History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.254

v6.c82.254

⁷⁸⁵ घर्मवृद्धिरपां प्रस्थः क्षपाह्रास उदग्गतौ। दक्षिणे तौ विपर्यस्तौ षण्मुहूर्त्ययनेन तु ॥ वेदाङ्गज्यौतिष 7th of ऋग्वेदाइ-ज्यो० and 8th of याजुष The longest and shortest days would be 36 and 24 ghaṭikās and this would be approximately true for the extreme North-West of India about 32 degrees of north latitude and some miles north or north-west of Taxila