Devanagari
अथ च यावतार्धेन नभोवीथ्यां प्रचरति तं कालमयनमाचक्षते ॥ ६ ॥
Verse text
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].
Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)
The time to move over half the zodiac belt is called an ayana.
This is a period of six months.