Gitacharya said HE is the kala. For practical purposes, for us the ‘kala’ means time. Time is cyclical. It moves ahead. It won’t be possible to go back in the timeline. Hence, it is said that “Gatam Gatah”, meaning past is past. Or what has earlier happened can’t be revisited.

It is said that “dinayaminyav sayam pratah”, meaning day moves into evening and evenings turn into daytime. Thus, days roll by. When the calendar turns twelve pages, the year ends; whether it is solar or lunar is for the society to adopt........

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