[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Vishnupurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu) › 2.8.69-72 # Vishnupurana 2.8.69-72 Viṣṇupurāṇa 2.8.69-72 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [2.8.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.69) triṃśanmuhūrtaṃ kathitam ahorātraṃ tu yan mayā tāni pañcadaśa brahman pakṣa ity abhidhīyate // > Fifteen days of thirty Muhúrttas each are called a Paksha (a lunar fortnight); two of these make a month; and two months, a solar season; three seasons a northern or southern declination (Ayana); and those two compose a year. Years, made up of four kinds of months, are distinguished into five kinds; and an aggregate of all the varieties of time is termed a Yoga, or cycle. The years are severally called Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara, and Vatsara. This is the time called a Yuga. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.8.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.70) māsaḥ pakṣadvayenokto dvau māsau cārkajāv ṛtuḥ ṛtutrayaṃ cāpy ayanaṃ dve 'yane varṣasaṃjñite // > Fifteen days of thirty Muhúrttas each are called a Paksha (a lunar fortnight); two of these make a month; and two months, a solar season; three seasons a northern or southern declination (Ayana); and those two compose a year. Years, made up of four kinds of months, are distinguished into five kinds; and an aggregate of all the varieties of time is termed a Yoga, or cycle. The years are severally called Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara, and Vatsara. This is the time called a Yuga. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.8.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.71) saṃvatsarādayaḥ pañca caturmāsavikalpitāḥ niścayaḥ sarvakālasya yugam ity abhidhīyate // > Fifteen days of thirty Muhúrttas each are called a Paksha (a lunar fortnight); two of these make a month; and two months, a solar season; three seasons a northern or southern declination (Ayana); and those two compose a year. Years, made up of four kinds of months, are distinguished into five kinds; and an aggregate of all the varieties of time is termed a Yoga, or cycle. The years are severally called Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara, and Vatsara. This is the time called a Yuga. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ### [2.8.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.72) saṃvatsaras tu prathamo dvitīyaḥ parivatsaraḥ idvatsaras tṛtīyas tu caturthaś cānuvatsaraḥ vatsaraḥ pañcamaś cātra kālo 'yaṃ yugasaṃjñitaḥ // > Fifteen days of thirty Muhúrttas each are called a Paksha (a lunar fortnight); two of these make a month; and two months, a solar season; three seasons a northern or southern declination (Ayana); and those two compose a year. Years, made up of four kinds of months, are distinguished into five kinds; and an aggregate of all the varieties of time is termed a Yoga, or cycle. The years are severally called Samvatsara, Parivatsara, Idvatsara, Anuvatsara, and Vatsara. This is the time called a Yuga. > — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition ## Translations (2) - [The Vishnu Purana: A System of Hindu Mythology and Tradition](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-wilson.2.8.11) — Horace Hayman Wilson 1840, English - [A Prose English Translation of Vishnupuranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu~en-dutt.2.8.p10) — Manmatha Nath Dutt 1896, English ## Other recensions (1) - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*vulgate.2.8.69) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (7) - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.183) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Sāmbapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba.17.36) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.18.9) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.18.9) — Basava, Sanskrit - [Varṣakriyākaumudī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.kala.varsakrtya.varsakriyakaumudi.3.p114) — Govindānanda Kavikaṅkaṇa 1510, Sanskrit - [Kālaviveka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.kalaviveka.73.5.p1.4) — Jīmūtavāhana, Sanskrit - [Kriyākaumudī (Govindānanda)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.krtya.kriyakaumudi.3.p61) — Govindānanda 1500, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.69-72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu.2.8.69-72) · Pramāṇa