324 Srimad-Bhagavatam [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
n c Cn

Ta Taaieg wag Tad aqraleenfa aaah wafeT Ut & UI
yada vrscikddisu paricasu vartate tadaho-ratrani viparyayani bhavanti.

yadaé—when; vrscika-ddisu—headed by Vrécika (Scorpio);
parcasu—five; vartate—remains; tada—at that time; ahah-ratrani—
the days and nights; viparyayaéni—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
Vrécika [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
qmeamaaaaa ated Wagar WAT: Il & I

ydavad daksindyanam ahani vardhante yavad udagayanam ratrayah.

yavat—until; daksina-ayanam—the sun passes to the southern side;
ahdni—the days; vardhante—increase; ydvat—until; udagayanam—
the sun passes to the northern side; rdtrayah—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.
