creationAccording to our ancient scriptures, Brahma, the creator, creates and destroys the universe cyclically. The life of Brahma is 120 divine years called Mahakalpa.Everyday he creates 14 Manus oneby one and they create and control the world. So there are fourteen Manus in one divine day called Kalpa of Brahma. The life ofeach Manu is called Manvantara and it has 71 eras of four quarters. Each quarter is has four Yugas – Krita or Satya, Treta, Dvapara and Kali. The following are the complete calculations of Vedic units of time and periods.India has given the idea of the smallest and the largest measure of time.Krati = 34,000th of a secondThe time taken to tear apart the softest petals of a lotus is called ‘TRUTI’100 Trutis make 1 Lub30 Lub make 1 Nimesh27 Nimesh make 1 Guru Akshar10 Guru Akshar Make 1 Pran6 pran Vighatika make 1 Ghatika orDand60 Ghati make 1 day and nightThat means, in a day and night, there are 17,49,60,000,00 TrutisThus, according to Western science, there are 86,400 seconds in a day and night, whereas in Indian science, a day and night consists of 17,49,60,000,00 Trutis.According to another system, the division of time is1 day or 24 hours = 60 Ghatis1 Ghati = 60 Vighati (also called Pala or Kala)1 Vighati = 60 Lipta or (also called Vipala or Vikala)1 Lipta = 60 Vilipta1 Vilipta = 60 Para1 Para = 60 TatparaAs a lot of charts made in the olden days mention the birth timein Ghatis and Vighatis the followingis the conversion to remember:5 Ghatis = 2 hours5 Vighati = 2 minutesAnother system of time at micro level is60 Tatparas = 1 Paras60 Paras = 1 Vilipta60 Vilipta = 1 Lipta60 Lipta = 1 Ghatika (Dand)60 Ghatika = 1 Day & Night)Therefore, it is clear that there are46,65,60,000,00 Tatparas in a day and night.6.3. The Vedic Units of Time – Macro levelSATYUG 4,32,000 YEARS X 4 = 17,28,000 YEARSTRETA 4,32,000 YEARS X 3 = 12,96,000 YEARSDWAPAR 4,32,000 YEARS X 2 = 8,64,000 YEARSKALIYUG 4,32,000 YEARS X 1 = 4,32,000 YEARS1 MAHAYUG (GRAND TOTAL OF ALL THE YUGAS) = 4,320,000 YEARS71 MAHAYUG = 43,20,000X71 = 1 MANVANTAR1 MANVANTAR = 30,6720,000 YEARS14 MANVANTAR = 4,294,080,000 YEARS(There are 14 Manvantars)The earth remains submerged in the water for the period of 8,64,000 years i.e. half the number of Satyug, before the startof each Manvantar, it also remains submerged in the water for the same number of years, i.e. 8,64,000 years, after the completion of each Manvantar.So in 14 Manvantars the number of years17,28,000 x 15 = 2,59,20,000(Number of year in Satyug)+ 14 Manvantar = 42,9, 40,80,0001 Kalpa = 4320,000,000 yearsOne day & night of Brahma = 4,320,000 Mahayug x 100 = 4,320,00,000 yearsSince the one moment in the life of Brahma is considered to be of our 100years, therefore the life ofBrahma in 100 years will be4,32,00,00,000 x 360 x 100 = 1,555,200,000,000 yearsThe Present Age of Cosmos according to the Vedic System is asfollows:There are 14 Manvantaras altogether. The present period is passing through the seventh Manvantara called Vaivaswata Manvantara.One Manvantara consists of 71 Mahayugs, out of which 27 Mahayugs have already passed. Weare passing through the first phaseof the Kali Yuga which itself is the third Yuga of the 28th Mahayuga and which has come after the passing of Satya Yuga, Treta and Dwapar Yuga.The time period of Manvantara (exclusive period, when the earth is submerged in water, in the beginning and in the end) = 306,720,000 years1) Multiplying these years by 6 = 30,67,20,000 x 6 (Because we are in the midst of 7th Manvantara, of the Svetvaaraah Kalpa and 6 Manvantaras have already passed)= 1,8,0,300,000 yearsThe time period of Pralaya consistsof 17,28,000 years since 7 Pralayashave passed, after the end of 6th Kalpa and before the beginning of 7th Kalpa, so 17,28,000x 7 = 12,096,000 yearsAdding we have:1,840,300,000 + 120 96 000 + 1,852,396,000 yearsTherefore, after 1,85,24,16,000 years ‘VAIVASVAT MANVANTARA’ has started.2) 27 Mahayugs with each Mahayuga consisting of 43,20,000 years. 43,20,000 x 27 = 116,640,000 years have passedTotal = 1,96,90,56,000 years3) Now the time period of Kali Yuga in the 28th Yuga =Time period of Satya Yuga = 17,28,000Time period of Treta = 12,96,000Time period of Dwapar = 8,64,000TOTAL = 38,88,000Since all the above three Yugas have already passed, it means thatafter 38,88,000 years, Kali Yuga came into existence.4) Kali Yuga started on Bhadrapada, Krishnapaksha -13th day, in Vyatipaat yoga at midnight, in the Aashlesha Nakshatra and theage of the Kali Yuga has been fixedas 5101 years as till date that is Vikram Samvat 2057 = Shaka 1922= 2000 AD.Sum of all the three Yugs = the Sum of 27 Mahayugas and Manvantar + the time period of Kali Yuga till date.Kalpa consist of 4,32,00,00,000 years and out of these 1,97,29,49,101 years have passed. Therefore, the earth’s existence, according to the calculations devised by our ancient sages, comes up to 1,97,29,49,101 years till date. It is interesting to note that according to scientific calculations, the age of the cosmosis estimated between 15 and 20 billion years.
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 16:56:09 +0000
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