Brihat Samhita
सप्तमुनीन्संस्पृश्य ध्रुवं अभिजितं एव च प्रतिनिवृत्तः । नभसो अर्धमात्रं इत्वा याम्येनास्तं समुपयाति ॥ ११-३४ ॥
After touching the Pole star or the constellation of Abhijit, it turns back and after travelling one half of the sky disappears in the south.
english translation
saptamunInsaMspRzya dhruvaM abhijitaM eva ca pratinivRttaH । nabhaso ardhamAtraM itvA yAmyenAstaM samupayAti ॥ 11-34 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript