Bhagavata Purana 5.22.6
Srimad Bhagavatam · 22 · Verse 6
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Sanskrit Original
अथ च यावतार्धेन नभोवीथ्यां प्रचरति तं कालमयनमाचक्षते ॥ ६ ॥
atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate.
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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].