Thursday, September 27, 2012

Suryakshetra 113 Ancient Indian Time Calculation



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23rd  September 2012
Suryakshetra – 113  (The ancient Indian Time Calculation)
What this little man speaks……………………………………………………………………………………………………..            
Quote: 1) To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe.
2) Much of the stress that people feel does not come from having too much to do; it comes from not finishing what they started.
 The modern world knew 365 days a year; and thereafter century etc.  The time calculation is being done from that upper level to the lower level of a 1/60th of a minute – a second.  Fraction of a second or much beyond a millennium is not in the modern time calculation.  Let us examine how Indian Traditional system calculated time and let us understand that Ancient Indian calculating methods are still a million dollar question to modern scientists.  It is a fact that “time” is a continuous process, whether we calculate or ignore.  It was existent, it is, and it will be. 
When we go in search of the calculative methods adopted by ancient Indians, the highest started as “Kalpa” and total seven “Kalpa” periods is calculated and they are named as 1) Parthiva Kalpa, 2) Koorma Kalpa, 3) Pralay Kalpa, 4) Ananta Kalpa, 5) Swetavaraha Kalpa, 6)  Brahma Kalpa, and  7) Savithri Kalpa.  
Each Kalpa has 14 Manvantaraas and they are 1) Swayambhuva Manvantaram, 2) Swarochi, 3) Uttama, 4) Tamasa, 5) Raivata, 6) Chakshuva, 7) Vaivaswata, 8) Saavarni, 9) Daksha Saavarni, 10) Brahma Saavarni, 11)  Dharma Saavarni, 12) Rudra Saavarni, 13) Deva Saavarni, and 14) Indra Saavarni.
Each Manvantaram has four Yugaas and they are 1) Kruta Yug, 2) Treta Yug, 3) Dwapara Yug, and 4) Kali Yug.  ( The total length of Kali Yug is 432,000 years; 864,000 for Dwapara Yug; 1,296,000 for Treta Yug; and 1,728,000 years).    Red letter indication is the present period.
Thus one Manvantaram has 432,000 + 864,000 + 1,296,000 + 1,728,000 years = TOTAL  4,320,000 years
Each Yug has seven Sakaas and they are 1) Yudhishtir, 2) Vikrama, 3) Saalivahana, 4) Vijaya, 5) Abhinandana, 6) Naagarjuna, and 7) Kali Sak.  Which means for present time the span of years 432000 divided by 7 shall be the span for each sak.
This is further divided into 60 years cycle, and each year into two ayana and six ritu, each ayana has six months, each month has two fortnights, each fortnight has fifteen thithis basing on sun and moon cycle, and each fortnight has two weeks, each week seven days, each day into 60 Ghatika, each Ghatika has 60 Vighatika, and each Vighatika has 6 prana, each prana has 10 Gurvakshram, each Gurvaksharam has 27 Nimesham, each Nimesham has 30 Lavam, and each Lavam has 100 Triti  means  1 x 30 x 27 x 10 x 6 x 60 x 60  means each day  consisting of 24 hours  has 1,74,960,000 Triti period. 
As per the Gregorian calendar we follow the present calculation of day as per minutes and seconds goes up to 1 x 60 x 60 x 24 hours becomes 86400 seconds per day.
Now let us know how Ancient Indians calculated time.  Each second of us as per  present calendar and day calculation is sub divided  by 225 by ancient Indians and the final is reached as Triti which is 1/225  part of a second which means Indians could reach 225th part of a second long and long ago.  Kindly note that 1/225 second is the Pran Shakti leaving the body making any one dead.
It is surely   a meticulous calculation which no other country could reach.  This applies for both the micro and macro level calculation.  Probably it is beyond the scope and knowledge of modern mathematicians. 
 All this was being taught to our children till about 1980s and when gradually children amended themselves for job oriented education than knowledge oriented education, unfortunately a day has come into our lives where we are forgetting our ancestor’s greatness and greatness of Indian Sages. 
No paper, no pen, no laptop, no calculator, no telescope, no periscope, no modern equipments, still our ancestors could do wonders and over a period of time, we have fallen into so called modern education leaving all basics and fundamentals of BRAIN USAGE.  We have more or less becomes machine dependants and it is not known where we are being lead to.
At least now, parents may educate their children – dusting out the old text books and give children basic morale and morale related education as well knowledge base, so that children may use their brain power more efficiently and more accurately than anyone else on this mother earth.  (Recent incident –I purchased two pencils each costing Rs.2/- and that shop boy took a calculator to find out the total ?.. this is where we are  ). 
Let us all salute the great sages of India, the great mathematicians and the great kings who extended all support to such research in ancient days.  They are all great – forever great.  We are fortunately great having been the successors of those great people.  Let us upkeep our greatness and take care of the next generation more carefully and more diligently.
Quote; 1) Being kind is more important than being right.  Sometimes people need a caring heart to listen and not a brilliant mind to speak.
2) An unwise person empties his mind every time he opens mouth.
I will be back again soon……………………
Hara  Hara Mahadeva
Dr P V Sesha Sai Aswamedhayaaji

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