Hanuman Chalisa

Hanuman Chalisa or 40 Chaupais on Hanuman is a devotional hym dedicated to Bajrang Bali by the Great Indian poet, philosopher and saint Shri Goswami Tulsidas. Born in the 16th century, Tulsidas authored Hanuman Chalisa in Awadhi language when he was quite young.

When Hanuman was very young he flew from earth to the sky in the direction of the sun to eat it, assuming it to be a ripe, luscious fruit. Tulsidas while stating this incident in the chalisa in simple languages gives the distance between Earth and the Sun. 

Meaning, sun is at the distance of yug shastra yojan. After, certain intellectuals decoded this famous line of Hanuman Chalisa by Tulsidas they could find the distance of earth and guess what? It is exactly the same as that discovered by scientist later. In the year 1653, astronomer Christiaan Huygens with his guesswork estimated the distance from earth to the sun.

Hanuman Chalisa Distance between Earth Sun Interesting Facts & Fascinating Story of Hanuman Chalisa!

1 Yuga is 12000 years 

1 Sahastra is 1000 years 

1 Yojan is 8 miles 

Yuga X Shastra X Bhanu is par Bhanu 

12000 X 1000 X 8 = 96000000 miles 

1 mile is 1.6 km 

So, 96000000 X 1.6 = 1536000000 km 

This is the exact round figure distance of earth from Sun on 3rd July because studies mention the distance of 152,093,481 km from earth to sun during the aphelion (The period when earth is farthest from the Sun)