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"The imperishable time is measured by sidereal, lunar,solar, civil, brAhma, Jovian, Ancestral, divine and asuricreckonings. That is how (these) nine varieties of timereckoning have been definied. "

vateshvarasiddhAnta 1.29

"Three hundred and sixtysix days form the solar year. Inthe year there are six R^itus and two ayanas (i.e.northward and southward courses of the sun). There are12 solar months in the year. Five years make a yuga(lustrum). "

R^ig & yajurveda jyotishhavedAN^ga 28

(inclusive of vishhNu)

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"saMjJNAna, vijJNAna, prajJNAna, jAnad, abhijAnad,saN^kalpamAna, prakalpamAna, upakalpamAna,

upaklR^iptamAn, klR^ipta, shreya, vasIya, Ayat,sambhUta, and bhUta (are the names of the devatAs ofthe, and the 15 day - times of the bright fortnight of themoon).darshA, dR^ishhTA, darshatA, vishvarUpa, sudarshanA,

ApyAyamAnA, pyAyamAnA, pyAyA sUnR^itA irA,ApUryamANAm pUryamANA, pUrayantI, pUrNA and

paurNmAsI are (the names of the devatAs of the, andthe 15 night - times of the bright fortnight of the moon).prastuta, vishhTuta, saMstuta, kalyANa, vishvarUpa,shukra, amR^ita, tejasvi, tejas, samiddha, aruNa,bhAnumat, marIchimat, abhitapat and tapasvat (are thenames of the devatAs of the, and the 15 day - times of thedark fortnight of the moon).sutA, sunvatI, prasutA, sUyamAnA, abhishhUyamANA,

pItI, prapA, sampA, tR^ipti, tarpayantI, kAntA, kAmyA,kAmajAtA, AyushhmatI and kAmadughA (are the namesof the devatAs of the, and the15 night - times of the darkfortnight of the moon). "

taittirIyabrAhmaNa 3.10.1.1 - 3.

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shumbhU, shumbhamAna and vAma (are the names ofthe devatAs of the, and the 15 muhUrtas of the night - timeof a day in the bright fortnight).

abhishastA, anumantA, Ananda, moda, pramoda,AsAdayan, nishhAdayan, saMsAdana, saMsanna, sanna,AbhU, vibhU, prabhU, shambhU and bhuva (are thenames of the devatAs of the, and the 15 muhUrtas of thenight - time of a day in the dark fortnight of the moon).

(pratimuhUrtas)idAnIm, tadAnIm, etarhi, xipram, ajiram, Ashu, nimeshha,phaNa, dravan, atidravan, tvaran, tvaramANa, Ashu,

AshIyAn and java (are the names of the devatAs of the,and the 15 pratimuhUrtas into which each muhUrta isdivided)."

taittirIyabrAhmaNa 3.10.1.1 - 4.