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The Yugas don't begin and end suddenly. Each flows into the next just as the seasons turn. It is a continuous cycle. Since the Kali Yug is 432,000 years long. Each yuga has phases.
Together, the four Ages comprise one Maha Yug (Great Age) of 4,320,000 years. The ratio of Yuga duration is thus 4:3:2:1 totaling the 4,320,000 years of Maha Yuga. Two thousand Maha Yugas (8,640,000,000 years) are said to equal merely one day and one night in the life of Brahm.
So it's all much bigger than our minds can comprehend.
In Siri Guru Granth Sahib the Swayas in praise of Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Ang 1407) this appears:
"By great good fortune, the mind is uplifted and exalted, and the Word of the Shabd dwells in the heart. The jewel of the mind is contented; the Guru has implanted the Naam, the Name of the Lord, within. The Inaccessible and Unfathomable, Supreme Lord God is revealed through the True Guru. In the House of Guru Raam Daas, Guru Arjun has appeared as the Embodiment of the Fearless Lord. || 2 || The benign rule of Raja Janak has been established, and the Golden Age of Sat Yuga has begun. Through the Word of the Guru’s Shabd, the mind is pleased and appeased; the unsatisfied mind is satisfied. Guru Nanak laid the foundation of Truth; He is blended with the True Guru. In the House of Guru Raam Daas, Guru Arjun has appeared as the Embodiment of the Infinite Lord."
Our Gurus are harbingers of the Sat Yug which flows out of the Kali Yug.