From the Sun's entrance into Capricorn (Makara) for six months is the northward progress (Uttarayana); similarly from Cancer (Karka) is the southward progress (Dakshinayana).
Siddhantic Proof: Manadhya (Systems of Measurement) v.9
From the Sun's entrance into Capricorn (Makara) for six months is the northward progress (Uttarayana); similarly from Cancer (Karka) is the southward progress (Dakshinayana).
Determines the Sun's progress relative to solstices.
Uttarayana (Northward) begins at Makara Sankranti (Capricorn);
Dakshinayana (Southward) at Karka Sankranti (Cancer).
Get the current Ayana (Solar Progress).
[Ch. XIV, v.9]
Siddhantic Proof: Manadhya (Systems of Measurement) v.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari):
भानोर्मकरसस्ड्क्रान्तेः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। कक्कदिस्तु तथाैव स्यात् षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।।
Translation (Burgess):
From the Sun's entrance into Capricorn (Makara) for six months is the northward progress (Uttarayana); similarly from Cancer (Karka) is the southward progress (Dakshinayana).
Siddhantic Proof: Manadhya (Systems of Measurement) v.9
Sanskrit (Devanagari):
भानोर्मकरसस्ड्क्रान्तेः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्। कक्कदिस्तु तथाैव स्यात् षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्।।
Translation (Burgess):
From the Sun's entrance into Capricorn (Makara) for six months is the northward progress (Uttarayana); similarly from Cancer (Karka) is the southward progress (Dakshinayana).