Time

Time Measurement In Ancient India
We have a day that is divided into 24 hours. And a new day starts at 12 midnight. It seems that the old time measurement of India was hexadecimal, that is, there were 16 prohors to a day.
Author: NOVO E-mail: [email protected] 4th July 2000
The Indus civilization had standard measuring systems. It seems that this measurement was done in a hexadecimal system rather than a decimal. For lower numbers they used the hexadecimal system, but for higher numbers they used the decimal system. The weight system of the Indus is still used in India. It seems that the ancient Indians (after the Indus) measured distance and money in a hexadecimal system too... Now if I propose that the time was also measured in a hexadecimal system, then many would raise eyebrows since the saying in Eastern India goes, "8 Prohors make a day". Now that is easily explained. In India, prior to the British occupation and western influence, the Indians did not consider one day to be from midnight to midnight. The day (Din) was just the period when the sun was up and night (Raat or Raatri) was when the sun was down. The saying, 8 Prohors make a day also indicates that another 8 Prohors make the night. This is not a claim in the air. It is substantiated by the fact that Dupur or more accurately Din Dupur (Duppahar<Du Prohor) is noon (midday) and Raat Dupur is midnight, as is spoken even today. Now Du means two. So Dupur is the second Prohor. Since the day is 16 Prohors, the 0th or 8th Prohor would be at 9 AM and 9 PM, with 1 Prohor at 10:30 and 2 Prohor at 12.
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