sūrya-udaya haite - beginning from the sunrise; ṣaṣṭi-pala - sixty palas; krama-udaya - gradually rising higher and higher; sei - that; eka daṇḍa - one daṇḍa; aṣṭa daṇḍe - in eight daṇḍas; prahara haya - there is a prahara.

“The sun rises in steps consisting of sixty palas. Sixty palas equal one daṇḍa, and eight daṇḍas comprise one prahara.