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Narada Purana (Jyotisha Selections) · by Vyasa
Chapter 6 · Calendar, Muhurta Elements
कालमानं मुहूर्ताङ्गानि च
बाणाग्निलोचनानिह्यवेदबाहुशिलीमुखाः ।त्र्येकाहयो नेत्रगोत्ररामाश्वंद्ररसर्तवः ॥ १६४ ॥
In the full Narada Purana (Purva Bhaga) this is chapter 56, verse 164.
Five, three, two; four, two, five; three, one, eight; two, seven, three; one, six, six.
Simple meaning: These numbers mark the bad parts of the day for Tuesday to Saturday.
कुलिकाश्चोपकुलिका वारवेलास्तथा क्रमात् ।
The numbers above give three kinds of bad time, each an hour and a half, from Sunday on.
यस्मिन्वारे क्षणो वारदृष्टस्तद्वासराधिपः ।
The day's first hour belongs to the weekday lord. Each next hour goes to the sixth planet on.
षष्ठः षष्ठश्चेतरेषां कालहोराधिपाः स्मृताः ।
Hour lords follow every sixth planet. Each rules one hour, by day and by night.