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The current cycle's Krita Yuga has the following dates based on Kali Yuga, the fourth and present age, starting in 3102 BCE: Krita (Satya) Yuga Part Krita Yuga, the first age in a cycle, lasts for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years), where its main period lasts for 1,440,000 years (4,000 divine years) and its two twilights each lasts for 144,000 years (400 divine years). Lengths are given in divine years (years of the gods), each lasting for 360 solar (human) years. yuga proper) preceded by its yuga-sandhyā (dawn) and followed by its yuga-sandhyāṃśa (dusk)⁠, where each twilight (dawn/dusk) lasts for one-tenth (10%) of its main period. Each yuga is described as having a main period ( a.k.a. Hindu texts describe four yugas (world ages)⁠ in a Yuga Cycle, where, starting in order from the first age of Krita (Satya) Yuga, each yuga's length decreases by one-fourth (25%), giving proportions of 4:3:2:1. See also: Kali Yuga § Start date, Yuga Cycle, Hindu units of time, and List of numbers in Hindu scriptures Krita Yuga is described in the Mahabharata, Manusmriti, Surya Siddhanta, Vishnu Smriti, and various Puranas. Krita Yuga ( Sanskrit: कृतयुग, romanized: kṛtayuga, kritayuga, kṛta-yuga, or krita-yuga), a synonym for Satya Yuga, means 'the accomplished or completed age' or 'the age of righteous or action', a time when people perform pious (righteous) actions, and is sometimes referred to as the ' Golden Age'. Satya Yuga ( Sanskrit: सत्ययुग, romanized: satyayuga or satya-yuga) means 'the age of truth or sincerity', sometimes abbreviated as Sat Yuga or Satyuga. Yuga ( Sanskrit: युग), in this context, means 'an age of the world', where its archaic spelling is yug, with other forms of yugam, yugānāṃ, and yuge, derived from yuj ( Sanskrit: युज्, lit.'to join or yoke'), believed derived from *yeug- ( Proto-Indo-European: lit. The legs of Dharma reduce by one in each yuga that follows. The god Dharma (depicted in the form of a bull), which symbolizes morality, stood on all four legs during this period. It is sometimes referred to as the ' Golden Age'. Satya Yuga is known as the age of truth, when humanity is governed by gods, and every manifestation or work is close to the purest ideal and humanity will allow intrinsic goodness to rule supreme. Satya Yuga lasts for 1,728,000 years (4,800 divine years). Krita Yuga), in Hinduism, is the first and best of the four yugas (world ages) in a Yuga Cycle, preceded by Kali Yuga of the previous cycle and followed by Treta Yuga.

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