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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.11.10
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A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
TEXT 10
- yāmāś catvāraś catvāro
- martyānām ahanī ubhe
- pakṣaḥ pañca-daśāhāni
- śuklaḥ kṛṣṇaś ca mānada
yāmāḥthree hours — three hours; catvāraḥfour — four; catvāraḥand four — and four; martyānāmof the human beings — of the human beings; ahanīduration of day — duration of day; ubheboth day and night — both day and night; pakṣaḥfortnight — fortnight; pañcafifteen-daśafifteen — fifteen; ahānidays — days; śuklaḥwhite — white; kṛṣṇaḥblack — black; caalso — also; mānadameasured — measured.
It is calculated that there are four praharas, which are also called yāmas, in the day and four in the night of the human being. Similarly, fifteen days and nights are a fortnight, and there are two fortnights, white and black, in a month.