लघूनि वै समाम्नाता दश पञ्च च नाडिका ।
ते द्वे मुहूर्तः प्रहरः षड्यामः सप्त वा नृणाम् ॥ ८ ॥
laghuni-such laghus (each of two minutes); vai-exactly; samamnata-is called; dasa panca-fifteen; ca-also; nadika-a nadika; te-of them; dve-two; muhurtah-a moment; praharah-three hours; sat-six; yamah-one fourth of a day or night; sapta-seven; va-or; nrnam-of human calculation.
Fifteen laghus make one nadika, which is also called a danda. Two dandas make one muhurta, and six or seven dandas make one fourth of a day or night, according to human calculation.