The Hindu scriptures contain many numerical descriptions concerning distances, durations and numbers of items in the universe as seen from the perspective of Hindu cosmology.Compare
List Property Number or measurement Number of the present Manu (Vaivasvata Manu) 7th Manu Number of Manus who manifest in one kalpa (one day of Brahmā) 14 Number of planetary systems in this Brahmanda (material universe) 14 Number of Manus who manifest during one month of Brahmā 420 Steeds of Indra 1,100 Number of Manus who manifest during one year of Brahmā 5,040 Number of human species 400,000 Number of Manus who manifest during the lifetime of one Brahmā 504,000 Number of species living in the water 900,000 Number of species of birds 1,000,000 Number of species of insects and reptiles 1,100,000 Number of kinds of sthāvara (non-moving living entities such as trees and plants) 2,000,000 Number of varieties of quadrupeds 3,000,000 Number of kinds of material bodies for soul, jivaatma (or species of life) in the material world 8,400,000 Spiritual benefits of following Janmashtami Vows (fasting etc.) One ... becomes freed from the sins of ten million births. Happiness of liberation into impersonal Brahman (brahmajyoti) compared with happiness of devotional service to Bhagavan Bhakti is trillion-fold better than impersonalismSrila Rupa Gosvami says that if brahmananda, or the happiness of becoming one with the Supreme, is multiplied by one trillionfold, it still cannot compare to an atomic fraction of the happiness derived from the ocean of devotional service.
Distance and length
Property Number or measurement Distance from planet Rāhu to the Sun 10,000 yojanas (80,000 miles) Distance from lower planets to Śesha Nāga lying on the Garbhodaka Ocean 30,000 yojanas Distance from the Earth to the lower planetary systems — Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, Mahātala, Rasātala and Pātāla 70,000 yojanas Distance from Rāhu to planets of the Siddhas, Cāranas and Vidyādharas 1,000,000 yojanas Distance from Dhruvaloka (the pole star) to the Sun 3,800,000 yojanas Distance from Dhruvaloka to Maharloka 10,000,000 yojanas Distance from Maharloka to Janaloka 20,000,000 yojanas Distance from Satyaloka to Vishnuloka (Brahmaloka-sanatana, abode of Brahma) 26,200,000 yojanas (209,600,000 miles) Distance from Janaloka to Tapoloka 80,000,000 yojanas Distance from Tapoloka to Satyaloka 120,000,000 yojanas Distance from the Sun to Satyaloka 233,800,000 yojanas (1,870,400,000 miles) Depth of Garbhodaka ocean 249,800,000 yojanas Covering of the Universe 260,000,000 yojanas (2,080,000,000 miles) away from the Sun, each covering layer is 10 times bigger than the previous one Total diameter of the Universe ~500,000,000 yojanas (4,000,000,000 miles) Note: Where distances are given in yojana a rough equivalent is sometimes given in miles calculated at 8 miles to the yojana. The actual length of the yojana varied throughout its period of use between 4 and 9 miles.
Time
Property Duration Lifespan of humans in Kali-yuga ~100 years; will be reduced gradually to 20 years Lifespan of humans in Dvāpara-yuga ~1,000 years Time passed after the beginning of Kali-yuga (Battle of Kurukṣetra) years as of CE (See Kali Yuga) Lifespan of humans in Tretā-yuga ~10,000 years Lifespan of humans in Satya yuga ~100,000 years Duration of Kali-yuga 432,000 years Duration of Dvāpara-yuga 864,000 years Duration of Tretā-yuga 1,296,000 years Duration of Satya yuga 1,728,000 years Total duration of four yugas (Satya + Treta + Dvapara + Kali) 4,320,000 years Age of our (Vaivasvata) Manu 116,640,000 years (27 chatur-yugas) Duration of one manvantara, the lifespan of one Manu 306,720,000 years (seventy-one chatur-yugas) Duration of one day of Brahmā 4,320,000,000 years (1,000 chatur-yugas) Frequency with which Krishna descends to this planet every 8,640,000,000 years (once in a day of Brahma) Duration of 100 years of Brahma (his lifetime duration) 311,040,000,000,000 years
See also Kalpa (aeon) Manvantara Yuga Yuga Cycle
References
External links For distances in yojanas see the yojana page on vedabase.net.