Reference for Avodah Zarah 49:5
א"ד בתוספתא פליגי ר' יהושע בן לוי אמר עשרים וארבעה אזיל שית וקם תריסר אזיל שית וקם תריסר עמידתו כיום תמים ר"א אמר שלשים ושש אזיל שית וקם תריסר אזיל שית וקם עשרים וארבעה ולא אץ לבוא כיום תמים
There are those who say that that it was over the additional hours which they disputed. R. Joshua b. Levi said: They were twenty-four; it moved for six and stood for twelve, then moved for six and stood for twelve — its halt thus equaled a whole day; R. Eleazar said: Thirty-six; it moved for six and stood for twelve, then moved for six and stood for twenty-four, “and hastened not to go down about a whole day.”
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