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## Gatha 574-5:17
Samyaktvamarga/645
"The statement contradicts with the above mentioned."
How does the statement contradict with the Shanka Sutra?
**Solution:**
Because, multiplying the seven hundred twenty breaths mentioned above by four, and adding nine hundred (863) less than the product, we get the number of breaths in a Muhurta as mentioned in the Sutra. This indicates that the number of breaths in a Upak Muhurta is contrary to the Sutra. If we assume that there are seven hundred twenty breaths in a Muhurta, then not only would there be twenty-one thousand six hundred (21600) breaths in a day (Ahoratra) as per the calculation of astrologers, but according to the Agama, there would be one lakh thirteen thousand one hundred ninety (113160) breaths in a day (Ahoratra).
When one time unit is removed from a Muhurta, the remaining time is called Bhinna Muhurta. When one time unit is removed from the Bhinna Muhurta, the remaining time is called Anta Muhurta. In this way, one time unit should be removed successively until the breaths are produced. All these time units, which are reduced one by one, are also the measure of Anta Muhurta. Similarly, one time unit should be removed from the remaining one breath until the Pravali is produced. The Pravali produced in this way is also Anta Muhurta. After that, dividing the Pravali by the innumerable part of the second Pravali, the obtained Pravali (the innumerable part of the Pravali) is also the measure of Anta Muhurta. This is one time unit less than Muhurta, Bhinna Muhurta, i.e., the best Anta Muhurta. Further, removing two time units, etc., up to the innumerable part of the Pravali, all these are Anta Muhurta.
The Panchastikaya Pramatita mentions the following divisions of time in practice:
**Samagro nimiso kada kala ya nali sado divaratti. Masa udu ayanam samvatcharo tti kalo parayatto ||25||**
- Time, Nimisha, Kastha, Kala, Nali, Day and Night, Month, Season, Ayan, Samvatsara, etc., are all dependent on other substances.
**Nimeshanam sahasrani pancha bhuya shatam taya. Dasha chamba nimeshah syu muhurte ganitaah budhah || (5110) ||11||**
- Wise men have calculated five thousand one hundred ten Nimishas in a Muhurta!
1. Dhaval Pu. 3 p. 66. 2. Dhaval Pu. 3 p. 67. 3. Dhaval Pu. 3 p. 67. 4. Dhaval Pu. 3 p. 68. 5. "Sach ekasamayen hi to bhinnamuhurtah utkrishtantamhurtah ityarthah. Tato'ne dvisamayonaadya pavalyasanikhyatakbhagaantah sarve'ntam hurtah." [Swa. Ka. A. Ga. 220 Teeka], 6. Panchastikaya; Dhaval Pu. 4 p. 317. 7. Dhaval . 4 p. 318.