[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Reference works](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference) › [Vedic Index of Names and Subjects](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912) › v1.c3.845 # Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.845 Vedic Index of Names and Subjects v1.c3.845 - **Language:** English ### [v1.c3.845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.845) The divisions of time less than the day are seldom precisely given. In the Śatapatha Brāhmaṇa,¹⁷ however, a day and night make up 30 muhūrtas; 1 muhūrta = 15 kṣipra; 1 kṣipra = 15 etarhi; 1 etarhi = 15 idāni; 1 idāni = 15 breathings; 1 breathing = 1 spiration; 1 spiration = 1 twinkling (nimeṣa), etc. In the Śāṅkhāyana Āraṇyaka¹⁸ the series is dhvaṃsayo, nimeṣāḥ, kāṣṭhāḥ, kalāḥ, kṣaṇā, muhūrtā, ahorātrāḥ. A thirtyfold division of day as well as of night is seen in one passage of the Rigveda¹⁹ by Zimmer, who compares the Babylonian sixtyfold division of the day and night. But the expression used—thirty Yojanas—is too vague and obscure—Bergaigne²⁰ refers it to the firmament—to build any theory upon with safety. - [Previous: v1.c3.844](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.844) - [Next: v1.c3.846](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.846) - [Up: v1.c3](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.845](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.macdonell-keith-1912.v1.c3.845) · Pramāṇa