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 one sign of the Zodiac to the next. A solar year consists of twelve solar months; and this is called a day of the Gods.

. An (day and night) of the Gods and that of the Demons are mutually the reverse of each other, (viz. a day of the Gods is the night of the Demons; and conversely, a night of the Gods is the day of the Demons). Sixty, multiplied by six, make a year of the Gods and Demons.

& . The time containing twelve thousand years of the Gods is called a (the aggregate of the four, , , and ).

These four yugas including their and  contain 4,320,000 solar years.

The numbers of years included in these four small yugas are proportional to the numbers of the legs of (virtue personified).

. The tenth part of 4,320,000 the number of years in a great, multiplied by 4, 3, 2, 1 respectively make up the years of each of the four , and others, the years of each  include their own sixth part, which is collectively the number of years of  and , (the periods at the commencement and expiration of each ).

. (According to the technicality of time called ,) 71 great (containing 306,720,000 solar years) constitute a  (a period from the beginning of a