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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 21]
increases [until Cancer], and then it gradually decreases by half an hour each month, until day and night again become equal [in Libra].
TEXT 5
यदा वृश्चिकादिषु पञ्चमु वर्तते तदाहोरात्राणि विपर्ययाणि भवन्ति ॥ ५ ॥
yadā vṛścikādiṣu pañcasu vartate tadāho-rātrāṇi viparyayāṇi bhavanti.
yadā —when;  vṛścika-ādiṣu —headed by Vṛścika (Scorpio);  pañcasu —five;  vartate —remains;  tadā —at that time;  ahaḥ-rātrāṇi —the days and nights;  viparyayāṇi —the opposite (the duration of the day decreases, and that of night increases);  bhavanti —are.
TRANSLATION
When the sun passes through the five signs beginning with Vṛścika [Scorpio], the duration of the days decreases [until Capricorn], and then gradually it increases month after month, until day and night become equal [in Aries].
TEXT 6
यावद्दक्षिणायनमहानि वर्धन्ते यावदुदग्यनं रात्रयः ॥ ६ ॥
yāvad dakṣiṇāyanam ahāni vardhante yāvad udagayanam rātrayaḥ.
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.