night; sapta - seven;  - or; nṛṇÄm - of human calculation.


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Fifteen laghus make one nÄá¸ikÄ, which is also called a daṇá¸a. Two daṇá¸as make one muhÅ«rta, and six or seven daṇá¸as make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.

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