Brihat Samhita

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साम्प्रतं अयनं सवितुः कर्कटकऽद्यं मृगऽदितश्चान्यत् । उक्ताभावो विकृतिः प्रत्यक्षपरीक्षणैर्व्यक्तिः ॥ ३-०२ ॥

Whereas at present the one course of the sun (āditya) commences at the beginning of Cancer, and the other at the beginning of Capricornus. That it is so, and different from what it was at one time can easily be ascertained from actual observation as follows:

english translation

sAmprataM ayanaM savituH karkaTaka'dyaM mRga'ditazcAnyat । uktAbhAvo vikRtiH pratyakSaparIkSaNairvyaktiH ॥ 3-02 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript