The Race of Devas1 - Verse 35-36

The Sun-god is the arranger of the divisions of time such as days, months, seasons, equinoxes as well as of the activities of planets, stars, of cold, heat, rain, span of life, holy rites, (but himself) is an evolute (being born of Brahma) of kindly disposition, the son of Brahma, the Lord protector of subjects. He is only one.* He is day, month, season and grand-sire (Brahma) .