# SB 5.22.6 > अथ च यावतार्धेन नभोवीथ्यां प्रचरति तं कालमयनमाचक्षते ॥६॥ ## Text > atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṁ pracarati taṁ kālam ayanam ācakṣate. ## Synonyms *atha*—now; *ca*—also; *yāvatā*—by as long as; *ardhena*—half; *nabhaḥ-vīthyām*—in outer space; *pracarati*—the sun moves; *tam*—that; *kālam*—time; *ayanam*—*ayana*; *ācakṣate*—is said. ## Translation **Thus the time the sun takes to rotate through half of outer space is called an ayana, or its period of movement [in the north or in the south].**