2024-02-19

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माघः-11-10 ,मिथुनम्-मृगशीर्षम्🌛🌌 , कुम्भः-श्रविष्ठा-11-07🌞🌌 , तपस्यः-12-01🌞🪐 , सोमः

  • Indian civil date: 1945-11-30, Islamic: 1445-08-09 Shaʿbān, 🌌🌞: सं- कुम्भः, तं- मासि, म- कुंभं, प- फग्गण, अ- फागुन
  • संवत्सरः - शोभनः
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1945, विक्रमाब्दः 2080, कलियुगे 5124
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — शिशिरऋतुः उत्तरायणम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — शिशिरऋतुः उत्तरायणम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — शिशिरऋतुः माघः (≈तपः)

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — शुक्ल-दशमी►08:50; शुक्ल-एकादशी►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — मृगशीर्षम्►10:31; आर्द्रा► (मिथुनम्)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — श्रविष्ठा►29:52!; शतभिषक्►
    • राशि-मासः — माघः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — विष्कम्भः►11:57; प्रीतिः►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — गरजा►08:50; वणिजा►21:19; भद्रा►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—वृश्चिकः
  • 🌞-🪐 मूढग्रहाः - बुधः (7.37° → 6.64°), शनिः (-8.71° → -7.82°)
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - मङ्गलः (25.41° → 25.65°), शुक्रः (26.93° → 26.70°), गुरुः (-69.70° → -68.84°)

राशयः
शनि — कुम्भः►. गुरु — मेषः►. मङ्गल — मकरः►. शुक्र — मकरः►. बुध — मकरः►29:51!; कुम्भः►. राहु — मीनः►. केतु — कन्या►.

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅—06:33-12:22🌞-18:12🌇
⬇ ⬆ ⬇
चन्द्रः ⬆14:02 ⬇03:15*
शनिः ⬆07:03 ⬇18:46
गुरुः ⬆10:29 ⬇22:55
मङ्गलः ⬇16:23 ⬆04:59*
शुक्रः ⬇16:17 ⬆04:55*
बुधः ⬇17:42 ⬆06:09*
राहुः ⬆09:15 ⬇21:26
केतुः ⬇09:15 ⬆21:26
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—06:33-08:00; साङ्गवः—09:28-10:55; मध्याह्नः—12:22-13:50; अपराह्णः—15:17-16:44; सायाह्नः—18:12-19:44
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—06:33-07:20; प्रातः-मु॰2—07:20-08:06; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:39-10:26; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—11:59-12:46; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—14:19-15:05; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—16:38-17:25; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:25-18:12
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:54-05:44; मध्यरात्रिः—23:08-01:36
  • राहुकालः—08:00-09:28; यमघण्टः—10:55-12:22; गुलिककालः—13:50-15:17
  • शूलम्—प्राची (►09:39); परिहारः–दधि

उत्सवाः

  • अनध्यायः, आङ्ग्लेया भारतत्यागम् अघोषयन् #७८, गोखले-बापु-मरणम् #२०६, गोल्वाल्कर-माधवो जातः #११८, चिप्लून्-राममन्दिर-भङ्गः #२९७, तपस्य-मासः, तिरुच्चॆन्दूर् मुरुगऩ् माचित् तिरुविऴा 7म् नाळ्—उरुगु चत्तच् चेवै/चिगप्पु चात्ति अलङ्कारम्, सायन-रवि-सङ्क्रमण-पुण्यकालः, सायन-षडशीति-पुण्यकालः, सायन-सङ्क्रमण-दिन-पूर्वाह्ण-पुण्यकालः, सोममृगशीर्ष-योगः

आङ्ग्लेया भारतत्यागम् अघोषयन् #७८

Event occured on 1946-02-19 (gregorian).

British announced they will leave India

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अनध्यायः

Anadhyayana during the day and night, owing to saṅkramaṇa during daytime. When saṅkramaṇa happens in the night, the previous and next day (daylight time) are anadhyayana. If saṅkramaṇa happens in the night, the previous and next nights are anadhyayana.

कालादर्शे—
पूर्वश्चोर्ध्वमनध्यायमहः सङ्क्रमणे निशि।
दिवा पूर्वोत्तरा रात्रिरिति वेदविदो विदुः॥

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  • References
    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 162
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  • Tags: Anadhyayana Days

चिप्लून्-राममन्दिर-भङ्गः #२९७

Event occured on 1727-02-19 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

On Shivaratri day, Feb 8th 1727, Siddi sAt, launched a Jihad to attack the Rama temple on the Chiplun hill (when brahmendra svAmI was absent). Having desecrated the idols he rounded up several hundred brAhmaNas, tortured them and killed many of them.

Context

Svami Brahmendra had built a large temple of the bhArgava on hill near Chiplun, which was lavishly endowed by the Hindus of the Maharatta country.
At this time the Siddi governor of Govalkot and Anjanvel, two fortified posts not far from the shrine, was one Siddi Sat, a competent, if rather rough, officer.
In 1727, the Siddi admiral, Siddi sAt, launched a naval raid on the adjacent territory of Govalkot and Anjanvel, annexed them and fortified them for an offensive on the Hindus. The African imitator of his Arab role-models was seized with an itch to become a Ghazi and be recognized as a pre-eminent Moslem.

This attack enraged the Hindus who called upon Shahu to take the strongest action.

Aftermath

(The below is from New History of Marathas v2 by sArdesai.)
This wanton and certainly premeditated violence by a Muslim on a centre of Brahman orthodoxy, roused the whole of Maharashtra as if from a dream, and a cry for vengeance arose on all sides. The chief ruler of Janjira at once apologized for the foolish action of his subordinate, and restored whatever property was left intact.

In a few days the Swami arrived on the spot, vented his wrath against the Siddi and left the place for good, having been granted another spot by Shahu up the Ghats at Dhavadsi near Satara, where he then erected new edifices and where an annual celebration for his deity is still held.

The Swami appealed pathetically to Shahu and the icading Maratha commanders, calling upon then to wage a relentless holy war against the Siddi of Janjira. Time passed as no one was free to undertake the venture. When Bajirao returned victorious from his campaign of Dabhoi, both Shahu and the Swami became insistent on his punishing the Siddi for the unwarrantable crime he had committed.

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गोखले-बापु-मरणम् #२०६

Event occured on 1818-02-19 (gregorian).

On this day died, Bapu Narhar Ganesh Gokhale, senApati of peshva bAjI rAv 2 during the battle of Ashti (sholApur, MH), being defeated by the British under General Smith.

The battle was entirely a cavalry action, Marathas under the command of Bapu Gokhale having eight to ten thousand horse and General Smith, two regiments of cavalry, a squadron of the 22nd Dragoons, 1,200 auxiliary horse, and 2,500 infantry. The loss on the Maratha side was about 200 killed including the general Bapu Gokhale who is said to have fought very bravely unto his last while the British loss was fourteen Europeans and five native cavalry killed and wounded. Twelve elephants, fifty-seven camels and many palanquins fell into the hands of the British.

Context

Bapu had wielded the sword in the battle against Tipu (1790). His cousin Dhondopant was a prominent general under parashurAm bhAu paTTavardhana. He had succeded him and quelled several revolts.

Aftermath

The Chhatrapati fell into British hands here & the Peshwa was removed from the post of Prime Minister. Bajirao II finally surrendered on 3 June 1818 closing the 3rd Anglo Maratha war.

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गोल्वाल्कर-माधवो जातः #११८

Event occured on 1906-02-19 (gregorian).

Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar, 2nd RSS head, born.

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सायन-षडशीति-पुण्यकालः

  • 09:43→18:12

sāyana-ṣaḍaśīti-puṇyakāla. For ṣaḍaśīti-puṇyakāla, the 60 ghatikas succeeding the saṅkramaṇa form a puṇyakāla; in general, the ghatikas closer to the puṇyakāla are even more sacred.

While the nirayana puṇyakāla-s are well known, marked by the transit of the Sun into various rāśī-s (which confer the name to the corresponding saura month), there are also ayana-s and sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s, which mark the position of the Sun above the Northern or Southern parts of the Earth. These determine the r̥tu-s, and also the very famous uttarāyaṇa and dakṣināyana (movement of the Sun towards North or South, respectively). While these two types of puṇyakāla-s (sāyana and nirayana) coincided millennia ago, there has been a gradual precession of the equinoxes, owing to the nature of the Earth’s rotation, causing the sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s to happen about 24 days before the nirayana saṅkramaṇa-s. In that era, uttarāyaṇa coincided with makara-saṅkramaṇa and dakṣināyana coincided with karkaṭaka-saṅkramaṇa, and the mēsa and tulā saṅkramaṇa-s corresponded to the equinoxes, when the Sun rises direct East (and sets direct West).

Many Dharma Shastra texts recognise the separate puṇyakāla-s for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. The vachanam of Jaabaali Maharshi is mentioned above, where he says that the puṇyakāla-s are identical (in their reckoning) for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. In the Pulastya Siddhanta, the anushthanas which are to be performed in this sayana punya kala just like nirayana are explicitly stated: snāna, dāna, japa, śrāddha, vrata, hōma, etc. In Kala Madhava, which is considered as the source text of the kala vicharas of the Dikshitiya, it is said in the 5th prakarana that, meṣādi-saṅkrāntayo yasmin dine bhavanti tasmād dināt pūrvebhyaḥ ekādaśabhyo dinebhyaḥ prācīne dine, noting that Sayana Sankramanas occurred ~11 days before the day when the Mesha Sankramanas etc occur. Further references are seen in Dharma Sindhu first pariccheda, Jayasimha Kalpadruma sankranti nirnaya and Nirnaya Sindhu first pariccheda. There are also ample references in Vedas, illustrating how Ayana-s happened much later (in certain other eras), e.g. Shukla Yajur Veda Shatapatha Brahmana (Ekapaat Kanda 1/2/3), Nakshatra Sukta belonging to the Atharva Veda (Shaunaka Samhita 19/7/2), Maitrayaniya Aranyaka (6/14), and Taittiriya Brahmana (1/5/2).

For a wonderfully detailed exposition on the topic, see https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/dakshinayana-en and https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/uttarayana-en .

सङ्क्रान्तिस्नानाकरणे प्रत्यवायमाह शातातपः—
सूर्यसङ्क्रमणे पुण्ये न स्नायाद्यदि मानवः।
सप्तजन्मसु रोगी स्याद् दुःखभागी च जायते॥
सङ्क्रान्त्यां यानि दत्तानि हव्यकव्यानि मानवैः।
तानि तस्य ददात्यर्कः सप्तजन्मसु निश्चितम्॥
—वैद्यनाथ-दीक्षितीये स्मृतिमुक्ताफले आह्निक-काण्डः (पूर्वभागः)
षडशीत्यां तु यद्दत्तं यद्दत्तं विषुवद्वये।
दृश्यते सागरस्यान्तस्तस्यान्तो नैव दृश्यते॥
—स्मृतिकौस्तुभे
षडशीत्यामतीतायां षष्टिरुक्तास्तु नाडिकाः॥
या याः सन्निहिता नाड्यस्तास्ताः पुण्यतमाः स्मृताः॥
—वैद्यनाथ-दीक्षितीये स्मृतिमुक्ताफले आह्निक-काण्डः (पूर्वभागः)
सङ्क्रान्तिषु यथा कालस्तदीयेऽप्ययने तथा।
अयनांश-संस्कृतो भानुः नाले चरति सर्वदा।
अमुख्या राशिसङ्क्रान्तिः तुल्यः कालविधिस्तयोः।
स्नान-दान-जप-श्राद्ध-व्रत-होमादि-कर्मभिः।
सुकृतं चल-सङ्क्रान्तौ अक्षयं पुरुषोऽश्नुते॥

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  • References
    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 267
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  • Tags: SunSankranti CommonFestivals

सायन-रवि-सङ्क्रमण-पुण्यकालः

  • 06:33→16:07

16 ghatikas on either side of the transition of the Sun are sacred for various observances. In addition to specific puṇyakālas like ṣaḍaśīti, viṣṇupadī etc., this is also useful, especially in cases where the other puṇyakālas are inconvenient for appropriate performance of rituals such as snāna, dāna, tarpaṇa, etc.

While the nirayana puṇyakāla-s are well known, marked by the transit of the Sun into various rāśī-s (which confer the name to the corresponding saura month), there are also ayana-s and sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s, which mark the position of the Sun above the Northern or Southern parts of the Earth. These determine the r̥tu-s, and also the very famous uttarāyaṇa and dakṣināyana (movement of the Sun towards North or South, respectively). While these two types of puṇyakāla-s (sāyana and nirayana) coincided millennia ago, there has been a gradual precession of the equinoxes, owing to the nature of the Earth’s rotation, causing the sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s to happen about 24 days before the nirayana saṅkramaṇa-s. In that era, uttarāyaṇa coincided with makara-saṅkramaṇa and dakṣināyana coincided with karkaṭaka-saṅkramaṇa, and the mēsa and tulā saṅkramaṇa-s corresponded to the equinoxes, when the Sun rises direct East (and sets direct West).

Many Dharma Shastra texts recognise the separate puṇyakāla-s for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. The vachanam of Jaabaali Maharshi is mentioned above, where he says that the puṇyakāla-s are identical (in their reckoning) for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. In the Pulastya Siddhanta, the anushthanas which are to be performed in this sayana punya kala just like nirayana are explicitly stated: snāna, dāna, japa, śrāddha, vrata, hōma, etc. In Kala Madhava, which is considered as the source text of the kala vicharas of the Dikshitiya, it is said in the 5th prakarana that, meṣādi-saṅkrāntayo yasmin dine bhavanti tasmād dināt pūrvebhyaḥ ekādaśabhyo dinebhyaḥ prācīne dine, noting that Sayana Sankramanas occurred ~11 days before the day when the Mesha Sankramanas etc occur. Further references are seen in Dharma Sindhu first pariccheda, Jayasimha Kalpadruma sankranti nirnaya and Nirnaya Sindhu first pariccheda. There are also ample references in Vedas, illustrating how Ayana-s happened much later (in certain other eras), e.g. Shukla Yajur Veda Shatapatha Brahmana (Ekapaat Kanda 1/2/3), Nakshatra Sukta belonging to the Atharva Veda (Shaunaka Samhita 19/7/2), Maitrayaniya Aranyaka (6/14), and Taittiriya Brahmana (1/5/2).

For a wonderfully detailed exposition on the topic, see https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/dakshinayana-en and https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/uttarayana-en .

सङ्क्रान्तिषु यथा कालस्तदीयेऽप्ययने तथा।
अयनांश-संस्कृतो भानुः नाले चरति सर्वदा।
अमुख्या राशिसङ्क्रान्तिः तुल्यः कालविधिस्तयोः।
स्नान-दान-जप-श्राद्ध-व्रत-होमादि-कर्मभिः।
सुकृतं चल-सङ्क्रान्तौ अक्षयं पुरुषोऽश्नुते॥

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सायन-सङ्क्रमण-दिन-पूर्वाह्ण-पुण्यकालः

  • 06:33→12:22

When the transit of the Sun (saṅkrānti) happens in the first half of the day (pūrvāhṇa) or after midnight of the previous day, the first half of the day form a puṇyakāla for various observances. In addition to 16 ghatikas on either side of the transition, and specific puṇyakālas like ṣaḍaśīti, viṣṇupadī etc., this is also useful, especially in cases where the other puṇyakālas are inconvenient for appropriate performance of rituals such as snāna, dāna, tarpaṇa, etc.

While the nirayana puṇyakāla-s are well known, marked by the transit of the Sun into various rāśī-s (which confer the name to the corresponding saura month), there are also ayana-s and sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s, which mark the position of the Sun above the Northern or Southern parts of the Earth. These determine the r̥tu-s, and also the very famous uttarāyaṇa and dakṣināyana (movement of the Sun towards North or South, respectively). While these two types of puṇyakāla-s (sāyana and nirayana) coincided millennia ago, there has been a gradual precession of the equinoxes, owing to the nature of the Earth’s rotation, causing the sāyana saṅkramaṇa-s to happen about 24 days before the nirayana saṅkramaṇa-s. In that era, uttarāyaṇa coincided with makara-saṅkramaṇa and dakṣināyana coincided with karkaṭaka-saṅkramaṇa, and the mēsa and tulā saṅkramaṇa-s corresponded to the equinoxes, when the Sun rises direct East (and sets direct West).

Many Dharma Shastra texts recognise the separate puṇyakāla-s for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. The vachanam of Jaabaali Maharshi is mentioned above, where he says that the puṇyakāla-s are identical (in their reckoning) for both types of saṅkramaṇa-s. In the Pulastya Siddhanta, the anushthanas which are to be performed in this sayana punya kala just like nirayana are explicitly stated: snāna, dāna, japa, śrāddha, vrata, hōma, etc. In Kala Madhava, which is considered as the source text of the kala vicharas of the Dikshitiya, it is said in the 5th prakarana that, meṣādi-saṅkrāntayo yasmin dine bhavanti tasmād dināt pūrvebhyaḥ ekādaśabhyo dinebhyaḥ prācīne dine, noting that Sayana Sankramanas occurred ~11 days before the day when the Mesha Sankramanas etc occur. Further references are seen in Dharma Sindhu first pariccheda, Jayasimha Kalpadruma sankranti nirnaya and Nirnaya Sindhu first pariccheda. There are also ample references in Vedas, illustrating how Ayana-s happened much later (in certain other eras), e.g. Shukla Yajur Veda Shatapatha Brahmana (Ekapaat Kanda 1/2/3), Nakshatra Sukta belonging to the Atharva Veda (Shaunaka Samhita 19/7/2), Maitrayaniya Aranyaka (6/14), and Taittiriya Brahmana (1/5/2).

For a wonderfully detailed exposition on the topic, see https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/dakshinayana-en and https://sites.google.com/view/nakshatradarsha/uttarayana-en .

सङ्क्रान्तिषु यथा कालस्तदीयेऽप्ययने तथा।
अयनांश-संस्कृतो भानुः नाले चरति सर्वदा।
अमुख्या राशिसङ्क्रान्तिः तुल्यः कालविधिस्तयोः।
स्नान-दान-जप-श्राद्ध-व्रत-होमादि-कर्मभिः।
सुकृतं चल-सङ्क्रान्तौ अक्षयं पुरुषोऽश्नुते॥

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सोममृगशीर्ष-योगः

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When Mrgashirsha nakshatra falls on a Monday, it is a special yōgaḥ. In the cyclic rotation of time, along with the bad combinations of grahas and nakshatras that indicate the probability of upcoming difficulties, good combinations that grant benefits in multiples also arise. Among such good combinations are the Amrita Siddhi yogas of certain weekdays and nakshatras. They are Sunday-Hasta, Monday-Mrigashirsha, Tuesday-Ashvini, Wednesday-Anuradha, Thursday-Pushya, Friday-Revati, Saturday-Rohini. As per the reading sōmaśrāvaṇyām in the same verse, Monday-Shravana is also praised as a special yoga. Good deeds performed on such yogas become especially strong in protecting and nourishing us. For instance, in Devi Atharvashirsha, it is said bhaumāśvinyāṁ mahādevī-sannidhau japtvā mahāmr̥tyuṁ tarati, that is, one can cross even mahāmr̥tyu by doing parayanam when Tuesday and Ashvini join.

आदित्यहस्ते गुरुपुष्ययोगे बुधानुराधा शनिरोहिणी च।
सोमे च सौम्यं भृगुरेवती च भौमाश्विनी चामृतसिद्धियोगाः॥

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तपस्य-मासः

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Beginning of tapasya-māsaḥ, marked by the transit of Sun into the 12th division of the tropical zodiac. While nirayana saṅkrānti’s are widely observed, tropical saṅkrānti’s are also equally sacred, and have similar puṇyakālas associated with them.

सङ्क्रान्तिस्नानाकरणे प्रत्यवायमाह शातातपः—
सूर्यसङ्क्रमणे पुण्ये न स्नायाद्यदि मानवः।
सप्तजन्मसु रोगी स्याद् दुःखभागी च जायते॥
सङ्क्रान्त्यां यानि दत्तानि हव्यकव्यानि मानवैः।
तानि तस्य ददात्यर्कः सप्तजन्मसु निश्चितम्॥
—वैद्यनाथ-दीक्षितीये स्मृतिमुक्ताफले आह्निक-काण्डः (पूर्वभागः)

मधुश्च माधवश्च वासन्तिकावृतू
शुक्रश्च शुचिश्च ग्रैष्मावृतू
नभश्च नभस्यश्च वार्‌षिकावृतू
इषश्चोर्जश्च शारदावृतू
सहश्च सहस्यश्च हैमन्तिकावृतू
तपश्च तपस्यश्च शैशिरावृतू
—तैत्तिरीय-संहितायां ४-४-११

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तिरुच्चॆन्दूर् मुरुगऩ् माचित् तिरुविऴा 7म् नाळ्—उरुगु चत्तच् चेवै/चिगप्पु चात्ति अलङ्कारम्

The Tiruchendur Brahmotsavam of Masi each year is very special, wherein all the three temple chariots are dragged and the festival is conducted for twelve days, concluding with a Teppam or Float Festival. This marks the seventh day of the festival. A unique decoration on this day is the ‘urugu chattai’ sevai, and ‘sigappu satthi alankaram’.

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