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8.1: Universal Time

The four ages (Yugas)

The four yugas equal one yuga-cycle (divya-yuga)

  1. Satya-yuga: 1,728,000 years
  2. Treta-yuga: 1,296,000 years
  3. Dvapara-yuga: 864,000 years
  4. Kali-yuga: 432,000 years

An age of Manu (manvantara)

The life of Manu = 71.35 yuga-cycles i.e. 308,232,000 years

We are now in the 28th yuga-cycle of the current Manu, Vaivasvata.

Fourteen Manus rule in one day of Brahma

Vaivasvata is the seventh Manu in this day of Brahma.

A day of Brahma

= 1000 yuga-cycles

One year of Brahma = 360,000 yuga-cycles

The life of Brahma = 36 million yuga-cycles
= the life of the universe
= 311,040,000,000,000 years.

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