5. INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CATURYUGA
PERIOD
Table II shows the infrastructure of the caturyuga period. The caturyuga
period is 4320000 sidereal years made up of four major subperiods (yugapadas):
the krtayuga of 1728000 years, the tretayuga of 1296000 years, the dvaparayuga
of 864000 years, and the kaliyuga of 432000 years. A Divine Year is 360
sidereal years.
PERIOD DIVINE YEARS SOLAR YEARS Dawn 400 144000 Krtayuga 4000 1440000 Twilight 400 144000 ---- ------- Total 4800 1728000 Dawn 300 108000 Tretayuga 3000 1080000 Twilight 300 108000 ---- ------- Total 3600 1296000 Dawn 200 72000 Dvaparayuga 2000 720000 Twilight 200 72000 ---- ------- Total 2400 864000 Dawn 100 36000 Kaliyuga 1000 360000 Twilight 100 36000 ---- ------- Total 1200 432000 ----- ------- Caturyuga Total 12000 4320000 TABLE II