6. INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE KALPA PERIOD
Table III shows the infrastructure of the kalpa period. The kalpa period
is 4320000000 sidereal years made up of 1000 caturyugas of 4320000 years
or 10000 kaliyugas of 432000 years. An additional unit, the manu, an interval
of 71 caturyugas with an added twilight of 1728000 years, is made to fit
into the kalpa 14 times along with an introductory dawn of 1728000 years.
INTERVAL CATURYUGAS KALIYUGAS SIDEREAL YEARS introductory dawn 0.4 4 1728000 71 caturyugas 71.0 710 306720000 a twilight 0.4 4 1728000 ------------------ --- --------- 1 manu 71.4 714 308448000 14 manus 999.6 7(1428)=9996 4318272000 ------------- ------ ------------ ---------- 1 kalpa 1000.0 10000 4320000000 TABLE III