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Every Kali Yuga, according to some calculations, lasts 432,000 years and then ends in destruction, after which the entire cycle of the four yugas begins again. Most scholars agree that we are presently in a Kali Yuga that began in 3102 B.C.

Swami Sri Yukteswar, however, believes that this theory is based on an incorrect method of calculating the yugas. According to Sri Yukteswar, we are not presently in a Kali Yuga. In his book ''The Holy Science'', he outlines an ancient method of calculation, based on astrological cycles, that makes the yugas much shorter. He says that scholars began miscalculating the yugas about 700 B.C. Sri Yukteswar sets the present age 292 years into the third yuga—the ~~Dwapara~~ Yuga, the age of rapid development in all departments of knowledge. See Swami Sri Yukteswar, ''The Holy Science'', 7th ed. (Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1977), pp. x–xxi.

Swami Sri Yukteswar, however, believes that this theory is based on an incorrect method of calculating the yugas. According to Sri Yukteswar, we are not presently in a Kali Yuga. In his book ''The Holy Science'', he outlines an ancient method of calculation, based on astrological cycles, that makes the yugas much shorter. He says that scholars began miscalculating the yugas about 700 B.C. Sri Yukteswar sets the present age 292 years into the third yuga—the Dvāpara Yuga, the age of rapid development in all departments of knowledge. See Swami Sri Yukteswar, ''The Holy Science'', 7th ed. (Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1977), pp. x–xxi.

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 Every Kali Yuga, according to some calculations, lasts 432,000 years and then ends in destruction, after which the entire cycle of the four yugas begins again. Most scholars agree that we are presently in a Kali Yuga that began in 3102 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>.
-Swami Sri Yukteswar, however, believes that this theory is based on an incorrect method of calculating the yugas. According to Sri Yukteswar, we are not presently in a Kali Yuga. In his book ''The Holy Science'', he outlines an ancient method of calculation, based on astrological cycles, that makes the yugas much shorter. He says that scholars began miscalculating the yugas about 700 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Sri Yukteswar sets the present age 292 years into the third yuga—the Dwapara Yuga, the age of rapid development in all departments of knowledge. See Swami Sri Yukteswar, ''The Holy Science'', 7th ed. (Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1977), pp. x–xxi.
+Swami Sri Yukteswar, however, believes that this theory is based on an incorrect method of calculating the yugas. According to Sri Yukteswar, we are not presently in a Kali Yuga. In his book ''The Holy Science'', he outlines an ancient method of calculation, based on astrological cycles, that makes the yugas much shorter. He says that scholars began miscalculating the yugas about 700 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Sri Yukteswar sets the present age 292 years into the third yuga—the Dvāpara Yuga, the age of rapid development in all departments of knowledge. See Swami Sri Yukteswar, ''The Holy Science'', 7th ed. (Los Angeles: Self-Realization Fellowship, 1977), pp. x–xxi.
 == See also ==