A year (of men) is equal to a day and night to the gods. This division consists in this: the half year for which the sun travels from the vernal to the autumnal equinox is the day of the gods, and the half year for which the sun moves from the latter to the former is their night.
दैवे रात्र्यहनी वर्ष प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः। अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद् दक्षिणायनम्॥