Jainism ni cosmology (lok-vigyān) mujab, samay anant che, ane ene chhe aara (कालचक्र) ma vibhajit karyu che. Ek kaalchakra ma chhe 6 aara hoy che. Aa 6 aara satat avrit (cycle) ma aave che—3 utkshepta (sukh nu vadhu praman) ane 3 avkshepta (dukh nu vadhu praman).

Jem ke, Bharat Kshetra (Jambu Dweep) ma:

1. Sukhma Sukhma Aara (Bahuj Sukh): Pahla aara, atyant sukh.
2. Sukhma Aara (Sukh): Bija aara, sukh.
3. Sukh-Dukhma Aara (Sukh ane dukh banne): Trija aara, sukh ane dukh banne.
4. Dukhma Sukhma Aara (Dukh vadhu, sukh ochhu): Chotha aara, dukh vadhu.
5. Dukhma Aara (Dukh): Paanchma aara, dukh.
6. Dukhma Dukhma Aara (Bahuj Dukh): Chhatha aara, atyant dukh.

Aapda samay ma paanchmo aara chali rahyo che. Chhatha aara pachi, aa samay-chakra fari ti avartansheel bani ne, pahela aara ma aavse.

Chhatha aara (Dukhma Dukhma Aara) ma su thay?

• Atyant dukh nu samay hase.
• Dharma, sadachar, satya, ahimsa, tap, tyag adik guno ochha thai jase.
• Sukh, shanti, samajik vyavastha, sadbhavna, paropkar adik prayo ogat jase.
• Manas nu aayu, shakti, buddhi, sharirik bal, sukh adi ochhu thai jase.
• Tirthankar, Kevali, Arihant, Chakravarti, Balbhadra, Vasudev, Prativasudev adi koi pan mahan purush janma nahi lidhe.

Aa dukhna samay pachi, fari ti samay sudharva laagshe ane punah sukhma aara aavshe. Aa prakar na 6 aara anant samay sudhi chalta rahe che.

Aa samaychakra Jain darshan mujab che.