TIME AS PER INDIAN SCRIPTURES / LIFESPAN OF BRAMHA

VEDIC PERSPECTIVE OF TIME

How we consider Time ?

Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days, Nights, Months, Seasons, Years etc., Is'nt it. Indian Scriptures describes a way more than the normal calender we know. 

According to these texts, time is a cycle, which repeats itself forever. Various fragments of time are used in Hindu Scriptures like Vedas, Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata, Suryasidhanta etc.,

Everyone knows, as per Hinduism Lord Bramha has created the world, It means Lord Bramha is created by the supreme energy to create the world and if he is created then he also has his life span in which he creates the world, so Indian Scriptures consider the life span of Bramha and calculate Time accordingly. 

Now lets know the terminology of Indian Panchangam or what Indian texts states about the Time.

60 THATHPARA = 1 PARA

60 PARA = 1 VILIPLTHA
60 VILIPTHA = 1 LIPTHA [3/5 Seconds]
60 LIPTHA = 1 VIGHADIYA  = 24 SECONDS
2 1/2 VIGHADIYA = 1 MINUTE
60 VIGHADIYA = 1 GHADIYA = 24 MINUTES
2 1/2 GHADIYA = 1 HOUR
60 GHADIYA = 1 DAY [24 HOURS]
48 MINUTES = 1 MUHURTHAM
30 MUHURTHA'S = 1 DAY  [24 HOURS]
3 HOUR'S = 1 JHAMU
8 JHAMU = 1 DAY  [24 HOURS]
7 DAYS = 1 VARAM [WEEK]
15 DAYS =1 PAKSHAM
2 PAKSHAM = 1 MASAM [MONTH]
2 MASAM = 1 RUTHUVU [SEASON]
6 RUTHU = 1 SAMVATHSARA [YEAR]
12 SAMVATHSARA = 1 PUSHKARA
10 SAMVATHSARA = 1 DASHABDAM
100 SAMVATHSARA = 1 SHATHABDAM
1000 SAMVATHSARA = 1 SAHASRABDAM

Then starts Yugas 

YUGAS 

Everyone knows that there are four Yugas, namely Sathya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dwapara Yuga and Kali Yuga. There are different number of years in every Yuga, which is of the ratio 4:3:2:1

Sathya Yuga         =   17,28,000 

Treta Yuga            =   12,96,000 

Dwapara Yuga     =     8,64,000 

Kali Yuga             =       4,32,000 

Maha Yuga           =   43,20,000 

MAHA YUGA

The Four Yugas combinely known as Maha Yuga, 

1 Maha Yuga = Satya Yuga + Treta Yuga + Dwapara Yuga + Kali Yuga

1 MAHA YUGA = 43,20,000 Years

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MANVANTARA

Manvantara, this word includes two words Manu and Antara, or Manvantara, literally means the life span of Manu otherwise Each Manvantara lasts the lifetime of a Manu,
Currently we are in VAIVASVATHA MANVANTARAM

1 MANVANTARA = 71 MAHA YUGAS  = 30,67,20,000

KALPA
The life span of Bramha is called as PARAM, half of it is called as PARARDHAM [Param + Ardha]
1 KALPAM is considered as 1 Day of 12 hours to Lord Bramha,
1 KALPAM = 1000 MAHAYUGAS 
1 KALPAM = 14 MANVANTARAS
1 KALPAM = 43,200,00,000
2 KALPAS is 1 Day of 24 hours to Lord Bramha
2 KALPAS = 2 * 43,200,00,000 = 86,400,00,000
Bramha life span consists of 15 Kalpas. Right now we are in Swetha Varaha Kalpam,  which we will be able to here in every Indian Practices or rituals like Sankalpam in Puja's or Vratas, every day Panchangam, in weddings etc..,
360 Bramha days is equal to 1 Year to Bramha
1 Year to Bramha = 360 * 86,400,00,000 = 31,104,000,00,000
Then Bramha life span or Param = 100 Bramha years.
Bramha life span = 31,104,000,00,000 * 100 = 3,110,400,000,00,000 
Which is Three hundred eleven trillion forty billion Years.

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