One should trace the movement of the Sun through the houses from the winter solstice in December on its northern path uttarAyANam through six houses dhanuSH, makara, kumbha, mIna, meSha, vRShabha each corresponding to mitra, ravi, sUrya, bhAnu, khaga and pUShA, and then reverse the movement overhead through the six houses viz. mithuna, karkataka, simha, kanyA, tula, vRshchika, from summer solstice in June back to December corresponding to the southern path dakshiNAyanam through hiraNyagarbha, marIci, Aditya, savitR, arka and bhAskara.