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Re: Kal Yuga
In the article <4d2a0o$6oa@babbage.ece.uc.edu>,
of 11 Jan 1996 06:16:56 UTC,
ntiwari@rs3.esm.vt.edu (N. Tiwari) wrote:
> The Kali-Yuga (the age of darkness) is supposed to be 432,000
> yrs. long. . . .
Namaste! The 4,320,000 figure is derived from the SOORY(A) SIDDHANT
in this mannner, roughly translated:
Adhyaaye 1, Shloke 13: . . . Twelve months make a year . . .
this is called a Year of the Gods.
Adhyaaye 1, Shloke 14: Six times sixty are a year of the Gods.
Adhyaaye 1, Shloke 15: Twelve thousand of these Divine Years
are a Chaturyug of ten thousans times four hundred and thirty-two
solar years.
We have from Shloke 13, above: A Day of the Gods is 1 year.
Shloke 14 tells us that there are 360 years in a Year of the Gods.
According to Shloke 15 a Chaturyug, or quadruple year, is 12,000
multiplied by 360 -- 4,320,000 years. Additionally, the second
part of this Shloke informs us that 10,000 multiplied by 432 equals
4,320,000 years. More verses tell us about the dawn and twilight
years - I have constructed the following table which attempts to
present the a total picture of the ages:
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
% COMPOSITION OF A CHATURYUG (Quadruple) AGE %
% %
% Divine Years Solar Years %
% %
% Dawn 400 144,000 %
% Krt: Yug 4,000 1,440,000 %
% Twilight 400 _____ 144,000 _________ %
% Total Krt: Yug: Duration 4,800 1,728,000 %
% %
% Dawn 300 108,000 %
% Tret: Yug 3,000 1,080,000 %
% Twilight 300 _____ 108,000 _________ %
% Total Tret: Yug: Duration 3,600 1,296,000 %
% %
% Dawn 200 72,000 %
% Dwapar: Yug 2,000 720,000 %
% Twilight 200 _____ 72,000 _______ %
% Total Dwapar: Yug: Duration 2,400 864,000 %
% %
% Dawn 100 36,000 %
% Kali Yug: 1,000 360,000 %
% Twilight 100 _____ 36,000 _______ %
% Total Kali Yug: Duration 1,200 432,000 %
% ====== ========= %
% Total Duration of a Chaturyug: 12,000 4,320,000 %
% %
% Further, 1 Manvantar: = 71 Chatryug: + 1 Krt: Yug: %
% = (71 x 4320000) + 1728000 %
% = 308,448,000 Solar Years %
% And, %
% 1 Kalp: = 14 Manvantar: + 1 Krt: Yug: %
% = (14 x 308448000) + 1728000 %
% = 4,320,000,000 Solar Years %
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% Jai Maharaj <jai@mantra.com> Jyotishi, Vedic Astrologer %
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