🪷 ŚB 5.21.6
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Sanskrit
यावद्दक्षिणायनमहानि वर्धन्ते यावदुदगयनं रात्रय: ॥ ६ ॥
Transliteration
yāvad dakṣiṇāyanam ahāni vardhante yāvad udagayanaṁ rātrayaḥ.
Synonyms
yāvat — until; dakṣiṇa-ayanam — the sun passes to the southern side; ahāni — the days; vardhante — increase; yāvat — until; udagayanam — the sun passes to the northern side; rātrayaḥ — the nights.
Translation
Until the sun travels to the south the days grow longer, and until it travels to the north the nights grow longer.
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