KNOWLEDGE FROM COSMOS

Atharva Vedang Jyotish  Continuing with the Vedang period of the history of astronomy, Atharva Vedang Jyotish (AVJ) relatively, is of a later period than RVJ and YVJ. It is a text, as told to Kashyap by Pitamah. The time units followed then were as  12 निमिष = 1  लव 30 लव  = 1  कला 30 कला  = 1  त्रुति 30 त्रुति = 1  मुहूर्त 30  मुहूर्त = 1 अहोरात्र  / whole day The document also gives the list of 15  मुहूर्त, whose measure is compared with the length of a gnomon/stick, which is 12 anguls long. These names must be of the मुहूर्त by day, as my blog Vedang Period 1 refers (since the shadow is measured). The list shows a maximum shadow of 96 anguls cast by"Rudra"    मुहूर्त and 0 anguls by 'Abhijit'    मुहूर्त. It is not exactly 0, but the shadow does not alter in length or direction, hence 0.  Shadow is not  0 at noon, but it must be shorter than 3 anguls. T he lengths of shadows are not the same throughou...