# Cc. Madhya 20.389 > সূর্যোদয় হৈতে ষষ্টিপল-ক্রমোদয় । > সেই এক দণ্ড, অষ্ট দণ্ডে ‘প্রহর’ হয় ॥৩৮৯॥ ## Text > sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya > sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe 'prahara' haya ## Synonyms *sūrya-udaya haite*—beginning from the sunrise; *ṣaṣṭi-pala*—sixty palas; *krama-udaya*—gradually rising higher and higher; *sei*—that; *eka daṇḍa*—one daṇḍa; *aṣṭa daṇḍe*—in eight daṇḍas; *prahara haya*—there is a prahara. ## Translation **"The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.**