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below. According to Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa, during the course of the year days and night increase or decrease by a maximum of 6 muhūrtas (Ṛk Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa 7, Yajus Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa 8). Here is the Sanskrit text and English translation by Kuppanna Sastry [7]. This means that longest daylight period on