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Yet is a day including the night. Ne (the sun) means the day as distinguished from the night. Nya means night. But in astronomy Ne means a day of the week. The days of the week are denoted by numbers, thus,

. The day is artificially divided as follows:--

But only the following measures are commonly used in astronomy:--

Therefore And