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What is Prayalaya?

One cycle of all 4 Yugas is called a Mahayuga or Chatur Yuga, and 1000 Mahayugas make up one Kalpa.

A Kalpa constitutes just one day for Brahma, After the day is over, Brahma goes to sleep, and then the Pralaya, or night of Brahma, commences.
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The Pralaya, of equal length to a Kalpa, is the time period when the entire three worlds (the physical universe along with Devaloka and Asuraloka) are destroyed by fire emanating from the mouth of Vishnu's serpent Adiseshan.

Here is how it's described in the Srimad Bhagavatam:

"The devastation takes place due to the fire emanating from the mouth of [Ananta], and thus great sages like Bhṛgu and other inhabitants of Maharloka transport themselves to Janaloka....

...being distressed by the warmth of the blazing fire which rages through the three worlds below.

At the beginning of the devastation all the seas overflow, and hurricane winds blow very violently. +

+ Thus the waves of the seas become ferocious, and in no time at all the three worlds are full of water.

Lord Vishnu lies down in the water on the seat of Ananta, with His eyes closed, & the inhabitants of Janaloka offer unto the Lord their glorious prayers with folded hands."

And by the way, all this annihilation is overseen by Shiva god of destruction, who engages in his cosmic Tandava dance in order to direct all this destruction.

After the Pralaya is over, Brahma wakes up and commences the creation of the three worlds again...

and with the creation of the three new worlds, a new Kalpa begins. Now a Kalpa is already an incredibly long period of time, but it's just one day in the life of Brahma.

Now imagine how long a hundred years is in the life of Brahma!

That is how long Brahma lives for, and it's called Mahakalpa.

And after the Mahakalpa is over, Brahma dies, and then there is a period of even greater destruction, the Mahapralaya, which lasts as long as Mahakalpa.

And then Brahma is reborn, marking the start of a new Mahakalpa. And the cycle begins again!

So Where are we right now in this cyclic journey of time?

There are 14 Manvantaras in each Kalpa, with about 71 Mahayugas in each Manvantara.

Our present Kalpa, the Shwetavaraha Kalpa, is taking place in the 51st year of Brahma's life.

We are living in the Vaivasvata Manvantara, which is the seventh Manvantara of the Shwetavaraha Kalpa. And we're living in the 28th Mahayuga of the Vaivasvata Manvantara. 🙏

Further reading ;
1.Reference in Shreemad Bhagwatam: vedabase.io/en/library/sb/…

2. A short introduction to Time Dilution in Hinduism
medium.com/illumination/h…