SB 3.11.20
Devanāgarī
सन्ध्यासन्ध्यांशयोरन्तर्य: काल: शतसंख्ययो: । तमेवाहुर्युगं तज्ज्ञा यत्र धर्मो विधीयते ॥ २० ॥
Text
sandhyā-sandhyāṁśayor antar yaḥ kālaḥ śata-saṅkhyayoḥ tam evāhur yugaṁ taj-jñā yatra dharmo vidhīyate
Synonyms
sandhyā—transitional period before;sandhyā-aṁśayoḥ—and transitional period after;antaḥ—within;yaḥ—that which;kālaḥ—duration of time;śata-saṅkhyayoḥ—hundreds of years;tameva—that period;āhuḥ—they call;yugam—millennium;tat-jñāḥ—the expert astronomers;yatra—wherein;dharmaḥ—religion;vidhīyate—is performed.
Translation
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.