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# Jyotihshastra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.53

Jyotiḥśāstra: Astral and Mathematical Literature c4.53

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### [c4.53](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.pingree-1981.c4.53)

| Kalpa | = 4,354,560,000 years |  
| Kalpa | = 14 Manvantaras |  
| | (Manvantara = 72 Mahāyugas = 311,040,000 years) |  
| Kalpa | = 1008 Mahāyugas (Mahāyuga = 4,320,000 years) |  
| Mahāyuga = | Kṛtayuga (1,080,000 years) |  
| | + Tretāyuga (1,080,000 years) |  
| | + Dvāparayuga (1,080,000 years) |  
| | + Kaliyuga (1,080,000 years) |

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