Kali Yuga

English

Alternative forms

• Kaliyuga
• Kalī-Yuga

Etymology

Transliteration of Devanagari कली युग (Age of Kali, or Age of Darkness).

Proper noun

Kali Yuga

1. In Hinduism, the fourth of four stages of development that the world goes through as part of the cycle of yugas, traditionally thought to have begun at midnight (00:00) on 18 February, 3102 B.C.E. under the Julian calendar (23 January under the Gregorian calendar), and lasts for 432,000 years.

See also

• Dvapara Yuga
• Treta Yuga
• Satya Yuga