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The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles)

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"The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 5

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).
SB 5.21.10, Translation and Purport:

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).

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).

Page Title:The total orbit of the sun is four times that distance, or 95,100,000 yojanas (760,800,000 miles)
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas
Created:02 of May, 2012
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1