लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका । ते द्वे मुहूर्त: प्रहर: षड्याम: सप्त नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
laghuni vai samamnata dasa panca ca nadika te dve muhurtah praharah sad yamah sapta va nrnam
- laghuni
- such laghus (each of two minutes)
- vai
- exactly
- samamnata
- is called
- dasa panca
- fifteen
- ca
- also
- nadika
- a nadika
- te
- of them
- dve
- two
- muhurtah
- a moment
- praharah
- three hours
- sat
- six
- yamah
- one fourth of a day or night
- sapta
- seven
- va
- or
- nrnam
- of human calculation.
Fifteen laghus make one nadika, which is also called a danda. Two dandas make one muhurta, and six or seven dandas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.