manvantara

A manvantara is the period of a manu's rule. In a single day of Brahma there are 28 manvantaras, 14 during the day and 14 during the night. The names of 14 manus who rule during those 14 manvantaras are mentioned in harivamsha [7.4 - 7.7]

14 Manvantaras and their rulers

  1. svAyambhuva manvantara - svAyambhuva manu
  2. svArociSha manvantara - svArociSha manu
  3. uttama manvantara - uttama manu
  4. tApasa manvantara - tApasa manu
  5. raivata manvantara - raivata manu
  6. cAxuSha manvantara - cAxuSha manu
  7. vaivasvata manvantara - vaivasvata manu
  8. sAvarNi manvantara - sAvarNi manu
  9. bhautya manvantara - bhautya manu
  10. raucya manvantara - raucya manu
  11. brahma sAvarNi manvantara - brahma sAvarNi manu
  12. rudra sAvarNi manvantara - rudra sAvarNi manu
  13. meru sAvarNi manvantara - meru sAvarNi manu
  14. daxa sAvarNi manvantara - daxa sAvarNi manu 

Current manvantara is vaivasvata manvantara

The saptarShis for the current manvantara:

atrirvasiShTo bhagavAn kashyapascha mahAnR^iShiH
gautamotha bharadvAjo vishvAmitrastathaiva ca
tathaiva putro bhagavAn R^icIkasya mahAtmanaH
saptamo jamadagnischa R^iShayaH sAmprataM bhuvi ..

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Cosmic Time

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