[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India)](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930) › v6.c81.2152 # History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2152 History of Dharmaśāstra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.2152 - **Language:** English ### [v6.c81.2152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2152) \*Sandhyā\* (twilight)—is the period of three \*ghaṭikās\* (72 minutes) before sunrise and after sunset and it was provided that one should not engage in four actions in that period, viz eating, sexual intercourse, sleep, Vedic study; HK 694-97, PC 46; Utpala on Bṛhaj-jātaka VII 1 quotes Varāha that it is the time after half the sun's disc has gone down till appearance of stars and morning twilight is from the east having light till half the sun's disc appears. - [Previous: v6.c81.2151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2151) - [Next: v6.c81.2153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2153) - [Up: v6.c81](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81) ## Cites (1) - [Bṛhajjātaka](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.hora.yavana.brhajjataka.7.1) — Varāhamihira, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.kane-1930.v6.c81.2152) · Pramāṇa