# Cc. Madhya 20.389 ## Text > sūryodaya haite ṣaṣṭi-pala-kramodaya > sei eka daṇḍa, aṣṭa daṇḍe 'prahara' haya ## Synonyms *sūrya*-*udaya* *haite*—beginning from the sunrise; *ṣaṣṭi*-*pala*—sixty palas; *krama*-*udaya*—gradually rising higher and higher; *sei*—that; *eka* *daṇḍa*—one daṇḍa; *aṣṭa* *daṇḍe*—in eight daṇḍas; *prahara* *haya*—there is a prahara. ## Translation **"The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.**