SB 5.22.6

Srimad-Bhagavatam - Fifth Canto - Chapter 22: The Orbits of the Planets

SB 5.22.5 - SB 5.22.7

His Divine Grace
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

TEXT 6

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].

SB 5.22.5 - SB 5.22.7