The Memoirs of Bābur 932.13.1

932.13.1

The people of Hind, having thus divided the year into three seasons of four months each, divide each of those seasons by taking from each, the two months of the force of the heat, rain,[1901] and cold. Of the hot months the last two, _i.e. Jeṭh_ and _Asāṛh_ are the force of the heat; of the rainy months, the first two, _i.e. Sāwan_ and _Bhādoṅ_ are the force of the rains; of the cold season, the middle two, _i.e. Pūs_ and _Māgh_ are the force of the cold. By this classification there are six seasons in Hindūstān. (_o. Days of the week._) To the days also they have given names:—[1902] (_Sanīchar_ is Saturday; _Rabī-bār_ is Sunday; _Som-wār_ is Monday; _Mangal-wār_ is Tuesday; _Budh-bār_ is Wednesday; _Brihaspat-bār_ is Thursday; _Shukr-bār_ is Friday). (_p. Divisions of time._) [Sidenote: Fol. 289.] (_Author's note on the daqīqa._) The _daqīqa_ is about as long as six repetitions of the _Fātiḥa_ with the _Bismillāh_, so that a day-and-night is as long as 8640 repetitions of the _Fātiḥa_ with the _Bismillāh._ As in our countries what is known by the (Turkī) term _kīcha-gūndūz_ (a day-and-night, nycthemeron) is divided into 24 parts, each called an hour (Ar. _sā`at_), and the hour is divided into 60 parts, each called a minute (Ar.