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== Microcosmic Time Scale ==
== Microcosmic Time Scale ==
Just as the macrocosmic Yuga system is discussed extensively in various texts, the microcosmic time scale is also widely explained in different texts and different scholars have given different measures. A few systems are discussed here below.
Just as the macrocosmic Yuga system is discussed extensively in various texts, the microcosmic time scale is also widely explained in different texts and different scholars have given different measures. A few systems are discussed here below.
=== Vedanga Jyotish<ref>Subhash Kak (2000), [http://www.ece.lsu.edu/kak/ast.pdf Astonomy and its Role in Vedic Culture], Chapter 23 in Science and Civilization in India, Vol.1, The Dawn of Indian Civilization, Part 1, edited by G. P. Pande, Delhi: ICPR/Munshiram Manoharlal, pp. 507-524.</ref> ===
The measures of time used in Vedanga Jyotisha are as follows:
1 lunar year = 360 tithis
1 solar year = 366 solar days
1 day = 30 muhurtas
1 muhurta = 2 nadikas
1 nadika = 10 1/20 kalas
1 day = 124 amshas (parts)
1 day = 603 kalas
=== Surya Siddhanta ===
=== Surya Siddhanta ===