Every second repeats itself every 60 SECONDS. (60seconds = 1 minute).
Every minute repeats itself every 60 MINUTES. (60 minutes = 1 hour).
Every hour repeats itself every 24 HOURS. (24 hours = 1 day).
Every day repeats itself every 365 DAYS. (365 days = 1 year).
Every year repeats itself in: ? ? ? ? YEARS ?
This shows the cyclical nature of time which means that time neither has a beginning nor an end. So logically speaking time is always represented on paper as a circle.
In Vedic cosmology, Years are named and there are 60 names.
Once the 60 names are finished, the next year starts with the first name again. This goes on in a cyclic manner.
Beyond this level there are 4 epochs or Yugas, namely, Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, and Kali yuga.
| Yuga | Human years | Ratio | ||||
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| Krita-yuga | 1,728,000 years | 4 | ||||
| Treta-yuga | 1,296,000 years | 3 | ||||
| Dvapara-yuga | 864,000 years | 2 | ||||
| Kali-yuga | 432,000 years | 1 |
1 Chatur yuga (addition of all above 4 yugas also called mahayuga) = 4,320,000 human years.
1 Manvantara (approx=) 71 cycles of chatur yugas
14 manvantaras (approx=) 1 Kalpa
1 Kalpa = 1000 cycles of chatur yugas (mahayugas) = 1 day or 1 night of Lord Brahma
2 Kalpas = 2000 cycles of chatur yugas (Mahayugas) = 1 day and 1 night of Lord Brahma.
1 Maha Kalpa = 100 years of Lord Brahma (311,040,000,000,000 human years)
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