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Each kalpa has 14 manvantaras and 15 manvantara-sandhyas in the following order: 1st manvantara-sandhya (a.k.a. adi sandhya) 1st manvantara; 2nd manvantara-sandhya; 2nd manvantara... 14th manvantara-sandhya; 14th manvantara; 15th manvantara-sandhya; Manusmriti, Ch. 1: [9] (67) A year is a day and a night of the gods ... (79) The before ...
12 hours (1 day proper: kalpa) of Brahma = 4.32 billion solar years (1,000 chatur-yugas; 14 manvantaras + 15 manvantara-sandhyas) 24 hours (1 day & night: kalpa + pralaya) of Brahma = 8.64 billion solar years; 30 days (1 month) of Brahma = 259.2 billion solar years; 12 months (1 year) of Brahma = 3.1104 trillion solar years
There are 14 manvantaras (4,294,080,000 years) in a kalpa with a remainder of 25,920,000 years assigned to 15 manvantara-sandhyas (junctures), each the length of a Satya Yuga (1,728,000 years). A kalpa is followed by a pralaya (night or partial dissolution) of equal length forming a full day (24-hour day).
[1] [2] In the Rigveda , a yuga refers to generations, a period of time (whether long or short), or a yoke (joining of two things). [ 3 ] In the Mahabharata , the words yuga and kalpa (a day of Brahma ) are used interchangeably to describe the cycle of creation and destruction.
Each kalpa is divided into 14 manvantara periods, each lasting 71 Yuga Cycles (306,720,000 years). Preceding the first and following each manvantara period is a juncture (sandhya) equal to the length of a Satya Yuga (1,728,000 years). [5] A kalpa is followed by a pralaya (dissolution) of equal length, which together constitute a day and night ...
The Hindu mathematicians who calculated the best way to adjust the two years, over long periods of a yuga (era, tables calculating 1000s of years), they determined that the best means to intercalate the months is to time the intercalary months on a 19-year cycle, similar to the Metonic cycle used in the Hebrew calendar. This intercalation is ...
A manvantara (age of Manu) is a unit of time within a kalpa (day of Brahma). There are fourteen manvantaras in a kalpa , each separated by sandhyas (connecting periods). Each manvantara is ruled by a different Manu , with the current seventh one ruled by Vaivasvata Manu .
Lengths are given in divine years (years of the gods), each lasting for 360 solar (human) years. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Treta Yuga , the second age in a cycle, lasts for 1,296,000 years (3,600 divine years), where its main period lasts for 1,080,000 years (3,000 divine years) and its two twilights each lasts for 108,000 years (300 divine years).