Indian Chronology (Solar, Lunar and Planetary): A Practical Guide to the Interpretation and Verification of Tithis, Nakshatras, Horoscopes and other Indian Time-records, B.C. 1 to A.D. 2000 c21.4

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c21.4

(a) The 4 ghaṭikas before sunrise are called *arunodaya* or rise of dawn.
(b) The 6 ghaṭikas after sunset are called *pradosha* or evening.
(c) The 2 ghaṭikas in the middle of the night are called *nisitha*, midnight.
(d) A tithi is *pūrvaviddha* when it commences more than 4 ghaṭikas before sunset of one day and ends before sunset of the following day; a festival on such a tithi is celebrated on the first day of the tithi, not on the second.

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