History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c81.443

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³⁰² कलार्धां द्वादशी दृष्ट्वा निशीथादूर्ध्वमेव हि। आमध्याह्नाः क्रियाः सर्वाः कर्तव्याः शम्भुशासनात्॥ स्मृत्ति quotes by ति. त. p 111. It explains निशीथादूर्ध्व as 'सार्धमहरत्रयस्योपरि' i e after 3½ praharas of the night. But निशीथ ordinarily means अर्धरात्र and therefore निशीथादूर्ध्वम् would mean any time after midnight निशीथ is also explained as 'महानिशि द्वे घटिके रात्रेर्मध्यमयामयोः'. महानिशा is defined as the two praharas of the night (excluding the 1st and 4th or last) Vide हे. on काल p 708, का वि 343, नि सि 130 for several definitions of महानिशा कल्पतरु (नैयत० p. 370) says that महानिशा is the period of eight ghatikās after the first half prahara of night. 'घटिकाया अशीत्यधिकशततमो भागः कला।' का नि p. 216, quoting अमरकोश 'अष्टादश निमेषास्तु काष्ठा त्रिंशत्तु ताः कला। तास्तु त्रिंशत्क्षणस्ते तु मुहूर्तो द्वादशाङ्गिराम्॥'.