Time in Hinduism

collection of traditional lunisolar calendars of the Hindus

A yuga, in Hinduism, is generally used to indicate an age of time.

Cyclic day of Brahma in Hindu cosmology lasting 1,000 Yuga Cycles containing 14 Manvantaras and 15 Sandhyās. It is followed by a night (pralaya) of equal length, forming one 24-hour day of Brahma's 100 360-day years.

thumb|Prayagraj Junction railway station at 05:52am in December, one and one quarter hours before sunrise Brahmamuhurta () is a 48-minute period (muhurta) that begins one hour and 36 minutes before sunrise, and ends 48 minutes before sunrise. It is traditionally the penultimate phase or muhurta of the night, and is considered an auspicious time for all practices of yoga and most appropriate for meditation, worship or any other religious practice. Spiritual activities performed early in the morning are said to have a greater effect than in any other part of the day.

Muhūrta () is a Hindu unit of time along with nimiṣa, kāṣṭhā, and kalā in the Hindu calendar.

Prahara is a Sanskrit term for a unit of time, or subdivision of the day, approximately three hours long.

Cycle of four yuga ages in Hindu cosmology: Satya Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga and Kali Yuga.