# SB 5.21.10 > यदा चैन्द्र्याः पुर्याः प्रचलते पञ्चदशघटिकाभिर्याम्यां सपादकोटिद्वयं योजनानांसार्धद्वादशलक्षाणि साधिकानि चोपयाति ॥१०॥ ## Text > yadā caindryāḥ puryāḥ pracalate pañcadaśa-ghaṭikābhir yāmyāṁ sapāda-koṭi-dvayaṁ yojanānāṁ sārdha-dvādaśa-lakṣāṇi sādhikāni copayāti. ## Synonyms *yadā*—when; *ca*—and; *aindryāḥ*—of Indra; *puryāḥ*—from the residence; *pracalate*—it moves; *pañcadaśa*—by fifteen; *ghaṭikābhiḥ*—half hours (actually twenty-four minutes); *yāmyām*—to the residence of Yamarāja; *sapāda-koṭi-dvayam*—two and a quarter *crores* (22,500,000); *yojanānām*—of *yojanas*; *sārdha*—and one half; *dvādaśa-lakṣāṇi*—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 Saṁyamanī, the residence of Yamarāja, it travels 23,775,000 yojanas [190,200,000 miles] in fifteen ghaṭikās [six hours].** ## Purport The distance indicated by the word *sādhikāni* is *pañca-viṁśati-sahasrādhikāni,* or 25,000 *yojanas.* That plus two and a half *crores* and twelve and a half *lakṣa* 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).