The Saga of Lunar Calendar
With this UGADI we enter the Virodhi naama Samvatsara. As it is well known that all the Hindu Festivals are celebrated as per the Telugu Almanac, which follows the lunar (Chandramaanam) cycles that are very much different from the regular solar time cycles that we are aware of. So, let us attempt to comprehend the saga of lunar time cycles...
As per the lunar calendar the time is computed in terms of -
Vighadiya = 6 times the time taken to flap the eyelid
Ghadiya = 60 vighadiyas
Jamu = 7 ½ Ghadiyas
Tithi =8 Jamus (equivalent to day)
The whole time is categorised into four Yugas namely -
Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga with 17,28,000 years
Thretha Yuga with 12,96,000 years
Dwapara Yuga with 8,64,000 years
Kali Yuga with 4,32,000 years
There are 60 years named as
1.Prabhava (1987)
2.Vibhava (1988)
3.Shukla (1989)
4.Pramodoota (1990)
5.Prajotpatti (1991)
6.Angeerasa (1992)
7.Sreemukha (1993)
8.Bhava (1994)
9.Yuva (1995)
10.Dhata (1996)
11.Eeswara (1997)
12.Bahudhanya (1998)
13.Pramadi (1999)
14.Vikrama (2000)
15.Vrusha (Vishu) (2001)
16.Chitrabhanu (2002)
17.Svabhanu (2003)
18.Tarana (2004)
19.Pardhiva (2005)
20.Vyaya (2006)
21.Sarvajittu (2007)
22.Sarvadhari (2008)
23.Virodhi (2009)
24.Vikruti (2010)
25.Khara (2011)
26.Nandana (2012)
27.Vijaya (2013)
28.Jaya (2014)
29.Manmadha (2015)
30.Durmukhi (2016)
31.Hevilambi (2017)
32.Vilambi (2018)
33.Vikari (2019)
34.Sharvari (2020)
35.Plava (2021)
36.Shubhakrutu (2022)
37.Shobhakrutu (2023)
38.Krodhi (2024)
39.Vishvaavasu (2025)
40.Parabhava (2026)
41.Plavanga (2027)
42.Keelaka (2028)
43.Soumya (2029)
44.Sadharana (2030)
45.Virodhikrutu (2031)
46.Pareedhavi (2032)
47.Pramadeecha (2033)
48.Ananda (2034)
49.Rakshasa (2035)
50.Nala (naLa) (2036)
51.Pingala (2037)
52.KaLayukti (2038)
53.Siddhartha (2039)
54.Raudri (2040)
55.Durmati (2041)
56.Dundubhi (2042)
57.Rudhirodgari (2043)
58.Raktakshi (2044)
59.Krodhana (2045)
60.Kshaya (2046)
And the cycle starts all over again. So also would the Eras. But it is so believed that the cycle ends with a catastrophe and then begins the Satya Yuga all afresh!
With this UGADI we enter the Virodhi naama Samvatsara. As it is well known that all the Hindu Festivals are celebrated as per the Telugu Almanac, which follows the lunar (Chandramaanam) cycles that are very much different from the regular solar time cycles that we are aware of. So, let us attempt to comprehend the saga of lunar time cycles...
As per the lunar calendar the time is computed in terms of -
Vighadiya = 6 times the time taken to flap the eyelid
Ghadiya = 60 vighadiyas
Jamu = 7 ½ Ghadiyas
Tithi =8 Jamus (equivalent to day)
The whole time is categorised into four Yugas namely -
Satya Yuga or Krita Yuga with 17,28,000 years
Thretha Yuga with 12,96,000 years
Dwapara Yuga with 8,64,000 years
Kali Yuga with 4,32,000 years
There are 60 years named as
1.Prabhava (1987)
2.Vibhava (1988)
3.Shukla (1989)
4.Pramodoota (1990)
5.Prajotpatti (1991)
6.Angeerasa (1992)
7.Sreemukha (1993)
8.Bhava (1994)
9.Yuva (1995)
10.Dhata (1996)
11.Eeswara (1997)
12.Bahudhanya (1998)
13.Pramadi (1999)
14.Vikrama (2000)
15.Vrusha (Vishu) (2001)
16.Chitrabhanu (2002)
17.Svabhanu (2003)
18.Tarana (2004)
19.Pardhiva (2005)
20.Vyaya (2006)
21.Sarvajittu (2007)
22.Sarvadhari (2008)
23.Virodhi (2009)
24.Vikruti (2010)
25.Khara (2011)
26.Nandana (2012)
27.Vijaya (2013)
28.Jaya (2014)
29.Manmadha (2015)
30.Durmukhi (2016)
31.Hevilambi (2017)
32.Vilambi (2018)
33.Vikari (2019)
34.Sharvari (2020)
35.Plava (2021)
36.Shubhakrutu (2022)
37.Shobhakrutu (2023)
38.Krodhi (2024)
39.Vishvaavasu (2025)
40.Parabhava (2026)
41.Plavanga (2027)
42.Keelaka (2028)
43.Soumya (2029)
44.Sadharana (2030)
45.Virodhikrutu (2031)
46.Pareedhavi (2032)
47.Pramadeecha (2033)
48.Ananda (2034)
49.Rakshasa (2035)
50.Nala (naLa) (2036)
51.Pingala (2037)
52.KaLayukti (2038)
53.Siddhartha (2039)
54.Raudri (2040)
55.Durmati (2041)
56.Dundubhi (2042)
57.Rudhirodgari (2043)
58.Raktakshi (2044)
59.Krodhana (2045)
60.Kshaya (2046)
And the cycle starts all over again. So also would the Eras. But it is so believed that the cycle ends with a catastrophe and then begins the Satya Yuga all afresh!