Indology, Ancient Indian History, Indian Astronomy, Metrology, Hinduism.
1 prahara being equal to 7 nāḍikā during night. Thus a 24-hour period of one sunrise to next sunrise consisted of 60 nāḍikā of 24 minutes duration each or 30 muhūrta of 48 minutes duration each. Śrīmadbhāgvatam 3.11.7–8 does not describe the division of the day in 24 hours. Prachyam is clearly