I recently came upon the significance of the number 432, 000 in Hindu mythology and astrology. 432, 000 is the number of years that constitutes our current epoch or yuga we are currently living in.

How did it happen ? Well ,  Its not because I am considering monastic pursuits in Hindu theology but I landed on it at the end of a search trail for information on the Mayan prophecy on the impending end of the world on December 21 2012.

After having read up on the background of the mayan prophecy I trying to look for links between the mayan calendar and the hindu calendar to see if there were any connections that could substantiate the apocalyptic predictions.  It turns out that the connection is really numerical in nature and hinges on the number 9.
Now number 9 has significance in lots of ancient civilizations.  Nine is the total number of planets or 'grahas' in indian mythology.