Kaliyuga | कलियुग

Kaliyuga (Devanagari: कलियुग ISO15919: kaliyuga) refers to the "Dark Age" or the Iron Age. It is the final and most spiritually degraded of the four cyclical ages of cosmic time.

This era spans 432,000 years, of which a little over 5,000 have passed. It is the current age, characterized by the scriptures as the age of quarrel, hypocrisy, and materialism.

Further Reading and Reference

• Also written as : Kali Yuga, Kalyug, Kaliyug
• Related Concepts: yuga, Kaal — Vedic time, Four Pillars of adhrama
• Reference: Prema Rasa Madira - The Intoxicating Bliss of Divine Love, Vol. 1, Ch. 1