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'''Pahar''' ([[Hindi]]/[[Nepali language|Nepali]]: पहर, [[Urdu]]:پہر), which is more commonly pronounced '''Peher''', is a traditional |
'''Pahar''' ([[Hindi]]/[[Nepali language|Nepali]]: पहर, [[Urdu]]:پہر), which is more commonly pronounced '''Peher''', is a traditional [[unit of time]] used in [[India]], [[Pakistan]], [[Nepal]] and [[Bangladesh]]. One ''pahar'' equals three [[hours]], and there are eight ''pahars'' in a day.<ref name="wadley2005">{{Citation | title=Essays on North Indian folk traditions | author=Susan Snow Wadley | date=2005 | isbn=8180280160 | publisher=Orient Blackswan | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=XuyTqD0Ybw4C | quote=''... pahar (period of three hours) ...''}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 16:22, 19 June 2010
Pahar (Hindi/Nepali: पहर, Urdu:پہر), which is more commonly pronounced Peher, is a traditional unit of time used in India, Pakistan, Nepal and Bangladesh. One pahar equals three hours, and there are eight pahars in a day.[1]
References
- ^ Susan Snow Wadley (2005), Essays on North Indian folk traditions, Orient Blackswan, ISBN 8180280160,
... pahar (period of three hours) ...