The Mahāsāṃghika, translated into Chinese as the "Móhēsēngzhī Lǜ" (Taishō Tripiṭaka 1425) describes several units of time, including "shùn" or "shùnqǐng" () and "niàn". According to this text, "niàn" is the smallest unit of time at 18 milliseconds and a "shùn" is 360 milliseconds. It also describes larger units of time, including a "tánzhǐ" () which is 7.2 seconds long, a "luóyù" () which is 2 minutes 24 seconds long, and a "xūyú" (), which is of a day at 48 minutes long.