What is Time?
When atoms move to cover space, this is called time, and time is measured according to the amount of space covered by atoms [Srimad Bhagavatam 3.11.3-4]. It is generally accepted that when time stands still (although impossible), there is no movement of anything. This also confirms that the movement of atoms is time.
Time is one of the great energies of Lord Krishna (God). Anyone who accepts the existence of time is accepting the existence of Lord Krishna, because He is time.
“The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: Time I am..” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 11.32)
The Srimad Bhagavatam Canto 3, chapter 11, text 5 to 12, gives the details on how time can be calculated based on the movement of atoms. In summary, when 30,375 atoms move, 1 second has passed.
This very high level of scientific knowledge is another proof that the Vedic knowledge comes from God. Lord Krishna is the true God, because He is the compiler of the Vedic knowledge. All the Vedic knowledge was given by Lord Krishna to the first living being in the universe, Brahma, at creation. This was 155.522 trillion years ago.
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Vedic time term |
Movement of number of atoms
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Human time measurement |
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One trasarenu=3 double atoms |
6 |
8/40,500 second |
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One truti=3 trasarenu |
18 |
8/13,500 second |
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One vedha=100 trutis |
1800 |
8/135 second |
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One lava=3 vedhas |
5400 |
8/45 second |
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One nimesa=3 lavas |
16,200 |
8/15 second |
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One ksana=3 nimesas |
48,600 |
8/5 second |
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One kastha=5 ksanas |
243,000 |
8 seconds |
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One laghu=15 kasthas |
3645 x 10^3 |
2 minutes |
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One danda=15 laghus |
54675 x 10^3 |
30 minutes |
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One praharas=6 dandas |
328050 x 10^3 |
3 hours |
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One day=4 praharas |
1312200 x 10^3 |
12 hours |
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One night=4 praharas |
1312200 x 10^3 |
12 hours |
Based on the Bhagavad-Gita and the truth, material nature (matter), time, God, and living entities (souls) are eternal.
“The living entities in this conditioned world are My eternal fragmental parts. Due to conditioned life, they are struggling very hard with the six senses, which include the mind.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 15.7)
“Never was there a time when I did not exist, nor you, nor all these kings; nor in the future shall any of us cease to be. As the embodied soul continuously passes, in this body, from boyhood to youth to old age, the soul similarly passes into another body at death. A sober person is not bewildered by such a change.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.12-13)
“For the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing and primeval. He is not slain when the body is slain.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 2.20)
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