Vaisesika Sūtra 7.2.21

एकदिक्काभ्यामेककालाभ्यां सन्निकृष्टविप्रकृष्टाभ्यां परमपरं च ॥२१॥

ekadik-kābhyām eka-kāl-ābhyām sannikṛṣṭa-viprakṛṣṭābhyām parama-aparaṁ ca ॥21॥

[एक-दिक्काभ्याम् (eka-dikkābhyām) - by same direction; एक-कालाभ्याम् (eka-kāl-ābhyām) - by same time; सन्निकृष्ट-विप्रकृष्टाभ्याम् (sannikṛṣṭa-viprakṛṣṭābhyām) - by proximity and remoteness; परम-अपरम् (parama-aparam) - farther and nearer; च (ca) - and;]

Farther and nearer, and proximity and remoteness are determined in the context of the same direction, at the same time.