Dakshinayana
Dakshinayana (Sanskrit: दक्षिणायन, romanized: Dakṣiṇāyana)[1] is a Hindu astronomical concept that refers to the movement of the sun to the south of the equator,[2][3] and is also a term that indicates the six-month period between the summer solstice and the winter solstice. Dakshinayana begins on Karka Sankranti or July 16, as it marks the transition of the sun into Karka rashi (Cancer).
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It marks the end of the six-month Uttarayana period of Hindu calendar and the beginning of the eponymous period called the Dakshinayana, which itself ends at Makara Sankranti and the Uttarayana period begins.[4]
According to the Puranas, Dakshinayana marks the period when the deities are in their celestial sleep, regarded to be their night.[5]
References
- Hudson, D. Dennis (2008-09-25). The Body of God: An Emperor's Palace for Krishna in Eighth-Century Kanchipuram. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 581. ISBN 978-0-19-536922-9.
- The Bhagavata Purana 1. Penguin Random House India Private Limited. 2019-01-05. p. 441. ISBN 978-93-5305-378-9.
- Garg, Gaṅgā Rām (1992). Encyclopaedia of the Hindu World. Concept Publishing Company. p. 853. ISBN 978-81-7022-373-3.
- James G. Lochtefeld (2002). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Hinduism: A-M. The Rosen Publishing Group. pp. 351–. ISBN 978-0-8239-3179-8.
- Books, Kausiki (2021-10-24). Narada Purana Part 2: English Translation only without Slokas. Kausiki Books. p. 611.
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