Manusmriti
दैवे रात्र्यहनी वर्षं प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः । अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद् दक्षिणायनम् ॥ ६७ ॥
A year is a day and a night of the gods; their division is (as follows): the half year during which the sun progresses to the north will be the day, that during which it goes southwards the night.
english translation
daive rAtryahanI varSaM pravibhAgastayoH punaH । ahastatrodagayanaM rAtriH syAd dakSiNAyanam ॥ 67 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptदैवे रात्र्यहनी वर्षं प्रविभागस्तयोः पुनः । अहस्तत्रोदगयनं रात्रिः स्याद् दक्षिणायनम् ॥ ६७ ॥
A year is a day and a night of the gods; their division is (as follows): the half year during which the sun progresses to the north will be the day, that during which it goes southwards the night.
english translation
daive rAtryahanI varSaM pravibhAgastayoH punaH । ahastatrodagayanaM rAtriH syAd dakSiNAyanam ॥ 67 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript