The following article on “Age of Brahma & The age of the Universe” is a continuation from the previous article: “Age of Brahma & The age of the Universe – 104 | Cosmology Say’s it all“. Prioritize reading the previous article before proceeding to this one. Let’s try to separate the contents presented in a table from the previous article into individual parts.
- Quick recap of units used (definitions)
- Step-by-step arithmetic (explicit, audited)
- Where we are now — current age of this universe (Vedic calculation)
- Time remaining until end of Brahma’s lifespan (per Vedic chronology)
- Diameter / size calculation shown clearly (Vedic interpretation shown in your source)
- Side-by-side comparison: Vedic chronology vs. Scientific consensus vs. Short Abrahamic chronology
- Scientific cyclic and multiverse ideas — short primer (for comparison)
This section continues from “Age of Brahma & The Age of Universe.” Here we expand beyond a single Brahma-day to the full lifespan of Brahma and beyond — calculating the present age of the universe per the Vedic chronology, the remaining time before the next full dissolution, and how that cosmology compares to modern scientific ages and cyclic-universe ideas. All calculations are shown step-by-step.
Quick recap of units used (definitions)
- Divya-yuga / Chaturyuga (4 ages together) = 4,320,000 years = 4.32 × 10^6 years. (Satya 1,728,000 + Treta 1,296,000 + Dvapara 864,000 + Kali 432,000 = 4,320,000)
- Kalpa (one daytime of Brahma) = 1,000 × divya-yuga = 4.32 × 10^9 years = 4.32 billion years. (This Kalpa represents Brahma’s 12-hour daytime.)
- Full day (day + night) for Brahma = 2 × Kalpa = 8.64 × 10^9 years = 8.64 billion years.
- One month of Brahma = 30 full days = 8.64e9 × 30 = 259.2 × 10^9 years = 259.2 billion years.
- One year of Brahma = 12 months = 259.2e9 × 12 = 3.1104 × 10^12 years = 3.1104 trillion years.
- Lifespan of Brahma = 100 Brahma-years = 100 × 3.1104 × 10^12 = 311.04 × 10^12 years = 311.04 trillion years.
Step-by-step arithmetic (explicit, audited)
- One divya-yuga (Chaturyuga) = 4,320,000 years = 4.32 × 10^6 years.
- One Kalpa (Brahma daytime = 1,000 × divya-yuga) = 4.32 × 10^6 × 1,000 = 4.32 × 10^9 years = 4.32 billion years.
- (This is one Brahma daytime — often written as “one day of Brahma” in the texts.)
- Full Brahma day-night = 4.32 × 10^9 × 2 = 8.64 × 10^9 years = 8.64 billion years.
- One Brahma month (30 days) = 8.64 × 10^9 × 30 = 259.2 × 10^9 years = 259.2 billion years.
- One Brahma year (12 months) = 259.2 × 10^9 × 12 = 3.1104 × 10^12 years = 3.1104 trillion years.
- Brahma lifespan (100 Brahma years) = 3.1104 × 10^12 × 100 = 311.04 × 10^12 years = 311.04 trillion years.
Where we are now — current age of this universe (Vedic calculation)
The Vedic chronology commonly used in the texts and by Gaudiya/Smarta interpretive traditions gives the current universe age as:
- 50 Brahma years completed = half of Brahma’s life = 50 × 3.1104 × 10^12 = 155.52 × 10^12 years = 155.52 trillion years.
- Time passed in the current Brahma day (detailed) = Texts and standard interpretations measure the current day progress (the fraction of the current 4.32 billion-year daytime) as 1,972.949 million years = 1.972949 × 10^9 years = 1.972949 billion years.
- To convert and position that on Brahma’s clock:
- 1 Brahma daytime = 4.32 billion years = 4,320 million years.
- 1 hour of Brahma = 4,320 million / 12 = 360 million years.
- 1 minute of Brahma = 360 million / 60 = 6 million years.
- 1 second of Brahma = 6 million / 60 = 100,000 years.
- Now compute hours/minutes/seconds into the day:
- 1,972.949 million ÷ 360 million = 5.4804138 hours → 5 hours,
- fractional 0.4804138 hour × 60 = 28.824828 minutes → 28 minutes,
- fractional 0.824828 × 60 = 49.48968 seconds → ~49.49 seconds.
So the present Brahma daytime has advanced to approximately 5 hours, 28 minutes, 49.49 seconds (on Brahma’s 12-hour daytime clock).
- Total current age (Vedic) = time in completed 50 Brahma years + time passed in current day:
- 155.52 trillion years + 1.972949 billion years. Convert 1.972949 billion to trillions = 0.001972949 trillion.
- 155.52 + 0.001972949 = 155.521972949 trillion years.
Rounded and widely used value: ~155.522 trillion years.
Time remaining until end of Brahma’s lifespan (per Vedic chronology)
- Lifespan = 311.04 trillion years.
- Current age = 155.521972949 trillion years.
- Remaining time = 311.04 − 155.521972949 = 155.518027051 trillion years.
Rounded: ~155.518 trillion years remain before the completion of Brahma’s life and the full pralaya (universal dissolution) that Vedic texts describe.
Diameter / size calculation shown clearly (Vedic interpretation shown in your source)
The Vedic calculation reported in your source gives:
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Layered shell radii and a stepwise total lead to a radius that — when converted from miles to light-years — gives ≈7,563.69 light years radius, so diameter ≈ 15,127.38 light years.
(Your source aggregates many layered distances in miles and then converts via 1 light year ≈ 5.878625 × 10^12 miles. We reproduce those steps exactly upon request; the derived figure ~15,127 light-years is an internal Vedic-text interpretation and is not the same as the modern astrophysical observable universe radius.)
Side-by-side comparison: Vedic chronology vs. Scientific consensus vs. Short Abrahamic chronology
| Item | Vedic Scriptures (textual values & derived calculations) | Modern Science (consensus / commonly quoted) | Abrahamic Scripture (young-earth interpretation) |
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| Age of this universe (current) | ~155.522 trillion years (Vedic calculation based on 50 Brahma years + current day progress) | ≈ 13.8 billion years (cosmic expansion, CMB, standard ΛCDM) | ~6,000 years (young-Earth literal genealogical calculation from Genesis) |
| Lifespan of this universe (until end of current Brahma) | 311.04 trillion years (100 Brahma years) | No fixed single lifespan — fate depends on dark energy, etc. (possible end scenarios: heat death, Big Rip, Big Crunch) | Not specified as cosmic trillions; many literalists treat history as several thousand years |
| Time left until cosmic dissolution (per Veda) | ~155.518 trillion years (calculated above) | Unknown — depends on dark energy evolution; could be effectively infinite | Not applicable in same framework |
| Age of current Earth / Sun (as current manifestations within Brahma day) | ~1.973 billion years (time passed in current Brahma day) | Earth ≈ 4.54 billion years; Sun ≈ 4.6 billion years (radiometric dating, stellar evolution) | ~6,000 years (young-earth chronology) |
| Diameter / spatial size (this Vedic universe) | ≈ 15,127.38 light years (Vedic layered conversion; an internal model) | Observable universe diameter ≈ ~93 billion light years (modern cosmology) | Not specified; many literal readings imply Earth-centric scale |
| Other universes / multiverse | Millions / countless universes described (Brahmandas; Maha-Vishnu exhalation model) | Possibly; multiverse models arise in inflation and quantum gravity (no direct evidence yet) | Not in standard literal readings; classical Abrahamic texts focus on single creation |
| Shape of this universe / plane | “Egg-shaped” (anda-koshah) — universe described as cosmic egg(s) | Geometry: global curvature measured: near flat; topology still an open question | Some literalists interpret scriptures as implying a flat Earth in certain verses |
Scientific cyclic and multiverse ideas — short primer (for comparison)
Modern theoretical cosmology offers several cyclic or multiple-universe frameworks that resemble, in spirit, the cyclical multiplicity of Vedic Brahmandas:
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Oscillatory / cyclic universes: Early idea where the universe expands and contracts repeatedly (Big Bang ↔ Big Crunch cycles). Observational challenges (entropy growth, accelerated expansion) complicate simple oscillatory models.
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Inflationary multiverse (eternal inflation): Some inflation models generate bubble universes continuously; our observable patch is one bubble in a vast inflationary sea. This shares the Vedic idea of many universes born and absorbed into a greater whole.
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Ekpyrotic / cyclic brand models (Steinhardt & Turok): Universe cycles via collisions of branes in higher-dimensional space; each collision is a “Big Bang.” This is a rigorous field of active research and shares cyclicity in a modern physical framework.
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Quantum gravitational bounce models (loop quantum cosmology): Early singularity replaced by quantum bounce; contraction → bounce → expansion can give a cyclic picture under certain conditions.
Scientifically, these models are constrained by observation (CMB anisotropies, expansion history, and structure growth). None currently reproduce the massive numeric scales of Vedic Brahma-chronology, because the conceptual units differ.
