A different view yuga timespan is given by Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, who is the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, which was given in his detailed book, The Holy Science.
According to this view, one complete yuga cycle is equal to one complete precession of the equinox, which is a period of aprroximately twenty four thousand years. The ascending phase consists of a twelve hundred year of Kali, a twenty four hundred year of Dwapara, a thirty six hundred year of Treta, and forty eight hundred year of Krita yuga. The descending phase reverses this order, but both the ascending and descending phases equal twenty four hundred years.
According to calculations given in his book, the most recent yuga change was in 1699. This was when the Earth passed from Kali Yuga, which is the lowest material age, to Dvapara Yuga, which is the second age associated with electrical, atomic and finer forces. We are in an ascending spiral right now, and we will pass into the Treta Yuga in 4100 AD. Also according to his book, the motion of the stars moving across the sky is the observable of the Sun's motion around another star.
The quality of human intellect depends on the distance of the Sun and Earth from a certain point in space known as the Grand Center, Magnetic Center, or Vishnunabi Vishnu. The closer the Sun is to it, then the more subtle energy the Solar System receives, and the greater is the level of human spiritual and overall development. As the Sun moves around its companion star, it then brings us closer to or drives us farther away from Vishnunabi, resulting in the rising and falling ages here on Earth.
Yukteswar tells us that the calendars of the higher ages were based on the Yugas, with each era named after its Yuga. As a result, the year 3000 BC or BCE was known as descending Dwapara one hundred two, because the last descending Dwapara yuga began one hundred two years earlier in 3102 BC or BCE. He stated that this method was used up until the recent Dark Ages, when knowledge of the connection with the yugas and the precession cycle was lost.
He stated, "The mistake crept into the almanacs for the first time during the reign of Raja Parikshit, just after the completion of the last descending Dwapara Yuga. At that time Maharaja Yudhisthira, noticing the appearance of the dark Kali Yuga, made over his throne to his grandson, the said Raja Parikshit. Maharaja Yudhisthira, together with all the wise men of his court, retired to the Himalaya Mountains." He finished by stating, "there was no one who could understand the principle of correctly calculating the ages of the several Yugas."
Consequently, when the Dwapara was over and the Kali era began no one knew enough to restart the calendar count. They knew they were in a Kali Yuga, which is why the old Hindu calendar now begins with K.Y. However, the beginning of this calendar, which in 2006 stands at 5108, can still be traced to 3102 BC or BCE, (3102+2006=5108), which was the start of the last descending Dwapara Yuga.
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Orignal From: The Timespan Of A Yuga
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