Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 46, Shloka 30
Adhyaya 46 — Cosmic Dissolution, the Emergence of Brahma, and the Measures of Time (Yugas, Manvantaras, and Brahma’s Day)
कलिः सहस्रं दिव्यानामब्दानां द्विजसत्तम ।
सन्ध्या सन्ध्यांशकश्चैव शतकौ समुदाहृतौ ॥
kaliḥ sahasraṃ divyānām abdānāṃ dvijasattama | sandhyā sandhyāṃśakaś caiva śatakau samudāhṛtau ||
迦利（Kali）劫为一千天年，噢，二次生者中最胜者。其曙暮期（sandhyā）与曙暮之分（sandhyāṃśa）各被说为一百年。
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FAQs
Even in Kali, dharma is not absent—junction periods still exist; the teaching supports hope and responsibility rather than despair about the age.
Yuga reckoning is a core chronological tool used in manvantara and dynastic narration (vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita).
The smallest yuga with the smallest junctions symbolizes compressed opportunity—spiritual urgency and intensified practice in constrained conditions.