History of Dharmashastra (Ancient and Mediaeval Religious and Civil Law in India) v6.c82.104

v6.c82.104

⁷¹⁴ स वै माघस्यामावास्यायामुपवसत्युदङ्ङावर्त्स्यन्नुपेने वसन्ति। ...स षण्मासानुदङ्ङेत्वा तिष्ठते। दक्षिणावर्त्स्यन्नुपेने वसन्ति वैषुवतीयेनाह्ना। कौषीतकि ब्रा० 19 3. This shows that the winter solstice, when the sun is farthest from the equator and appears to pause or rest before turning towards the north, occurred on the amāvāsyā of Māgha.