#Thread on Manvantaras (मन्वंतर)!

In Sanatan tradition, time is divided into several parts to ease its calculation, one of them is Manvantara (Manu + Antar) which means Manu's age, each Manvantara is governed by a particular Manu created by Brahma. Present  Manvantara is being conducted by Manu वैवस्वत,
Indra is Purandar and the names of Saptaris are as follows,...
•Kashyap,
•Atri,
•Vashisht,
•Vishwamitra,
•Gautam,
•Jamadagni and,
•Bhardwaj

According to the Puranas, there are 14 Manvantaras, out of which 6 Manvantaras have passed...
Manvantaras also change,

  The names of 14 Manu and Rishis of the present Kalpa are as follows.
15 Nimesh = 1 Kastha (काष्ठा)
  •30 kastha = 1 kala
  •30 Kala = 1 Muhurta
  •30 Muhurta = 1 Ahoratra (one day and night)
  •15 Ahoratra = 2 Paksha (Shukla Paksha, Krishna Paksha)
  •2 Paksha= 1 month
  •6 months = 1 Ayan
  •2 Ayan = 1 year
One year = One day and night of
Devtas.

In 12 thousand years of the deities, there are four yugas namely Satyuga, Tretayuga, Dwaparayuga and Kaliyuga.  In which, there are 17,28,000 in Satyuga, 12,96,000 in Tretayuga, 8,64,000 in Dwaparayuga and 4,32,000 years in Kaliyuga.
The four Yugas together constitute Chaturyuga, which has 4,320,000 years.   Priod 71 Chaturyugas + some more time constitutes 1 Manvantara

  • 14 Manvantaras =1 Kalpa (one day of Brahma) and the same period of time is his (Brahma)night which is called "Pralaykal."
Thus 8,52,000 divine years =1 Manvantara.
And  30,67,20,000 human= 1Manvantara And 14 times of this period is =1 kalpa(a  day of Brahma), immediately after which comes Brahma Pralay named Nimittik. At that time all three Lokas(Bhuloka,Bhuvalok &Swaloka)
starts burn!ng . The सिद्धगण residing in Mahalok goes to Janlok.  and in the same way, when Triloki becomes watery (जलमय), Brahma ji resides in the lotus yoni emerges from Narayana(who sleeps Over Shesh Saiya) for one night (which is equal to a day,but not counted as Kalpa).
After which the universe is created again. Similarly (Nimesh, Kastha, Kala etc.) calculates Brahma's one year and then 100 years, 100 years  is the age of Brahma, of whom one paraddha (half part) has elapsed, at the end of which the great kalpa known as the padma took place,
at present this is  beginning of first kalpa of his second पदार्ध्द known as Varaha .

  Source : Vishnu Purana

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