ABSTRACT
Again :-On the twenty-fourth day of the First Kanon at the sixth hour of the night, the day beginneth to take [time] from the night. On the twenty-fourth day of Adhar, at the sixth hour [of the night], the durations of day and night are equal. On the twenty-fourth day of Khaziran, at the sixth hour of the night, the night beginneth to take time from the day. On the twenty-fourth day of Ilul, at the sixth hour of the night, the durations of the day and night are equal. And from the twenty-fourth day of Khaziran to the twenty-fourth day of Iltll, the night of which taketh (time] from the day, the hours of the morning are longer than those of the turning. And from the twenty-fourth day of the First Kanon to the twenty-fourth day of Adhar, the day of which taketh [time] from the night, the hours of the turning are longer than the hours of the morning. And on the first day wherein the light beginneth to take from the darkness, it taketh twelve "parts", I (i.e., twenty-four minutes) from it in one night. Now twenty-Page 507 four "parts, I are equal to four hundred and sixty "ruphas ". Fol. 2391:1. Now between Kanon and Kanon one hour more is added to the day-time, and the day lengthens [by this amount]. And in Shebat there are added to the day-time forty l~attinatha, which make two "parts" of an hour (i.e., four minutes). In Nisin the day-time is fourteen hours [long]. And in Iyyar, when the Sun cometh to the Twins, during the month fifty l:'attinatha are added to the day-time, which is then but a little less than fifteen hours, and the night containeth nine hours (only]. And because the Elements seize them, it becometh very hot indeed.
