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# Matsyapurana 124.78

Matsyapurāṇa 124.78

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [124.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.78)

dakṣiṇaprakrame vāpi divā śīghraṃ vidhīyate  
gatiḥ sūryasya vai naktaṃ mandā cāpi vidhīyate //

> And in His Dâkṣiṇâyana course, His movement in the day is faster and in the night it is slower.—78.  
> — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam

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## Translations (2)

- [The Matsya Puranam](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-taluqdar.124.p30) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English
- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.78) — English, machine translation

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