[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Dark Ages](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages) › [State papers](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin) › [Āʾīn-i Akbarī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari) › [The Ain i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett) › 32.3 # The Institutes of Akbar 32.3 The Áín i Akbari (Blochmann, Jarrett) 32.3 - **Language:** English ### [32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32.3) White wax candles, three yards and upwards in length, are cast for it, so that a ladder is required to snuff it. Besides there are everywhere flambeaus both inside and outside, which increase the light very much. The first, second, and third nights of every lunar month, when there is moonlight but for a short time, eight wicks are used; from the fourth to the tenth, they decrease one in number every night, so that on the tenth night, when the moon is very bright, one is sufficient; and they continue in this state till the fifteenth, and increase one wick every day from the sixteenth to the nineteenth. For the twentieth night the number is the same as on the nineteenth; on the twenty-first and twenty-second they increase one daily; the twenty-third is the same as the twenty-second; and from the twenty-fourth to the last, eight wicks are lighted up. They allow for every wick one sér of oil, and half a sér of cotton. In some places there are fat-burners, where grease is burnt instead of oil. The allowance varies according to the size of the wick. - [Previous: 32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32.2) - [Next: 32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32.4) - [Up: 32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darkages.admin.ain-i-akbari~en-blochmann-jarrett.32.3) · Pramāṇa