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[ Surya Prajnapti Sutra ]
A day with eighteen muhurtas is when there are twelve muhurtas of night.
In such a day, the distance traveled by the sun is set at one thousand and one yojanas. _When the sun travels in the outer circle, then the day with eighteen muhurtas is when there are twelve muhurtas of night. In such a day, the distance traveled by the sun is set at one thousand and one yojanas. Some say that the sun travels one thousand yojanas, five thousand yojanas, or four thousand yojanas in one muhurta.
We, however, say that the sun travels five thousand yojanas in one muhurta. _Question: What is the size of Jambudvipa?
Answer: Jambudvipa is a circular island with a diameter of one hundred thousand yojanas, and it is surrounded by the ocean. It is three thousand yojanas wide, two hundred and twenty-seven yojanas long, and three kosas deep. It is also eight hundred dhanus wide, thirteen angulas deep, and a little more than half an angula deep.
When the sun travels in the outer circle, it travels five thousand yojanas, two hundred and eleven yojanas, and thirty-six yojanas in one muhurta.
The sun appears to a human being on earth at a distance of seventy-two thousand yojanas, two hundred yojanas, and twenty-one yojanas.
When the sun travels in the outer circle, then the day with eighteen muhurtas is when there are twelve muhurtas of night.
When the sun is setting, it travels in the inner circle during the first day and night of the new year.
When the sun travels in the inner circle, it travels five thousand yojanas, two hundred and eleven yojanas, and seventy-two yojanas in one muhurta.
The sun appears to a human being on earth at a distance of seventy-two thousand yojanas, one hundred and seventy-seven yojanas, and sixty yojanas. It is also one-sixth of a yojana, one-twenty-second of a yojana, and one-twenty-fourth of a yojana.
When the sun travels in the inner circle, then the day with eighteen muhurtas is when there are twelve muhurtas of night.
When the sun is setting, it travels in the inner circle during the second day and night of the new year.