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Rh the lunar arrangement, and follow the same order, that obtains in all other parts of the world, viz.

The day and the night are each divided into four periods, which as they terminate, are designated by their appropriate beat of drum. The single beat, တ&#8203;ချက်&#8203;တီး, accords with 9 o’clock, morning or evening; the double beat, နှစ်&#8203;ချက်&#8203;တီး, accords with 12 o’clock; the triple beat, သုံး&#8203;ချက်&#8203;တီး, with 3 o’clock; and the quadruple beat, လေး&#8203;ချက်&#8203;တီး, with 6 o’clock.

A natural day is also divided into sixty equal parts, called နာ&#8203;ရီ, which are again subject to various subdivisions, seldom used but in astrological works.

ချင်ရွေး, the seed of the abrus precatorius, marked (ွေ), as ၁ွေ, တရွေး.

ရွေးကြီး, the seed of the adenanthera pavonina, double the weight of the above, marked the same.