[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) › 124.92 # Matsyapurana 124.92 Matsyapurāṇa 124.92 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [124.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.92) vardhatyato hrasatyeva ayane dakṣiṇottare ahastu grasate rātriṃ rātristu grasate ahaḥ // > The days vary in duration when the sun is travelling south or north of the equator. When the days are long the nights are short (\*i.e.\*, in Dakṣiṇâyana), and when the nights are long the days are short (in Uttarâyana).—92. > — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, The Matsya Puranam - [Previous: 124.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.91) - [Next: 124.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.93) - [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.p35) — A Taluqdar of Oudh 1916, English - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya~en-mt.124.92) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmanda.1.21.123) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Vāyupurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.vayu.1.50.175) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.visnu*crit.2.8.66) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.rajadharma.sivatattvaratnakara.18.6) — Basappa Nāyaka 1684, Sanskrit - [Śivattvaratnākara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.med.pasu.sivattvaratnakara.18.6) — Basava, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.matsya.124.92) · Pramāṇa