यदा वृश्चिकादिषु पञ्चसु वर्तते तदाहोरात्राणि विपर्ययाणि भवन्ति ॥ ५ ॥
yada vrscikadisu pancasu vartate tadaho-ratrani viparyayani bhavanti.
- yada
- when
- vrscika-adisu
- headed by Vrscika (Scorpio)
- pancasu
- five
- vartate
- remains
- tada
- at that time
- ahah-ratrani
- the days and nights
- viparyayani
- the opposite (the duration of the day decreases, and that of night increases)
- bhavanti
- are.
When the sun passes through the five signs beginning with Vrscika (Scorpio), the duration of the days decreases (until Capricorn), and then gradually it increases month after month, until day and night become equal (in Aries).