India as Known to Panini: A Study of the Cultural Material in the Ashtadhyayi c8.s14.16

c8.s14.16

The day was further divided into *pūrvāhṇa* and *aparāhṇa*, forenoon and afternoon (IV.3.24), and the night into *pūrvarātra* and *apararātra* (V.4.87). The union of night and day in the morning and evening is referred to as *saṁdhi-velā* (IV.3.16).