CC Madhya 20.389
TEXT 389
sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya
sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe ‘prahara’ haya
SYNONYMS
sūrya-udaya haite—beginning from the sunrise; ṣaṣṭi-pala—sixty palas; krama-udaya—gradually rising higher and higher; sei—that; eka daṇḍa—one daṇḍa; aṣṭa daṇḍe—in eight daṇḍas; prahara haya—there is a prahara.
TRANSLATION
“The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.