Dear Harry, This should be of help to you.
Hayashi, Takao. 2017. “The Units of Time in Ancient and Medieval India.” History of Science in South Asia 5 (1): 1–116. doi:10.18732/h2ht0h <https://doi.org/10.18732/h2ht0h>. Best regards, Bill -- Bill M. Mak, PhD Professor of History of Science University of Science and Technology of China Room A304, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, East Campus, University of Science and Technology of China, 96 Jinzhai Road, Baohe District, Hefei, Anhui, China CN-230026 Tel.: +86 183 5614 9163 / +852 9466 6472 E-Mail: [email protected] / [email protected] Research Associate Needham Research Institute 8 Sylvester Road Cambridge, CB3 9AF United Kingdom Tel:+44-1223768229 Email: [email protected] Copies of my publications may be found at: http://www.billmak.com https://needham.academia.edu/BillMak > On 3 May 2025, at 19:44, Harry Spier via INDOLOGY > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear list members, > I've been asked to confirm the meaning of kalā in the premodern Indian > system of time units. > According this wikipedia page > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindu_units_of_time > referring to the Sūrya Siddhānta, 1 kalā = 30 kāṣṭhā approximately equal to > 48 seconds but I've also been told that 1 kalā is about one hour of the > western time units. Can someone confirm the meaning of kalā in the Indian > system of time units . Was there more than one system of time units in > general use in premodern India? > Thanks, > Harry Spier > > _______________________________________________ > INDOLOGY mailing list > [email protected] > https://list.indology.info/mailman/listinfo/indology
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