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一切經音義 35.169

一切經音義 35.169

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35.169

謨呼律(亦梵語時名也西國曆法分一晝夜為三十謨呼律多不問冬夏長定三十春秋分時晝夜各得十五謨呼律冬至夏至極長極短之時晝夜互侵其六即十二十八是也今之形字)。

Muhūrta (謨呼律) (also Sanskrit; the name of a unit of time; the calendrical system of the Western Regions divides one day and night into thirty muhūrtas; regardless of winter or summer, it is fixed at thirty; at the spring and autumn equinoxes, day and night each receive fifteen muhūrtas; at the winter and summer solstices, the times of maximum length and shortness, day and night mutually encroach by six, namely twelve and eighteen; this is the current character form).

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