Vedic Time | Ghati · Pal · Vipal
The classical Hindu civil-time system measures elapsed time since sunrise, not midnight. One solar day (sunrise to sunrise) is divided into 60 Ghati; each Ghati into 60 Pal; each Pal into 60 Vipal — so 1 Ghati equals exactly 24 minutes.
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Reference:60 Vipal = 1 Pal · 60 Pal = 1 Ghati · 60 Ghati = 1 solar day. 1 Ghati ≈ 24 minutes · 1 Pal ≈ 24 seconds · 1 Vipal ≈ 0.4 seconds. Time is measured from sunrise, not midnight, in the classical Hindu civil-time system.
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