Ancient Wisdom- Time calculation
Natural and interesting !
Lava - A minute division of time, the 60th of a twinkling ( half a second), a moment. To be specific, the time taken to insert a minute needle into petals of a lotus. It’s called Lava.
Truti - 1000 Lavas are equal to one truti.
Tatpara- 100 Trutis make one Tatpara.
Nimesha- 30 Tatparas equal to one Nimesha.
Kastha - 18 nimeshas form a Kastha.
Kalaa- 20 Kasthas form a Kalaa.
Kshana- 30 Kalaas make a Kshana.
Ghati - 6 Kshanas equal to one Ghati.
Muhurta- 2 Ghatis make a Muhurta
Prahara - 4 Muhurtas form a Prahara.
Naktam ( night ) - 4 praharas make aNaktam.
Diva ( day )- 4 Praharas make a day.
Aharnisham or Ahoratra ( day andnight )- 8 Praharas are collectively called Aharnisham or Ahoratra.
Paksha ( fortnight)- 15 such Ahoratras make a paksha( based on the light of the moon- shukla paksha bright fortnight, and krishna paksha dark fortnight).
Masa (month )- 2 pakshas make a Masa ( Shuklapaksha+ krishnapaksha )
Ayanam- 6 Masas make an Ayanam. Ayanam refers to the movement of the Sun towards north and south.
Manushi varsham - 2 Ayanas one Uttarayana , movement of sun towards north + one dakshinayana , movement of sun towards south constitute a humanly or earthly year.
Divya varsham - 300 cycles of 60 Manushi varshams make a divya varsham ( an year time in heaven).
Chaturyuga- 12 thousand divya varshams make a chathuryuga in earth ( collection of 4 yugas as Krta or satya, Treta, Dvapara, Kali).
Kalpa- 1000 chaturyugas make a kalpa, a period of Kalpa is a day to Brahma, the creator, and at the end of his day, a pralaya happens . It’s called dainandina pralaya ( daily dissolution) or kalpa pralaya.
Maha pralaya - After 72000 Kalpas, the Mahapralaya happens ( in the period in which everything and everyone are dissolved in absolute God before next cycle of creation starts ). One Mahapralaya is the lifetime of Brahma, the creator.
