Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 5.21.10

yadā caindryāh puryāh pracalate pañcadaśa-ghatikābhir yāmyām sapāda-koti-dvayam yojanānām sārdha-dvādaśa-lakshāni sādhikāni copayāti

SYNONYMS

yadā — when; ca — and; aindryāh — of Indra; puryāh — from the residence; pracalate — it moves; pañcadaśa — by fifteen; ghatikābhih — half hours (actually twenty-four minutes); yāmyām — to the residence of Yamarāja; sapāda-koti-dvayam — two and a quarter crores (22,500,000); yojanānām — of yojanas; sārdha — and one half; dvādaśa-lakshāni — twelve hundred thousand; sādhikāni — twenty-five thousand more; ca — and; upayāti — he passes over.

TRANSLATION

When the sun travels from Devadhānī, the residence of Indra, to Samyamanī, the residence of Yamarāja, it travels 23,775,000 yojanas [190,200,000 miles] in fifteen ghatikās [six hours].

PURPORT

The distance indicated by the word sādhikāni is pañca-vimśati-sahasrādhikāni, or 25,000 yojanas. That plus two and a half crores and twelve and a half laksha of yojanas is the distance the sun travels between each two cities. This comes to 23,775,000 yojanas, or 190,200,000 miles. The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles).

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