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What was the duration of a single day during Treta Yuga, Satya Yuga, and

Dwaparyuga?

The duration of a day will remain same 24 hours as all the yugas are on the planet earth itself.
However the lifespan of people were different. But however the below data gives a model
how yugas are calculated according to puranas.

Maha Yugas

The smallest cycle is called a maha yuga. A maha yuga is 4,320,000 human years. Each maha
yuga is subdivided into the following four ages, whose lengths follow a ratio of 4:3:2:1.

Satya Yuga (also called Krita Yuga)

This first age is 1,728,000 human years. Also known as the Golden Age or age of Truth. The
qualities of this age are: virtue reigns supreme, human stature is 21 cubits.

Treta Yuga

This second age is 1,296,000 human years. Also known as the Silver Age. The qualities of
this age are: the climate is three quarters virtue and one quarter sin, human stature is 14
cubits.

Dvapara Yuga

This third age is 864,000 human years. Also known as the Bronze Age. The qualities of this
age are: the climate is one half virtue and one half sin, human stature is 7 cubits.

Kali Yuga

The fourth and last age is 432,000 human years. Also known as the Iron Age. This is the age
in which we are presently living. The qualities of this age are: the climate is one quarter
virtue and three quarters sin, human stature is 3.5 cubits.

Brahma Days (Kalpas)

A kalpa is a single daytime period in the life of Brahma, the creator god. Two kalpas are a
day and a night of Brahma.Each kalpa is composed of 1,000 maha yugas. A kalpa is thus
equal to 4.32 billion human years.

Manvantaras

Each kalpa is reigned over by a succession of 14 Manus, and the reign of each Manu is called
a manvantara. A manvantara consists of 71 maha yuga (306,720,000 solar years).

After each manvantara follows one samdhi kala of the same duration as a sathya yuga. It is
said that during a samdhi kala, the entire earth is submerged in water.

Thus a day of Brahma equals 14 times 71 maha yuga + 15 times samdhi kalas

= 994 maha yuga + 15 × 1728000 years


= 994 maha yuga + 25920000 years

= 994 maha yuga + 6 maha yuga

= 1,000 maha yuga.

Our Position in history

Currently, 50 years of Brahma have elapsed. The last kalpa at the end of the 50th year is
called Padma Kalpa. We are currently in the first 'day' of the 51st year. This Brahma's day,
kalpa, is named as Shveta-Varaha Kalpa. Within this day, six manvantaras have already
elapsed and this is the seventh Manvantara, named as – Vaivasvatha Manvantara (or
Sraddhadeva Manvantara). Within the Vaivasvatha Manvantara, 27 mahayugas (4 yugas
together and a samdhi kala) and the sathya, treta and dwapara yugas of the 28th mahayuga
have elapsed. This kaliyuga is in the 28th mahayuga. This kaliyuga began in between the
17th and 18th (probably midnight of 17th) of February of the year 3102 BC. Which means
3102 + 2018 = 5120 years are completed of the current kali yuga and this is 5121 st year of
kali yuga.

Hope this will help in better understanding.

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