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Chapter 22: The Orbits of the Planets

Verse 6 of 17
SB 5.22.6

अथ च यावतार्धेन नभोवीथ्यां प्रचरति तं कालमयनमाचक्षते.

atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate.

Synonyms

athanow; caalso; yāvatāby as long as; ardhenahalf; nabhaḥ-vīthyāmin outer space; pracaratithe sun moves; tamthat; kālamtime; ayanamayana; ācakṣateis said..

Translation

Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement [in the north or in the south].

Verse 6 of 17
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