User:Vinaymangal/Vedic time travel

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 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	Modern Units	Equivalent	Equivalent	Equivalent	Equivalent
Paramanu	0.00001316872427983540 seconds		${\tfrac {2}{151875}}$ second	Primordial Atom
Anu	0.00002633744855967080 seconds	2 Paramanu	${\tfrac {4}{151875}}$ second
1 trasarenu	0.0001580246913580250 seconds	6 Anu	${\tfrac {8}{50625}}$ second
1 truti	0.0004740740740740740 seconds	3 trasarenu	${\tfrac {8}{16875}}$ second
1 vedha	0.04740740740740740 seconds	100 truti	${\tfrac {32}{675}}$ second
1 lava	0.1422222222222220 seconds	3 Vedhas	${\tfrac {32}{225}}$ second
1 nimesha	0.4266666666666670 seconds	3 lavas	${\tfrac {32}{75}}$ second
1 kshanas	1.280 seconds	3 nimesha	${\tfrac {32}{25}}$ second
1 kashthas	6 seconds	5 kshanas
1 laghu	96 seconds	15 kashthas	1.6 minutes
1 nadika	1,440 seconds	15 laghus	24 minutes
1 muhurata	2,880 seconds	2 nadika	48 minutes	0.8 hour
1 Prahara	10,800 seconds	7 or 8 nadika	180 minutes	3 hours
1 Divasa & Ratri	86,400 seconds	8 prahara or 30 muhurata	1440 minutes	24 hours	1 day
1 Paksha	1,296,000 seconds	15 complete days	21600 minutes	360 hours	15 days
1 Masa	2,592,000 seconds	2 Pakshas	43200 minutes	720 hours	30 days
1 Ritu	5,184,000 seconds	2 Masa	86400 minutes	1440 hours	60 days
1 Ayana	15,552,000 seconds	3 Ritu	259200 minutes	4320 hours	180 days
1 Hindu Year	31,104,000 seconds	2 ayana	518400 minutes	8640 hours	360 days
1 Solar year	365.2587565 days
1 Pitr Day	30 days	1 masa
1 Pitr Month	900 days	30 Pitr Days	2.5 years
1 Pitr Year	10,800 days	12 Pitr Months	30 years
Life of Pitr	1080000 days	100 Pitr Years	3000 years
1 Deva Day	360 days	1 Hindu Year
1 Deva Month	10,800 days	30 Deva Days	30 years
1 Deva Year	129,600 days	12 Deva Months	360 years
Life of Deva	12960000 days	100 Deva Years	36000 years

Vedic and Hindu time units

Use the following table to convert between Vedic and Hindu time units:

Vedic Units	Deva Years		Hindu Years
1 Deva Year	1		360
1 Charan	1,200		432,000	Deva years
	Deva Years	Charans	Hindu Years	Dawn	Kratyuga	Twilight
Satyuga	4,800	4	1,728,000	400	4000	400
Treta Yuga	3,600	3	1,296,000	300	3000	300
Dwapar Yuga	2,400	2	864,000	200	2000	200
Kali Yuga	1,200	1	432,000	100	1000	100
1 Mahayuga	12,000	10	4,320,000
1 Manvantara	852,000	710	306,720,000
1 sandhi kala	4,800	4	1,728,000
1 Manu	856,800	714	308,448,000
1 Kalpa	12,000,000		4,320,000,000
Day	12,000,000
Night	12,000,000
1 Day of Brahma	24,000,000	2 Kalpas (Day & Night)	8,640,000,000
1 Second of Brahma	278		100,000
1 Minute of Brahma	16,667	(60 Brahma Seconds)	6,000,000
1 Hour of Brahma	1,000,000	(60 Brahma Minutes)	360,000,000
1 Month of Brahma	720,000,000	(30 Brahma Days)	259,200,000,000
1 Year of Brahma	8,640,000,000	(12 Brahma Months)	3,110,400,000,000
1 Pararddham	432,000,000,000	(50 Brahma years)	155,520,000,000,000
Life of Brahma (Param)	864,000,000,000	2 Pararddham	311,040,000,000,000

Present Vedic date

The current Vedic date is:

Brahma Year:	51
Brahma Month:	1
Kalpa:	1 shvetavaraha
Stage:	Daytime
Manvantra:	7 Vaivasvata
Mahayuga:	28
Yuga:	Kali	(From February 18, 3102 BC)

Desired Format

http://sites.google.com/site/vinaymangal/VedicTimeTravel.pdf