Shveta Varaha Kalpa, Śveta Vārāha Kalpa, Sveta Varaha Kalpa, Svetavaraha Kalpa: 1 definition

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First of the 30 Kalpas (days of Brahma). We are now presiding in the shvetavaraha-kalpa of the fifty-first year of Brahma. Two kalpas constitute a day and night of Brahma. A "month of Brahma" is supposed to contain thirty such days (including nights), or 259.2 billion years. According to the Mahabharata, 12 months of Brahma (=360 days) constitute his year, and 100 such years the life cycle of the universe.

Manus of the Śveta Vārāha Kalpa

  1. First Manvantara - the interval of Swayambhu Manu
  2. Second Manvantara - the interval of Swarochisha Manu
  3. Third Manvantara - the interval of Auttami Manu
  4. Fourth Manvantara - the interval of Tamasa Manu
  5. Fifth Manvantara - the interval of Raivata Manu
  6. Sixth Manvantara - the interval of Chakshusha Manu
  7. The present, seventh Manvantara - the interval of Vaivasvata Manu
  8. Eighth (Future) - Savarni Manu
  9. Ninth - Daksa Savarni Manu
  10. Tenth - Brahma Savarni Manu
  11. Eleventh - Dharma Savarni Manu
  12. Twelfth - Rudra Savarni Manu
  13. Thirteenth - Raucya or Deva Savarni Manu
  14. Fourteenth - Indra Savarni Manu

Current date:

Currently, 50 years of Brahma have elapsed and this is the first 'day' of the 51st year. This Brahma's day, Kalpa, is named as ShvetaVaraha Kalpa.

Within this Day, six Manvantaras have already elapsed and this is the seventh Manavatara, named as – Vaivasvatha Manvantara (or Sraddhadeva Manavatara).

Within the Vaivasvatha Manavantara, 27 Mahayugas (4 Yugas together is a Mahayuga), and the Krita, Treta and Dwapara Yugas of the 28th Mahayuga have elapsed. This Kaliyuga is in the 28th Mahayuga. This Kaliyuga began in the year 3102 BC in the proleptic Julian Calendar.

Since 50 years of Brahma have already elapsed, this is the second Parardha, also called as Dvithiya Parardha.

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