dakshinayana
dakṣiṇāyanaThe sun's southward course, the complementary half of the year to uttarayana.
Where this term appears
- Eighty-five titles and no text: the Saura tantras and how a tradition disappears Lineages
The two roads of the Sun, the uttarayana and the dakshinayana , are set out on the site in the Sun's two roads; what jyotisha made of them is this.
- The Sun's Two Roads Treatise
The southward road is dakshinayana , the half of failing light, the night of the gods.