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Suta Puranika said to Bharadwaja Maha Muni, O' Bharadwaja! Let me tell you how Narasimha became Brahma and became engaged in the activity of the creation of the world. O vidvan! It is said, with utmost devotion, that the paternal grandfather of the world, known by the name Narayana, just came to be utpaannah. In his own reckoning his life span is for one hundred years. This is called ‘para’. Half of that is parardha. O sinless one, I told you about the time-form of Sri Maha Vishnu, by which you can know how time-measurements of all other beings are explained. 1 Nimisha = Is defined as the time taken to blink an eye 18 Nimishas = 1 Kasta 30 Kastas = 1 Kaala 3 Kaalas = 1 Muhurtam 30 Muhurtas = 1 Ahooratra (day and night) If we take day and night to be approximately 24 hours, 1 Muhurtam = 48 minutes 1 Kaala = 16 min 1 Kasta = 32 secs 1 Nimisha = 1.8 secs. 30 Ahooratras = 1 Maasa (1 month) Each Maasa has two Pakshas of 15 Ahooratras each. 6 Maasas = 1 Aayana viz., Dakshina Aayana and Uttara Aayana The Dakshina Aayana is the night of the devas and the Uttara Aayana is the day of the devas. 2 Aayanas = 1 Varsha 1 Maasa = 1 Ahooratra of the Pitras 1 Vatsara of Humans = 1 Ahooratra of the Vasus and others. Is is also called as a divine day and night. 1 divine year = 360 Human years. 1000 divine Varshas = 1 Yuga 12000 divine years = 1 Chaturyugam or also called as 1 Maha Yugam. 1 Chaturyugam consists of the following
A Chaturyugam has Kruta Yuga, Tretaa Yuga, Dvaapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. A thousand Chaturyugams is equal to 1 day of Brahma. There are 14 Manus in a day of brahma. The Saptarshis, Manus and Devas (Shakra and others) are destroyed at the same time. 71 and more caturyugas form a Manvantara, the period of the Saptarshis, Manus and Devas. Further more, Reckoning of time amongst the Pitṛs (ancestors): 1 human fortnight (15 days) = 1 day (light) or night of the Pitṛs 1 human month (30 days) = 1 day (light) and night of the Pitṛs 30 days of the Pitṛs = 1 month of the Pitṛs = (30 × 30 = 900 human days) 12 months of the Pitṛs = 1 year of the Pitṛs = (12 months of Pitṛs × 900 human days = 10800 human days) The lifespan of the Pitṛs is 100 years of the Pitṛs (= 36,000 Pitṛ days = 1,080,000 human days = 3000 human years) Reckoning of time for Brahma: 1000 Mahā-Yugas = 1 Kalpa = 1 day (day only) of Brahma (2 Kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma, 8.64 billion human years) 30 days of Brahma = 1 month of Brahma (259.2 billion human years) 12 months of Brahma = 1 year of Brahma (3.1104 trillion human years) 50 years of Brahma = 1 Parārdha 2 parardhas = 100 years of Brahma = 1 Para = 1 Mahā-Kalpa (the lifespan of Brahma)(311.04 trillion human years) The cycle repeats itself, so altogether there are 1,000 cycles of Mahā-Yuga in one day of Brahma. One cycle of the above four Yugas is one Mahā-Yuga (4.32 million solar years) As is confirmed by the Gītā Śloka 8.17 "sahasra-yuga-paryantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ rātriṁ yuga-sahasrāntāṁ te 'ho-rātra-vido janāḥ", meaning, a day of brahma is of 1000 Mahā-Yuga. Thus a day of Brahma, Kalpa, is of duration: 4.32 billion solar years. Two Kalpas constitute a day and night (Adhi Sandhi) of Brahma A Manvatara consists of 71 Mahā-Yuga (306,720,000 solar years). Each Manvatara is ruled by a Manu. After each Manvatara follows one Saṃdhi Kalā of the same duration as a Kṛta Yuga (1,728,000 = 4 Caraṇa). (It is said that during a Saṃdhi Kalā, the entire earth is submerged in water.) A Kalpa consists of a period of 4.32 Billion solar years called followed by 14 Manvataras and Saṃdhi Kalas. A day of Brahma equals (14 times 71 Mahā-Yuga) + (15 × 4 Caraṇas) = 994 Mahā-Yuga + (15 * 4800) = 994 Mahā-Yuga + (72,000 years)[deva years] / 6 = 12,000[deva years] viz. one maha yuga. = 994 Mahā-Yuga + 6 Mahā-Yuga = 1,000 Mahā-Yuga Currently, 50 years of Brahma have elapsed and this is the first 'day' of the 51st year. This Brahma's day, Kalpa, is named as ShvetaVaraha Kalpa. Within this Day, six Manvantaras have already elapsed and this is the seventh Manavatara, named as – Vaivasvatha Manvantara (or Sraddhadeva Manavatara). Within the Vaivasvatha Manavantara, 27 Mahayugas (4 Yugas together is a Mahayuga), and the Krita, Treta and Dwapara Yugas of the 28th Mahayuga have elapsed. This Kaliyuga is in the 28th Mahayuga. This Kaliyuga began in the year 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian Calendar. Since 50 years of Brahma have already elapsed, this is the second Parardha, also called as Dvithiya Parardha. The time elapsed since the current Brahma has taken over the task of creation can be calculated as 432000 × 10 × 1000 × 2 = 8.64 billion years (2 Kalpa (day and night)) 8.64 × 109 × 30 × 12 = 3.1104 Trillion Years (1 year of Brahma) 3.1104 × 1012 × 50 = 155.52 Trillion Years (50 years of Brahma) (6 × 71 × 4320000 ) + 7 × 1.728 × 10^6 = 1852416000 years elapsed in first six Manvataras, and Sandhi Kalas in the current Kalpa 27 × 4320000 = 116640000 years elapsed in first 27 Mahayugas of the current Manvantara 1.728 × 10^6 + 1.296 × 10^6 + 864000 = 3888000 years elapsed in current Mahayuga 3102 + 2013 = 5115 years elapsed in current Kaliyuga. So the total time elapsed since current Brahma is 155520000000000 +1852416000 +116640000 +3888000 +5115 = 155,521,972,949,115 years < as of 2013 AD > The current Kali Yuga began at midnight 17 February / 18 February in 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian calendar. As per the information above about Yuga periods, only 5,115 years are passed out of 432,000 years of current Kali Yuga, and hence another 426,985 years are left to complete this 28th Kali Yuga of Vaivaswatha Manvantara. Source: Narasimha Purana
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Sachin Chavan
3/4/2017 09:02:52 pm
our vedas Have what a great information about History its meracle
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