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CC Madhya 20.389

সূর্যোদয় হৈতে ষষ্টিপল-ক্রমোদয় ।
সেই এক দণ্ড, অষ্ট দণ্ডে ‘প্রহর’ হয় ॥ ৩৮৯ ॥
sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya
sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe ‘prahara’ haya

Synonyms

sūrya-udaya haitebeginning from the sunrise; ṣaṣṭi-palasixty palas; krama-udayagradually rising higher and higher; seithat; eka daṇḍaone daṇḍa; aṣṭa daṇḍein eight daṇḍas; prahara hayathere is a prahara.

Translation

“The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.