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
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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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