416 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 3, Ch. 11

tayoh samuccayo masah
pitrnam tad aharnisam

dvau tav rtuh sad ayanam
daksinam cottaram divi

tayoh—of them; samuccayah —aggregate; masah—month; pitrnam—of the
Pita planets; tat—that (month); ahah-nigam—day and night; dvau—two;
tau—months; rtuh—a season; sat—six; ayanam—movement of the sun
in six months; daksinam—southern; ca—also; uttaram—northern; divi—in
the heavens.

TRANSLATION

The aggregate of two fortnights is one month, and that period is one
complete day and night for the Pita planets. Two of such months comprise
one season, and six months comprise one complete movement of the sun
from south to north.

TEXT 12

AIT Ae MEAT AAT VAT: |
arereyd | Ut TANGA TTT U8

ayane cahani prahur
vatsaro duddasga smrtah

samvatsara-satam nrnam
paramayur niritpitam

ayane—in the solar movement (of six months); ca—and; ahani—a day of
the demigods; prahuh—it is said; vatsarah—one calendar year; dvadaga—
twelve months; smytah—is so called; samvatsara-satam—one hundred years;
nfnam—of human beings; parama-ayuh—duration of life; niripitam—is
estimated.

TRANSLATION

Two solar movements make one day and night of the demigods, and
that combination of day and night is one complete calendar year for the
human being. The human being has a duration of life of one hundred
years.
