### SB 3.11.20

> सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर्यः कालः शतसङ्ख्ययोः ।\
> तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥२०॥

> sandhyā-sandhyāṁśayor antar\
> yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ\
> tam evāhur yugaṁ taj-jñā\
> yatra dharmo vidhīyate

*sandhyā*—transitional period before; *sandhyā-aṁśayoḥ*—and transitional period after; *antaḥ*—within; *yaḥ*—that which; *kālaḥ*—duration of time; *śata-saṅkhyayoḥ*—hundreds of years; *tam eva*—that period; *āhuḥ*—they call; *yugam*—millennium; *tat-jñāḥ*—the expert astronomers; *yatra*—wherein; *dharmaḥ*—religion; *vidhīyate*—is performed.

**The transitional periods before and after every millennium, which are a few hundred years as aforementioned, are known as yuga-sandhyās, or the conjunctions of two millenniums, according to the expert astronomers. In those periods all kinds of religious activities are performed.**