Sutra 37

Devanagari script

पञ्चदशमुहूर्तो दिवसो रात्रिश्च चैत्रे चाश्वयुजे च मासि भवतः ॥ कZ_०२.२०.३७ ॥

Transliteration

pañcadaśa-muhūrto divaso rātriś ca caitre cāśvayuje ca māsi bhavataḥ

Translation

ในเดือนไจตระและอาศฺวยุชะ กลางวันและกลางคืนยาวอย่างละ 15 มุหูรตะ (คือยาวเท่ากัน)

Word by Word

• पञ्चदश: fifteen
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चन्/दशन् (संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-समास; अव्ययीभाववत् संख्यापदप्रयोगः; (विशेषणरूपेण)

• मुहूर्तः: a muhūrta (a time unit)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• दिवसः: day (daytime)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• रात्रिः: night
• Type: Noun
• Root: रात्रि
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-एकवचन

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• चैत्रे: in (the month of) Caitra
• Type: Noun
• Root: चैत्र
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (मास-नाम; ‘चैत्रे (मासे)’ = in the month of Caitra)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• आश्वयुजे: in (the month of) Āśvayuja
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्वयुज
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन (मास-नाम; ‘आश्वयुजे (मासे)’ = in the month of Āśvayuja)

• च: and
• Type: Particle
• Root: च
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• मासि: in the month
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-एकवचन

• भवतः: are / become (dual)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष; द्विवचन; परस्मैपद (भवतः = ‘(they) are/become’, referring to दिवसः and रात्रिः)

Entities Mentioned

• Caitra
• Āśvayuja
• muhūrta
• day
• night

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FAQs

Why mention Caitra and Āśvayuja specifically?

They function as equal-day-and-night reference points for adjusting duty schedules and operational timings across the seasonal cycle.

What is the implied total length of a full day-night cycle here?

30 muhūrtas total (15 day + 15 night).