Chapter 14: Different modes of reckoning time

14.1-2 · data (a constant used)

the nine measures of time, and which are used

1. brāhmaṃ divyaṃ tathā pitryaṃ prājāpatyaṃ guros tathā/
sauraṃ ca sāvanaṃ cāndram ārkṣaṃ mānāni vai nava//

2. caturbhir vyavahāro +atra sauracāndrārkṣasāvanaih/
bārhaspatyena ṣaṣṭyabdaṃ jñeyaṃ nānyais tu nityaśah//

Computed by: CONSTANTS.TIME_MEASURES

14.3-10 · computed

solar time: shadasitimukhas, equinoxes, solstices, Vishnu's feet, the progresses, seasons, months

3. saureṇa dyuniśor mānaṃ ṣaḍaśītimukhāni ca/
ayanaṃ viṣuvaccaiva saṃkrānteh puṇyakālatā//

4. tulādi ṣaḍaśītyahnāṃ ṣaḍaśītimukhaṃ kramāt/
taccatuṣṭayam eva syād dvisvabhāveṣu rāśiṣu//

5. ṣaḍviṃśe dhanuṣo bhāge dvāviṃśe nimiṣasya ca/
mithunāṣṭādaśe bhāge kanyāyās tu caturdaśa//

6. tatah śeṣāṇi kanyāyā yāny ahāni tu ṣoḍaśa/
kratubhis tāni tulyāni pitṝṇāṃ dattam akṣayam//

7. bhacakranābhau viṣuvaddvitayaṃ samasūtragam/
ayanadvitayaṃ caiva catasrah prathitās tu tāh//

8. tadantareṣu saṃkrāntidvitayaṃ dvitayaṃ punah/
nairantaryāt tu saṃkrānter jñeyaṃ viṣṇupadīdvayam//

9. bhānor makarasaṅkrānteh ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam/
karkyādes tu tathaiva syāt ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam//

10. dvirāśinātha ṛtavas tato +api śiśirādayah/
meṣādayo dvādaśaite māsās tair eva vatsarah//

Computed by: solarTimeCONSTANTS.SHADASITIMUKHA

14.11 · computed

the period on either side of a sankranti

11. arkamānakalāh ṣaṣṭyā guṇitā bhuktibhājitāh/
tadardhanāḍyah saṅkrānter arvāk puṇyaṃ tathā pare//

Computed by: sankrantiPeriodNadis

14.12 · computed

lunar time: twelve degrees a lunar day

12. arkād vinihsṛtah prācīṃ yad yāty aharahah śaśī/
tac cāndramānam aṃśais tu jñeyā dvādaśabhis tithih//

Computed by: pancanga

14.13 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

what lunar time determines

13. tithih karaṇam udvāhah kṣauraṃ sarvakriyās tathā/
vratopavāsayātrāṇāṃ kriyā cāndreṇa gṛhyate//

14.14 · computed

the lunar month a day of the Fathers

14. triṃśatā tithibhir māsaś cāndrah pitryam ahah smṛtam/
niśā ca māsapakṣāntau tayor madhye vibhāgatah//

Computed by: fathersTime

14.15-16 · computed

the sidereal day; the months named from the asterism of the full moon

15. bhacakrabhramaṇaṃ nityaṃ nākṣatraṃ dinam ucyate/
nakṣatranāmnā māsās tu jñeyāh parvāntayogatah//

16. kārtikyādiṣu saṃyoge kṛttikādi dvayaṃ dvayam/
antyopāntyau pañcamaś ca tridhā māsatrayaṃ smṛtam//

Computed by: lunarMonthNamemonthNameForAsterism

14.17 · computed

Jupiter's years named from the asterism of his heliacal setting and rising

17. vaiśākhādiṣu kṛṣṇe ca yogah pañcadaśe tithau/
kārttikādīni varṣāṇi guror astodayāt tathā//

Computed by: jupiterTwelveYearNameheliacal

14.18-19 · computed

civil time: the sum of days, the regents, the mean motions

18. udayād udayaṃ bhānoh sāvanaṃ tat prakīrtitam/
sāvanāni syur *etena yajñakālavidhis tu taih//(ḍ etana)

19. sūtakādiparicchedo dinamāsābdapās tathā/
madhyamā grahabhuktis tu sāvanenaiva gṛhyate//

Computed by: aharganaFromLunisolarlordsOfTimemeanPlaces

14.20-21 · computed

time of the gods; of Prajapati (a Patriarchate) and of Brahma (an Eon)

20. surāsurāṇām anyonyam ahorātraṃ viparyayāt/
yatproktaṃ tad bhaved divyaṃ bhānor bhagaṇapūraṇāt//

21. manvantaravyavasthā ca prājāpatyam udāhṛtam/
na tatra dyuniśor bhedo brāhmaṃ kalpah prakīrtitam//

Computed by: sunAtMeruCONSTANTS.YEARS

14.22-27 · descriptive (nothing to compute)

the close: the Sun's part returns; Maya teaches the sages

22. etat te paramākhyātaṃ rahasyaṃ paramādbhutam/
brahmaitat paramaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam//

23. divyaṃ cārkṣaṃ grahāṇāṃ ca darśitaṃ jñānam uttamam/
vijñāyārkādilokeṣu sthānaṃ prāpnoti śāsvatam//

24. ity uktvā mayam āmantrya samyak tenābhipūjitah/
divam ācakrame +arkāṃśah praviveśa svamaṇḍalam//

25. mayo +atha divyaṃ tajñānaṃ jñātvā sākṣād vivasvatah/
kṛtakṛtyam ivātmānaṃ mene nirdhūtakalmaṣam//

26. jñātvā tam ṛṣayaś cātha sūryalabdhavaraṃ mayam/
paribabrur upetyātho jñānaṃ papracchur ādarāt//

27. sa tebhyah pradadau prīto grahāṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat/
atyadbhutatamaṃ loke rahasyaṃ brahmasammitam//