one mahāyuga opens into
4 yugas · 4 : 3 : 2 : 1
Kali Yuga
Yuga · 4 of 4 · now
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today…
Chatur Yuga (Maha Yuga)
चतुर्युग / महायुगCaturyuga / Mahāyuga
4.32 million years
composed of
4 yugas · 4 : 3 : 2 : 1
One full cycle of the four ages in the ratio 4:3:2:1 — Satya, Treta, Dvapara, Kali.
The great fourfold age. Dharma, a bull standing on four legs in Satya, loses a leg with each age — until in Kali it stands on one. The descent and its turning is the rhythm of every mahāyuga.
in human scale
A single mahāyuga (4.32 million years) is longer than the entire existence of the genus Homo — and a manvantara holds seventy-one of them.