Chatur Yugas
Timeline
Krati |
Krati |
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34,000th of a second |
1 |
Truti |
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300th of a second |
2 |
Truti |
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1 Luv |
2 |
Luv |
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1 Kshana |
30 |
Kshana |
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1 Vipal |
60 |
Vipal |
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1 Pal |
60 |
Pal |
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1 Ghadi (24 minutes) |
2.5 |
Ghadi |
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1 Hora (1 hour) |
24 |
Hora |
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1 Divas(1 day) |
7 |
Divas |
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1 Sapath(1 week) |
4 |
Sapath |
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1 Mas (1 month) |
2 |
Mas |
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1 Rutu (1 season) |
6 |
Rutu |
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1 Varsh (1 year) |
100 |
Varsh |
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1 Shatabda ( 1 Century) |
10 |
Shatabda |
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1 Sahasrabda |
432 |
Sahasrabda |
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1 Yug (kaliyug) |
2 |
Yug |
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1 Dwaparyug |
3 |
Yug |
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1 Tretayug |
4 |
Yug |
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1 Krutayug |
10 |
Yug |
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1 Mahayug(4,320,000 years |
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1000 |
Mahayug |
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1 Kalpa |
1 Kalpa |
Kalpa |
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4.32 billion |
Vaishakh Shukla Tritiya day which is also known as Akshaya Tritiya. This extends up to 17,28,000 years. God incarnated in four forms i.e. Matsya, Kurma, Varaha and Narsimha in this era. Knowledge, meditation and penance would hold special importance in this era. The average height of people was more than what it is today. Every king would attain the pre-determined attainments and would experience bliss. All the four pillars of religion i.e. truth, penance, yagya (religious sacrifice) and charity were present in totality. The only text which was considered credible and was followed was Manu’s Dharma Shastra. Satya yuga shall be established by Kalki again after the Kali yuga. The average life expectancy of a human being in Satya yuga was approximately 4000 years.
One sees the advent of religious sacrifices i.e. Yagyas in the Treta yuga. One pillar of the four pillars of religion meets its end. The colour of Bhagwan Achyut becomes red. People in this era will be truthful and would perform all the religious ceremonies according to the sacrifices. It is the Treta yuga where one can see the overtures of Yagyas, religion and allied activities. People would beget desired fruits by performing actions, donations mentioned in the Vedas and by taking resolutions.
There are only two pillars left of religion in the Dwapar yuga. Here Bhagwan Vishnu assumes yellow colour. Here the Vedas are categorized into four parts that is Rik, Sama, Yajur and Atharvaveda. During those times the Brahmins were knowledgeable of two, some of three and some others have studied all the four Vedas thoroughly. Accordingly because of this categorization, even different actions and activities came into existence.
At the end of the Dwapar Yuga, when Lord Shri Krishna renounced the world and went to Goloka, at that time Kali Yuga, the source of all chaos took birth in the minds of the ignorant. When king Yudhishtir realized the advent of the Kali Yuga that is chaos, greed, violence, debauchery and lies, he expressed a desire to go to the forest and do penance. Accordingly, he abdicated the throne and coronated his grandson Parikshit as the king.
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