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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

atha—now; ca—also; yāvatā—by as long as; ardhena—half; nabhaḥ-vīthyām—in outer space; pracarati—the sun moves; tam—that; kālam—time; ayanam—ayana; ācakṣate—is 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