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Measurements of Time in
India-2
According to our scriptures, 'the time taken to tear apart the softest of
petals of a lotus' is called 'TRUTI'
100 Truti = 1 Lub
30 Lub = 1 Nimesh
27 Nimesh = 1 Guru Akshar
10 Guru Akshar = 1 Pran
6 Pran Vighatikaa = 1 Ghatikaa or Dand
60 Ghatee = 1 day and night
That means, in a day and night, there are 17,49,60,000,00 Truti altogether. We
may just wonder about the genius of our ancient sages and Rishi, because today,
in spite of having facilities of modern laboratories and equipments, the modern
science could identify 1 (one) second as the shortest division of the time.
Thus, according to Western science, there are 86,400 seconds in a day and night,
whereas in Indian science, a day and night consists of 17,49,60,00,000 (17,496 million) Truti.
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According to another system, the Time has been divided as follows : 60 Tatpar = 1 Paras
60 Paras = 1 Vilipta
60 Vilipta = 1 Lipta
60 Lipta = 1 Ghatikaa (Dand) = 24 minutes
60 Ghatikaa = 1 Day & Night
Therefore, it is clear that there are 46,65,60,000,00 Tatpar in a day and night.
This shows that our system can go how far in dividing time, while in the
western system the smallest unit of measurement of time is only second.
In Jayapur,
Raajasthan, there is a Jantar-Mantar (astronomical observatory) in which
several traditional instruments are there for astronomy - (1) Small Samtraat
Yantra, (2) Dhruv Yantra, (3) Narivalya Yantra, (4) Small Kraanti Yantra,
(5) Raaj Yantra, (6) Unnathaansh Yantra, (7) Dishaa Yantra, (8) Dakshin Yantra,
(9) Large Samraat Yantra,
(10) Raashivalaya Yantra, (11) Smaller Raam Yantra, (12) Jaya Prakaash Yantra,
(13) Chakra Yantra, (14) Large Raam Yantra, (15) Digant Yantra, and (16) Large Kraanti Yantra. In
its Dhruv Yantra, the traditional unit of measuring time is used -
1 human
breath = 6 seconds
4 breaths = 1 Pal (24 seconds)
60 Pal = 1 Ghadee (24 minutes)
60 Ghadee = 1 Day (24 hours)
[India Handbook, p 431]
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