Inauguration of Creation (sṛṣṭi-prāraṃbha) - Verse 16
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 4.16
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Sanskrit Original
अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद्दक्षिणायनम। एते रात्र्यहनी दिव्ये प्रसंख्याते विशेषतः।।
ahastatrodagayanaṃ rātriḥ syāddakṣiṇāyanam| ete rātryahanī divye prasaṃkhyāte viśeṣataḥ||
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Sūta said: The period of Uttarāyaṇa (northern transit of the sun) is the day for the manes; the period of Dakṣiṇāyana (southern transit of the sun) constitutes their night. These days and nights are calculated in accordance with the reckoning of the devas.