### SB 3.11.8

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

> laghūni vai samāmnātā\
> daśa pañca ca nāḍikā\
> te dve muhūrtaḥ praharaḥ\
> ṣaḍ yāmaḥ sapta vā nṛṇām

*laghūni*—such *laghus* (each of two minutes); *vai*—exactly; *samāmnātā*—is called; *daśa pañca*—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.

**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.**