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# '''mīmṛdauna''' ('''m''') "midday"; the sixth hour, noon (6m.0.00) is ''lalla dāvan'' "highest sun"; | # '''mīmṛdauna''' ('''m''') "midday"; the sixth hour, noon (6m.0.00) is ''lalla dāvan'' "highest sun"; | ||
# '''saṃlallai''' ('''s'''), pl. tantum, "afternoon"; the sixth hour (6s.0.00) is ''ṭheba tūnuḍu'' or ''ṭheba'' "late call"; | # '''saṃlallai''' ('''s'''), pl. tantum, "afternoon"; the sixth hour (6s.0.00) is ''ṭheba tūnuḍu'' or ''ṭheba'' "late call"; | ||
# '''anuśamvīrä''' ('''n'''), pl. tantum, "before-sunset | # '''anuśamvīrä''' ('''n'''), pl. tantum, "late afternoon" (before-sunset); the sixth hour (6n.0.00) is ''śanu'' "sunset" | ||
# '''śusva''' ('''ś''') "evening"; the sixth hour (6ś.0.00) is ''prācikha'' "last offering", i.e. closure of dinner; | # '''śusva''' ('''ś''') "evening"; the sixth hour (6ś.0.00) is ''prācikha'' "last offering", i.e. closure of dinner; | ||
# '''okṣṇi lalēni''' or '''okṣṇīrä''' ('''k''') "growing night"; the sixth hour (6k.0.00) is ''tiḫa'' "midnight"; | # '''okṣṇi lalēni''' or '''okṣṇīrä''' ('''k''') "growing night"; the sixth hour (6k.0.00) is ''tiḫa'' "midnight"; | ||
# '''lalēni''' ('''l''') "night"; the twelfth hour (10l.0.00) is ''hāreṇe'' (e-stem) "dawn". | # '''lalēni''' ('''l''') "night"; the twelfth hour (10l.0.00) is ''hāreṇe'' (e-stem) "dawn". | ||
Other hours are simply named using ordinal numbers and the locative of the ''gūsa'', e.g. ''raṇibbā lumpyä'' "first in the morning", ''mīmṛdaunā hälinaika'' "second in the midday'', ''anuśamvīrän śulkesi'' "fifth in the late afternoon". | |||
Each ''garaṇa'' is divided into four timeframes called ''railai'' (singular ''raila'') - about 10.8 Earth minutes - further divided into 30 (26<sub>12</sub>) units known as ''nartī'' (singular ''narti'') - a little less than 22 Earth seconds each.<br/> | Each ''garaṇa'' is divided into four timeframes called ''railai'' (singular ''raila'') - about 10.8 Earth minutes - further divided into 30 (26<sub>12</sub>) units known as ''nartī'' (singular ''narti'') - a little less than 22 Earth seconds each.<br/> | ||