For hom many prahars can boiled water be consumed
Short answer: 8 prahars.
Details:
- 1 prahar ≈ 3 hours.
- Shwetambar common maryada: boiled water (ukalela pānī) is considered usable for up to 8 prahars (one full day–night) from the time it was boiled; however, it is actually consumed only during daylight (sunrise to sunset). After the limit, re‑boil fresh water.
- Stricter observance (especially in Chaturmās): some sanghs limit it further to a few prahars; once the fixed prahar limit ends, do not use without re‑boiling.
- Digambar practice: generally only freshly boiled/filtered water during daytime and not kept overnight; follow your guru‑paramparā’s maryadā.
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