Division of Time in Ancient Time
Division of Time in Ancient Time In Indian culture, a day was divided into eight praharas (of three hours each) or thirty muhurtas (of 48 minutes each). In both systems, the day commences with sunrise. The timing of the two systems coincides only at sunrise and sunset (four praharas coincide with fifteen muhurtas at the twelve-hour, or 720-minute, point). Now as we are discussing about prayers, lets keep the muhurats aside. The concept of prahar originated where the lengths of the day and night were based on actual, observable sunrise and sunset. The four praharas of the day start at sunrise, and the four praharas of the night at sunset. If the location is near the equator, where day and night are the same length year round, the praharas of the day and the praharas of the night will be of equal length (three hours each). At the Equator where 6:00 am is referred as the theoretical the time of sunrise. The four Prahars of the day corresponds to- Pehla Prahar 6:00 A.M. to 9 A.M is cal
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