Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.11.11

tayoḥ samuccayo māsaḥ

pitṝṇāḿ tad ahar-niśam

dvau tāv ṛtuḥ ṣaḍ ayanaḿ

dakṣiṇaḿ cottaraḿ divi

SYNONYMS

tayoḥ — of them; samuccayaḥ — aggregate; māsaḥ — month; pitṝṇām — of the Pitā planets; tat — that (month); ahaḥ-niśam — day and night; dvau — two; tau — months; ṛtuḥ — a season; ṣaṭ — six; ayanam — the movement of the sun in six months; dakṣiṇam — 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 Pitā planets. Two of such months comprise one season, and six months comprise one complete movement of the sun from south to north.

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