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Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Srimad Bhagavatam 5.22.6
atha ca yavatardhena nabho-vithyam pracarati tam kalam ayanam acakshate
SYNONYMS
atha -- now; ca -- also; yavata -- by as long as; ardhena -- half; nabhah-vithyam -- in outer space; pracarati -- the sun moves; tam -- that; kalam -- time; ayanam -- ayana; acakshate -- 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].
Copyright (c) The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.
His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness