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  2. Brahmamuhurta - Wikipedia

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    'time of Brahma') is a 48-minute period that begins one hour and 36 minutes before sunrise, and ends 48 minutes before sunrise. It is traditionally the penultimate phase or muhurta of the night, and is considered an auspicious time for all practices of yoga and most appropriate for meditation, worship or any other religious practice. Spiritual ...

  3. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    24 hours (1 day & night: kalpa + pralaya) of Brahma = 8.64 billion solar years; 30 days (1 month) of Brahma = 259.2 billion solar years; 12 months (1 year) of Brahma = 3.1104 trillion solar years; 50 years (parardha) of Brahma = 155.52 trillion solar years; 100 years (lifespan: 2 parardhas) of Brahma = 311.04 trillion solar years

  4. Muhurta - Wikipedia

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    Muhūrta (Sanskrit: मुहूर्त, romanized: muhūrtaṃ) [1] is a Hindu unit of time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā [2] in the Hindu calendar. In the Brāhmaṇas, muhūrta denotes a division of time: 1/30 of a day, or a period of 48 minutes. [3] An alternative meaning of "moment" is also common in the Brāhmanạs. [4]

  5. Prahara - Wikipedia

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    The first prahara is commonly placed at sunrise, although some sources place it at the brahma-muhurta, a period of time before sunrise (around 4.30 am when Venus can be sighted). [3] The concept of prahar originated where the lengths of the day and night were based on actual, observable sunrise and sunset.

  6. Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Hindu calendars have been in use in the Indian subcontinent since Vedic times, and remain in use by the Hindus all over the world, particularly to set Hindu festival dates. Early Buddhist communities of India adopted the ancient Vedic calendar,later Vikrami calendar and then local Buddhist calendars.

  7. Astronomical basis of the Hindu calendar - Wikipedia

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    Sāvana māna (Sanskrit: सावन मान) of the Hindu calendar defines civil time. Animation that illustrates sāvana māna dina. A dina (Sanskrit: दिन) is the time between two succeeding sunrises. [19] dina corresponds to the concept of a solar day. The length of a dina varies with daytime length.

  8. Panchangam - Wikipedia

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    Panchaanga in Kannada Tamil Vakya Panchangam. A panchāngam (Sanskrit: पञ्चाङ्गम्; IAST: pañcāṅgam) is a Hindu calendar and almanac, which follows traditional units of Hindu timekeeping, and presents important dates and their calculations in a tabulated form.

  9. Indian national calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]