SB 3.11.8 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका । ते द्वे मुहूर्त: प्रहर: षड्याम: सप्त नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥

Verse text

laghūni vai samāmnātā daśa paṣca 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 paṣca — 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.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Fifteen laghus make one nādīkā. Two nāḍikās make one muhūrta. Six or seven nāḍikās make a prahara or yāma for humans. Six or seven nāḍikās make a prahara or yāma. Day and night are divided into four parts. When the day or night is short then there are six nāḍikas in a prahara. When the day or night is long then there are seven nāḍikas in a prahara. This does not include the nāḍikā at the two sandhyas. Because it is impossible to list all the differences for each day of the year, the time is not fixed. This indicated by the word vā.