{"id":3677,"date":"2021-02-02T08:27:09","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T08:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?p=3677"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:04:43","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T14:04:43","slug":"vedic-timekeeping-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?p=3677&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Vedic Timekeeping"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-762c984 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" data-block-type=\"core\">Vedic units and their equivalents in human years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-text ugb-text ugb-34d3c7f ugb-text--design-plain ugb-text--columns-1 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text\"><p class=\"ugb-text__text-1\">Satya Yuga = 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)<br>Treta Juga = 1 million 296 thousand human years (1,296,000)<br>Dvapara Yuga = 864 thousand human years (864,000)<br>Kali Yuga = 432 thousand human years (432,000)<br>Maha Yuga = all 4 Yugas \u2013 4 million 320 thousand human years (4,320,000)<br>Manvantra = 71 Maha Yugas \u2013 306 million 720 thousand human years (306,720,000)<br>Sandhi Kala = 4 Charanas \u2013 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)<br>Manu = 1 Manvantra + 1 Sandhi Kala \u2013 308 million 448 thousand human years (308,448,000)<br>1 Kalpa = 1000 Maha Yugas \u2013 4 billion 320 million human years (4,320,106,000)<br>1 Brahma Day = 2 Kalpas (day and night) \u2013 8 billion 640 million human years (8,640,106,000)<br>1 Brahma Month = 259 billion 200 million human years (259,200,106,000)<br>1 Brahma Year = 3 trillion 110 billion 400 million human years (3,110,400,106,000)<br>1 Brahma Life = 100 Brahma\u2019s Years 311 trillion 40 billion human years (311,040,106,000,000)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-857135e ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-ee1e065 ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-ee1e065 hr.ugb-divider__hr{margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-94e52d5 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" data-block-type=\"core\">Deva\u2019s (Deities) units equivalents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-text ugb-text ugb-a56ba45 ugb-text--design-plain ugb-text--columns-1 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text\"><p class=\"ugb-text__text-1\">1 Deva Day = 1 human year (360 days)<br>1 Deva Month = 30 human years<br>1 Deva year = 360 human years<br>1 Maha Yuga = 12,000 Devas\u2018 years<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-5ccc967 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-60ef70e ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-60ef70e hr.ugb-divider__hr{margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-83d79e9 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" data-block-type=\"core\">Small vedic units equivalents in seconds and minutes<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-text ugb-text ugb-743b45a ugb-text--design-plain ugb-text--columns-1 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text\"><p class=\"ugb-text__text-1\">1 Paramanu \u2013 the smallest vedic unit = around 13 microseconds (13 millionth part of a second)<br>1 Anu = 2 Paramanus around 26 microseconds<br>1 Trasarenu = 6 Anus around 0.16 miliseconds<br>1 Truti = 3 Trasarenu around 0.47 miliseconds<br>1 Vedha = 100 Trutis around 47 miliseconds<br>1 Lava = 3 Vedhas around 0.14 seconds<br>1 Muhurta = 48 minutes (2880 sec)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-c092d1c ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-divider ugb-divider ugb-b0559eb ugb-divider--v2 ugb-divider--design-basic ugb-main-block\"><style>.ugb-b0559eb hr.ugb-divider__hr{margin-left:auto !important;margin-right:auto !important}<\/style><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><hr class=\"ugb-divider__hr\"\/><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-9884b24 ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" data-block-type=\"core\">Big vedic units equivalents in human years<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-text ugb-text ugb-b1b5409 ugb-text--design-plain ugb-text--columns-1 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text-wrapper\"><div class=\"ugb-text__text\"><p class=\"ugb-text__text-1\">1 Brahma Life = 1 blink of Vishnu (1 blink of an eye is about 2.5 sec)<br>1 Vishnu Day = 1 quintillion 119 quadrillion 744 trillion human years (1,119,744 1012)<br>1 Vishnu Month = 33 quintillion 592 quadrillion 320 trillion human years (33,592,320 1012)<br>1 Vishnu Year = 403 quintillion 107 quadrillion 840 trillion human years (403,107,840 1012)<br>1 Vishnu Life = 100 Vishnu years \u2013 40 sextillion 310 quintillion 784 quadrillion human years (40,310,784 1015)<br>1 Vishnu Life = 1 blink of an eye of Rudra<br>100 Rudra Years = 1 Brahma Vrat<br>1 Brahma Vrat = 1 Creation (about 5,240 octillion human years) approx. (5,240 1027)<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-ugb-spacer ugb-spacer ugb-1c9f6bc ugb-spacer--v2 ugb-main-block\"><div class=\"ugb-inner-block\"><div class=\"ugb-block-content\"><div class=\"ugb-spacer--inner\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">We are now in the first&nbsp;<em>Vrat<\/em>. So far we have had six&nbsp;<em>Manvantras<\/em>, and now we are in the seventh&nbsp;<em>Manvantra<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">In this&nbsp;<em>Manvantra<\/em>&nbsp;27&nbsp;<em>Maha Yugas<\/em>&nbsp;have passed already (about 1.96 billion human years).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\">At the same time, we are now in the first&nbsp;<em>Charana&nbsp;<\/em>of<em>&nbsp;Kali Yuga<\/em>, which means 5,100 years of&nbsp;<em>Kali Yuga<\/em>&nbsp;have passed, and another 426,890 years remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p data-block-type=\"core\"><strong>Interestingly, the oldest trace of life on Earth that scientists have discovered so far is 1.9 billion years old.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vedic units and their equivalents in human years Satya Yuga = 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)Treta Juga = 1 million 296 thousand human years (1,296,000)Dvapara Yuga = 864 thousand human years (864,000)Kali Yuga = 432 thousand human years 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units and their equivalents in human years Satya Yuga = 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)Treta Juga = 1 million 296 thousand human years (1,296,000)Dvapara Yuga = 864 thousand human years (864,000)Kali Yuga = 432 thousand human years (432,000)Maha Yuga = all 4 Yugas \u2013 4 million 320 thousand human years (4,320,000)Manvantra = 71 Maha Yugas \u2013 306 million 720 thousand human years (306,720,000)Sandhi Kala = 4 Charanas \u2013 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)Manu = 1 Manvantra + 1 Sandhi Kala \u2013 308 million 448 thousand human years (308,448,000)1 Kalpa = 1000 Maha Yugas \u2013 4&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?cat=136&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Vedas and Upanishads<\/a>","author_info":{"name":"Swami Vivek Puri","url":"https:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?author=1"},"comments_num":"0 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units and their equivalents in human years Satya Yuga = 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)Treta Juga = 1 million 296 thousand human years (1,296,000)Dvapara Yuga = 864 thousand human years (864,000)Kali Yuga = 432 thousand human years (432,000)Maha Yuga = all 4 Yugas \u2013 4 million 320 thousand human years (4,320,000)Manvantra = 71 Maha Yugas \u2013 306 million 720 thousand human years (306,720,000)Sandhi Kala = 4 Charanas \u2013 1 million 728 thousand human years (1,728,000)Manu = 1 Manvantra + 1 Sandhi Kala \u2013 308 million 448 thousand human years (308,448,000)1 Kalpa = 1000 Maha Yugas \u2013 4&hellip;<\/p>\n","category_list_v2":"<a href=\"https:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?cat=136&#038;lang=en\" rel=\"category\">Vedas and Upanishads<\/a>","author_info_v2":{"name":"Swami Vivek Puri","url":"https:\/\/sanatankultura.com\/?author=1"},"comments_num_v2":"0 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