Kala chakra

31 August 2015 14:34

Yuga in Hinduism is an epoch or era within a four age cycle(24,000 years).

A complete Yuga starts with the
• Satya Yuga (4800 years)
• Treta Yuga (3600 years)
• Dwapara Yuga (2400 years)
• Kali Yuga. (Our present time started at 3102 BCE with the end of the Mahabharata war) (1200
years)

Durations of the four yugas

According to the Laws of Manu, one of the earliest known texts describing the yugas, the length is
4800 years + 3600 years + 2400 years + 1200 years, for a total of 12,000 years for one arc, or 24,000
years to complete the cycle, which is one precession of the equinox).
These 4 yugas follow a timeline ratio of (4:3:2:1).

According to Shrimad Bhagavatam 3.11.19, which is dated at 500-1000 CE, the Yugas are much longer,
namely 1,728,000 years, 1,296,000 years, 864,000 years and 432,000 years:
• The duration of the Satya millennium equals 4,800 years of the demigods;
• the duration of the Dwapara millennium equals 2,400 years;
• Kali millennium is 1,200 years of the demigods [...]
As aforementioned, one year of the demigods(devas) is equal to 360 years of the human beings.
The duration of the
Satya-yuga 4,800 x 360, or 1,728,000 years.
Tretā-yuga 3,600 x 360, or 1,296,000 years
Dwapara-yuga 2,400 x 360, or 864,000 years
Kali-yuga 1,200 x 360, or 432,000 years

Decline
The ages see a gradual decline of dharma, wisdom, knowledge, intellectual capability, life span,
emotional and physical strength.
• Satya Yuga:- Virtue reigns supreme. Human stature was 21 cubits. Average human lifespan was
100,000 years.
• Treta Yuga: – There was 3 quarter virtue & 1 quarter sin. Normal human stature was 14 cubits.
Average human lifespan was 10,000 years.
• Dwapara Yuga: – There was 1 half virtue & 1 half sin. Normal human stature was 7 cubits. Average
human lifespan was 1,000 years.
• Kali Yuga: – There is 1 quarter virtue & 3 quarter sin. Normal human stature is 3.5 cubits. Average
human lifespan will be 100 years. Towards the end of the Yuga this will come down to 20 years.