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  2. Kali ahargana - Wikipedia

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    Kali ahargaṇa ( Kali ahargaṇa number or Kalidina ) is an integer associated with a civil day. The integer represents the number of civil days in a collection of consecutive days beginning with a special day called the kali epoch and ending with a specified day. [1] Kali ahargaṇa is one of the basic parameters of Indian astronomy and it is ...

  3. Kali Yuga - Wikipedia

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    The start date and time of Kali Yuga was at midnight (00:00) on 17/18 February 3102 BCE. [ 9 ] [ 22 ] [ 14 ] [ 23 ] [ 10 ] Astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata , who was born in 476 CE, finished his book Aryabhatiya in 499 CE, in which he wrote "When the three yugas (satyug, tretayug and dwaparyug) have elapsed and 60 x 60 (3,600) years of ...

  4. Hindu units of time - Wikipedia

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    Hindu units of time are described in Hindu texts ranging from microseconds to trillions of years, including cycles of cosmic time that repeat general events in Hindu cosmology. [ 1 ][ 2 ] Time (kāla) is described as eternal. [ 3 ] Various fragments of time are described in the Vedas, Manusmriti, Bhagavata Purana, Vishnu Purana, Mahabharata ...

  5. Burmese calendar - Wikipedia

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    The calendar recognises two types of day: astronomical and civil. The mean Burmese astronomical day is from midnight to midnight, and represents 1/30 of a synodic month or 23 hours, 37 minutes and 28.08 seconds. The civil day comprises two halves, the first half beginning at sunrise and the second half at sunset.

  6. Katapayadi system - Wikipedia

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    This date is remembered as āchārya vāgbhadā, converted using Kaṭapayādi into 1434160 days since the start of Kali Yuga. [10] Narayaniyam, ...

  7. Kali (demon) - Wikipedia

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    Kali was then later incarnated as king Duryodhana, eldest of the one hundred Kaurava brothers. His companion Dvapara became his uncle Shakuni. The day Duryodhana was born, he unleashed a donkey-like scream which the donkeys outside the home replied to.

  8. Hindu eschatology - Wikipedia

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    Inter-religious. v. t. e. Hindu eschatology is linked to the figure of Kalki, or the tenth and last avatar of Vishnu before the age draws to a close, and Harihara simultaneously dissolves and regenerates the universe. The current period is believed by Hindus to be the Kali Yuga, the last of four Yuga that make up the current age.

  9. Kali Puja - Wikipedia

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    2024 date. 31 October. Frequency. Annual. Kali Puja (ISO: Kālī Pūjā), also known as Shyama Puja or Mahanisha Puja, [1] is a festival originating from the Indian subcontinent, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is celebrated on the new moon day (Dipannita Amavasya) of the Hindu calendar month of Ashwayuja (according to the amanta ...