Future Celestial
Events
What the sky holds from next year to the end of the solar system — and how Vedic cosmology already mapped the largest scales of cosmic time, from Kali Yuga duration to the Kalpa cycle that encompasses the life of the universe.
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Future events
2029
Apophis flyby
5 Bya
Sun red giant
432,000
Kali Yuga (years)
Future Celestial Events
2025 CE · March 29
Partial Solar Eclipse
Maximum eclipse at 10:47 UTC
Europe, northern Africa, northern Asia
2026 CE · August 12
Total Solar Eclipse
Last totality over mainland Europe until 2081
Greenland, Iceland, Spain, Russia
2029 CE · April 13
Asteroid Apophis Close Approach
Closest known large asteroid approach: 31,000 km. No impact risk.
Visible to naked eye worldwide
2031 CE
Saturn-Jupiter Great Conjunction
First Great Conjunction visible in Aquarius since medieval period
Global
2061 CE
Halley's Comet Return
Period: 75–76 years. Previous apparition: 1986. Next: ~2061.
Global
2117 CE · Dec 10
Transit of Venus
Next after 2012. Transits come in pairs 8 years apart, then gaps of 121.5 and 105.5 years.
Global
2134 CE
Transit of Venus
The pair following 2117.
Global
~5 Bya
Sun enters Red Giant phase
Sun expands to 200× current size, engulfing Mercury, Venus, possibly Earth. Duration: ~1 billion years.
Earth (if it still exists)
~100 Tya
Milky Way–Andromeda Collision
Andromeda is approaching at 110 km/s. The galaxies will interpenetrate but stellar collisions will be rare. A new elliptical galaxy — "Milkomeda" — will form.
Earth (transformed)
What the Vedas Say About Cosmic Future
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Kali Yuga Duration
According to the Bhagavata Purana and Surya Siddhanta, we are currently in Kali Yuga — the fourth and final age of the current Maha Yuga cycle. Kali Yuga began on February 17/18, 3102 BCE at midnight, when Krishna departed the world. Its total duration is 432,000 years.
As of 2025 CE, approximately 5,127 years of Kali Yuga have elapsed. 426,873 years remain before the next Satya Yuga. The next Satya Yuga begins approximately in the year 428,898 CE.
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The Kalpa Cycle
A Kalpa in Vedic cosmology is one day of Brahma — 4.32 billion years. We are currently in the first Kalpa of the current Brahma, called Shveta Varaha Kalpa. Brahma's lifespan is 100 Brahma years = 311.04 trillion human years.
The current Brahma day (Kalpa) began ~4.32 billion years ago. The Sun will enter its Red Giant phase in ~5 billion years — falling within the next Kalpa. The Vedic timeline accommodates the death of our solar system within a single cosmic "day."