User:Vinaymangal/Vedic time travel

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Vedic time units are the units of time employed in the Vedas, the oldest Hindu scriptures. Spanning a great range from the immense to the minuscule, they permit the discussion and description of a comprehensive cosmological view.

Vedic and modern time units

The following table[1] lists the conversions between Vedic and modern time units. Note: where Vedic and modern time unit names are the same, Vedic time units are capitalized and modern units are not.
Vedic Units Paramanu Modern Units 0.00001316872427983540 seconds 0.00002633744855967080 2 Paramanu seconds Equivalent Equivalent Equivalent Equivalent

Primordial second Atom

Anu

second

1 trasarenu 0.0001580246913580250 seconds 6 Anu 1 truti 0.0004740740740740740 seconds 3 trasarenu 1 vedha 1 lava 1 nimesha 1 kshanas 1 kashthas 1 laghu 1 nadika 1 muhurata 0.04740740740740740 seconds 100 truti 0.1422222222222220 seconds 3 Vedhas 0.4266666666666670 seconds 3 lavas 1.280 seconds 3 nimesha 6 seconds 5 kshanas 96 seconds 15 kashthas 1,440 seconds 15 laghus 2,880 seconds 2 nadika

second second second second second second

1.6 minutes 24 minutes 48 minutes 0.8 hour

1 Prahara 1 Divasa & Ratri 1 Paksha 1 Masa 1 Ritu 1 Ayana

10,800 seconds 7 or 8 nadika[2] 86,400 seconds 8 prahara or 30 muhurata

180 minutes 1440 minutes

3 hours 24 hours 1 day 15 days 30 days 60 days 180 days

1,296,000 seconds 15 complete days 2,592,000 seconds 2 Pakshas 5,184,000 seconds 2 Masa 15,552,000 seconds 3 Ritu

21600 minutes 360 hours 43200 minutes 720 hours 86400 minutes 1440 hours 259200 minutes 518400 minutes 4320 hours

1 Hindu Year 1 Solar year 1 Pitr Day 1 Pitr Month 1 Pitr Year Life of Pitr

31,104,000 seconds 2 ayana 365.2587565 days 30 days 1 masa 900 days 30 Pitr Days 10,800 days 12 Pitr Months 1080000 days 100 Pitr Years

8640 hours

360 days

2.5 years 30 years 3000 years

1 Deva Day 1 Deva Month 1 Deva Year Life of Deva

360 days 1 Hindu Year 10,800 days 30 Deva Days 129,600 days 12 Deva Months 12960000 days 100 Deva Years 30 years 360 years 36000 years

Vedic and Hindu time units

Use the following table[1] to convert between Vedic and Hindu time units:
Vedic Units 1 Deva Year Deva Years 1 Hindu Years 360

1 Charan

1,200 Deva Years Charans 4 3 2 1 10

432,000 Hindu Years 1,728,000 1,296,000 864,000 432,000 4,320,000

Deva years Dawn Kratyuga Twilight 400 300 200 100 4000 3000 2000 1000 400 300 200 100

Satyuga Treta Yuga Dwapar Yuga Kali Yuga 1 Mahayuga

4,800 3,600 2,400 1,200 12,000

1 Manvantara[3] 1 sandhi kala 1 Manu

852,000 4,800 856,800

710[4] 4[5] 714

306,720,000 1,728,000 308,448,000

1 Kalpa[6] Day[8] Night[9] 1 Day of Brahma 1 Second of Brahma 1 Minute of Brahma 1 Hour of Brahma 1 Month of Brahma 1 Year of Brahma

12,000,000[7] 12,000,000 12,000,000 24,000,000 2 Kalpas (Day & Night) 278 16,667 (60 Brahma Seconds) 1,000,000 (60 Brahma Minutes) 720,000,000 (30 Brahma Days) 8,640,000,000 (12 Brahma Months)

4,320,000,000

8,640,000,000 100,000 6,000,000 360,000,000 259,200,000,000 3,110,400,000,000 155,520,000,000,000

1 Pararddham 432,000,000,000 (50 Brahma years) Life of Brahma (Param)[10] 864,000,000,000

2 Pararddham 311,040,000,000,000

Present Vedic date

The current Vedic date is:

Brahma Year: Brahma Month: Kalpa: Stage: Manvantra: Mahayuga: Yuga:

51 1 1 shvetavaraha Daytime 7 Vaivasvata 28 Kali (From February 18, 3102 BC)

Notes
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. ^ a b Based on original table by Vinay Mangal, vinaymangal@gmail.com ^ Difference is adjusted in 13 month after 3 years - Adhik Masa ^ Complete Devastation ^ 71 Mahayuga, Earth submerged into water ^ Period submerged ^ Age of Earth ^ 14 Manvantara & Sandhi Kalas & 1 adhi sandhi, also 1000 Mahayuga ^ Manifestation of Universe, Day is manifestation ^ Demanifestation of universe, Night is Brahma Sleep ^ Age of Universe