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In the Harivamsha Purana, the least distance between stars is one-seventh of a krośa, the medium distance is fifty yojanas, and the greatest distance is one thousand yojanas. || 14 || The chariots of the Sun are made of Lohitakṣa gems, are hemispherical in shape, and shine like heated gold. || 15 || The chariots of the Moon are made of crystal gems, are white like lotus fibers, and are adorned with a multitude of rays. || 16 || The chariots of Rahu are made of Ariṣṭa gems, are dark like a mass of collyrium, and are situated below the chariots of the Moon and the Sun. || 17 || The chariots of Rahu are one yojana wide, one yojana long, and two hundred and fifty dhanus thick. || 18 || The chariots of Venus are made of silver, conquer the garland of fresh jasmine with their brilliance, and shine on all sides. || 19 || The chariots of Jupiter are adorned with the brilliance of crystal gems, their radiance resembling that of the finest pearl. The chariots of Mercury are made of gold, the chariots of Saturn are made of heated gold, and the chariots of Mars are made of Lohitakṣa gems. || 20 - 21 || This is the variety of colors of the chariots in the Jyotirloka, but the chariots above the Arun Sea are only black. || 22 || The rising and setting of the chariots is on this side of the Manuşottara mountain, but all the chariots beyond that are stationary in the sky. || 23 || The number of celestial bodies up to the Manuşottara mountain is countable, and beyond that they are countless. The Indras of both types of celestial bodies are the Sun and the Moon. The Indras of the countable celestial bodies are the countable Sun and Moon, and the Indras of the countless celestial bodies are the countless Sun and Moon. || 24 || The celestial bodies that move are eleven hundred and twenty-one yojanas away from Meru, and they revolve around it in a clockwise direction. || 25 || In Jambudvipa there are two Suns and two Moons, in the Lavaṇa Sea there are four Suns and four Moons, in Dhātakikhaṇḍa there are twelve Suns and twelve Moons, in Kālodhi there are forty-two Suns and forty-two Moons, and in Puṣkarārddha there are seventy-two Suns and seventy-two Moons. || 26 - 27 || Each Moon has sixty-six thousand nine hundred and seventy-five koṭi-koṭi stars, twenty-eight constellations, and eighty-eight great planets. || 28 - 29 || Beyond Puṣkarārddha, there are seventy-two