Soumendra Nath Thakur
March 08, 2026
I would like to clarify that Planck time (t_P) should not be interpreted merely as a single isolated numerical value. A duration is always defined by the difference between two states, not by a number alone. For example, a duration of 10 minutes does not arise simply from the number 10; rather, it is the difference between 0 minutes and 10 minutes that constitutes the interval.
Similarly, Planck time (t_P) may be understood as the difference between an initial reference state (t_0) and the terminal state (t_P).
While (t_P) is regarded as the smallest physically meaningful unit of time, the reference point (t_0) represents an abstract boundary condition, since any time smaller than (t_P) lies outside the domain of physically measurable time.
Conceptually, the progression from (t_0) to (t_P) may be illustrated as a phase progression, analogous to a circular scale:
[t_0°, t_1°, t_2°..... t_359°]
which represents the frequency progression
f_0 => f_P
When the cycle completes at
t_360°
the full progression corresponds to one Planck time interval (t_P).
Thus, the domain between (t_0°) and (t_360°)—that is, the completion of a full phase cycle (∆f_0 = 1 Hz = 360° - represents the Planck epoch in this interpretation.
In this sense, the Planck epoch represents the primordial phase domain in which frequency-governed energy transformation progressively establishes the first physically meaningful temporal interval, culminating in the emergence of Planck time (t_P).
Within this framework, the Planck epoch is described through the energy-equivalence principle together with frequency–energy equivalence, where (t_P) emerges as the completion of a fundamental phase cycle, rather than as a single isolated constant.
