[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Matsyapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya) › 124.71 # Matsyapurana 124.71 Matsyapurāṇa 124.71 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [124.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.71) sūryo dvādaśabhiḥ śīghraṃ muhūrtairdakṣiṇāyane trayodaśārdhamṛkṣāṇāṃ madhye carati maṇḍalam // > In other words, the sun in his southward course rapidly goes over thirteen and a half asterisms in 12 muhûrtas (in day time ?), and in 18 muhûrtas at night, in travelling comparatively at a slower speed, like the lump of clay in the centre of the potter's wheel.—71-72. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 124.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.70) - [Next: 124.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.72) - [Up: 124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124) ## Translations (2) - [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.124.p23) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.71) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.71) · Pramāṇa