Hanuman Chalisa : Distance Between Sun and Earth

Hanuman Chalisa

Isn't it so fascinating that in Hanuman Chalisa, they actually described the distance between Sun and Earth. I don't know about others but for me it actually boosted more energy to know about it.

जुग सहस्त्र जोजन पर भानु , 

लील्यो ताहि मधुर फल जानू||18||

In English - 

Juga sahastra jojan par bhaanu |

Leelyo taahi madhur phal jaanu | 

Juga means the sum of Four Yugas (1 complete Mahayuga) with unit in divine years.

Satyuga= 4800 divine years

Tretayuga=3600 divine years

Dwaparyuga=2400 divine years

Kaliyuga=1200 divine years

So 1 Juga= 12000 years

Now next is sahastra (सहस्त्र) is common sanskrit word meaning "1000"

Next is jojan also know as Yojan that equals to 8 miles...!!

lets calculate distance of sun from earth

Juga X Sahastra X jojan (in miles) = 12000 X 1000 X 8 = 9,60,00,000 miles

Now 1 mile= 1.6km

So 9,60,00,000 miles= 9,60,00,000 X 1.6 km = 15,36,00,000km.

Today estimated distance by NASA is approximately 15,0000000 km which is close to above.

History says that Hanumanji jump to SUN thinking it as a fruit (Madhu phal).