2030: The Ends of Worlds

Where Kali resides in Kali Yuga, Table for Change (Durga-Kali: Copyright Pascal Yung 2011)

The Hindu Maha Puranas describe the present as the mere beginning of the worst of the four world ages: the age of conflict and sin, marked by strife, discord, quarrel or contention. The Kali Yuga lasts 432,000 years, and we’re 5,122 years in.

It’s entirely plausible that the world began to end 5,122 years ago.

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