Ekadasi Alert: Sat 30th Dec 2006

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Vaikuntha Ekadasi - Sat 30th Dec 2006

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The Vedic literatures describe that as one moves

towards the higher planetary systems of this universe, time dilates, in

the sense that the time span increases. One day on earth is many years

on the lower planetary systems. Similarly, one year of earth is equal to

a single day (and night) of heavenly planets. Time further dilates as

one moves higher up towards more advanced planetary systems.

 

A Chaturyuga is made of four ‘sub-yugas’. Kaliyuga, the present age of

quarrel and mismanagement, lasts 432,000 years, of which 5225 years have

passed. The previous yuga, Dvaparayuga, when Lord Krsna appeared on

earth, lasts twice as much, or 864,000 years. The yuga previous to it,

Tretayuga, lasts three times as much as kaliyuga, and the earliest yuga,

Satyayuga, lasts four times as much. Totally, one Chaturyuga lasts

4,320,000 years. A thousand such Chaturyugas make just one day of

Brahma, the topmost living entity in this universe, who resides on the

most glorious planet in this universe- Brahmaloka. And his night is as

long. His year is again, 365 days, and he lives for a full hundred

years. That is the life span of this universe (4,320,000x1000x2x365x100

years as per our calculation).

 

As said before, one year on earth is equal to one day (and night) on

heavenly planets, the planet of the demigods. Every morning, Lord Vishnu

arrives at the entrance of the Vaikuntha Planets, which are situated

beyond this material universe, and gives ‘darshan’ to all demigods who

come there to see Him everyday. ‘Everyday’ for the demigods means ‘every

year’ to us. And the day of the demigods begins at the time of Vaikuntha

Ekadashi on earth. Therefore, having a glimpse of the Lord on this day

is considered most auspicious. One must visit nearby Krishna temple on

this day to have a glimpse of the Lord.