How to Calculate a Year ( Hindu Way of Calculation)

Measurement of Year
The small unit of time is a nimesha, fifteen nimeshas constitute one kashtha, thirty kashthas make a kala and thirty kalas are one kshana. There are six kshanas in one danda, two dandas in one muhurta and thirty muhurtas in one day. There are thrity days in a month and each month is divided into two pakshas of fifteen days each. Two months constitute a season (ritu) and three ritus constitute an ayana. There are thus six seasons and two ayanas in a year.
The two ayanas are known as uttarayana and dakshinayana. One year for humans is equivalent to one day for the gods. Uttarayana corresponds to day for the gods and dashinayana to night.
Twelve thousand years of the gods are known as a mahayauga. Each mahayuga is divided into four sub-periods of Satya yuga, Treta yuga, Dvapara yuga and Kali yuga.
Two thousand mahayugas are merely one day for Brahma. There are fourteen eras (manvantara) in each of Brahma’s days. Brahma’s nights are just as long and it is during Brahma’s night that the world is destroyed and flooded with water. Each of Brahma’s days is called a Kalpa.
A hundred years for Brahma are equivalent to a single day for Vishnu.

Friends Vs Enemies

A true friend will always help you overcome during your tough times. A friend is needed in the hard days not during the times, when you don't need anyone. A true friend is an advisor, honest critic, a person who will guide you based on his experience or best knowledge. A friend who is silent, when you really need advice, is of no use. One should leave him, sooner the better.

In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968)

Time

Try to invest your time in a constructive way, so that you could lead a better life.

JIHAD

Whatever is happening across the globe on the name of JIHAD is really saddening. This is an act of cowards and in the court of God this will be treated as nothing less then murder of innocent lives. Act of terrorism of this types are harmful to the whole world and are a challenge to humanity.

The goal of true jihad is to attain a harmony between Islam (submission), iman(faith), and ihsan (righteous living). Under the sway of strong impulse, the man who is devoid of self control wilfully commits deeds that he knows to be fraught with future misery.

My sympathies and condolences go out to all those who have suffered, been injured, and those who have lost their loved ones in this terrible act of hatred and destruction. It is important that we do not allow divisive forces to weaken us ( as global peaceful world). We need to overcome these forces as one strong unified world, a truly global village.

Formlessness

Whatever takes form is false. Only the formless endures. When you understand the Truth of this teaching, You will not be born again. For God is infinite, within the body and without, Like a mirror, And the image in a mirror.
As the air is everywhere, Flowing around a pot and filling it, So God is everywhere, Filling all things and Flowing through them forever
------Ashtavakra Gota 1: 18-20