2024-08-22

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श्रावणः-05-18 ,मीनः-उत्तरप्रोष्ठपदा🌛🌌 , सिंहः-मघा-05-06🌞🌌 , नभः-05-32🌞🪐 , गुरुः

  • Indian civil date: 1946-05-31, Islamic: 1446-02-16 Ṣafar, 🌌🌞: सं- सिंहः, तं- आवणि, म- चिङ्ङं, प- भादों, अ- भाद
  • संवत्सरः - क्रोधी
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1946, विक्रमाब्दः 2081, कलियुगे 5125
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — वर्षऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — वर्षऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — वर्षऋतुः श्रावणः (≈नभः)

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — कृष्ण-तृतीया►13:46; कृष्ण-चतुर्थी►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — उत्तरप्रोष्ठपदा►22:03; रेवती► (मीनः)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — मघा►
    • राशि-मासः — श्रावणः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — धृतिः►13:06; शूलः►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — भद्रा►13:46; बवम्►24:10!; बालवम्►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—सिंहः
  • 🌞-🪐 मूढग्रहाः - बुधः (5.20° → 6.87°)
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - शनिः (162.11° → 163.15°), मङ्गलः (68.00° → 68.32°), गुरुः (71.67° → 72.49°), शुक्रः (-21.34° → -21.61°)

राशयः
शनि — कुम्भः►. गुरु — वृषभः►. मङ्गल — वृषभः►. शुक्र — सिंहः►. बुध — सिंहः►. राहु — मीनः►. केतु — कन्या►.

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅—06:00-12:11🌞-18:22🌇
⬇ ⬆ ⬇
चन्द्रः ⬇08:14 ⬆20:36
शनिः ⬇07:14 ⬆19:21
गुरुः ⬇13:33 ⬆00:47*
मङ्गलः ⬇13:50 ⬆01:04*
शुक्रः ⬆07:28 ⬇19:35
बुधः ⬇18:01 ⬆05:32*
राहुः ⬇08:39 ⬆20:31
केतुः ⬆08:39 ⬇20:31
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—06:00-07:33; साङ्गवः—09:06-10:38; मध्याह्नः—12:11-13:44; अपराह्णः—15:17-16:49; सायाह्नः—18:22-19:49
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—06:00-06:50; प्रातः-मु॰2—06:50-07:39; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:18-10:08; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—11:46-12:36; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—14:15-15:04; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—16:43-17:33; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:33-18:22
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:27-05:14; मध्यरात्रिः—23:01-01:21
  • राहुकालः—13:44-15:17; यमघण्टः—06:00-07:33; गुलिककालः—09:06-10:38
  • शूलम्—दक्षिणा (►14:15); परिहारः–तैलम्

उत्सवाः

  • अनध्यायः, कज्जली-तृतीया, तुष्टि-प्राप्ति-तृतीया, नभस्य-मासः, बहुला-चतुर्थी, मस्स-रङ्घर-वधः #२८४, रामराजेन चिन्तापल्लि-लुण्ठनम् #१०२, सायन-रवि-सङ्क्रमण-पुण्यकालः, सायन-षडशीति-पुण्यकालः, सायन-सङ्क्रमण-दिन-अपराह्ण-पुण्यकालः, हेरम्ब-महागणपति महासङ्कटहर-चतुर्थी-व्रतम्

अनध्यायः

Anadhyayana during the day/night, as it precedes saṅkramaṇa tonight. 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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    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 162
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बहुला-चतुर्थी

Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Caturthī tithi of Śrāvaṇaḥ (lunar) month (Sāyāhnaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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हेरम्ब-महागणपति महासङ्कटहर-चतुर्थी-व्रतम्

Special vrata day for Ganesha. In this month, Ganesha is worshipped as hēramba-mahāgaṇapatiḥ. Fast during the day and pray to Ganesha after moonrise, chanting the shloka mentioned.

गणाधिपस्त्वं देवेश चतुर्थ्यां पूजितो मया।
कष्टान्मां मोचयेशान सर्वमिष्टं च देहि मे॥

यदा सङ्क्लेशितो मर्त्यो नानादुःखैश्च दारुणैः।
तदा कृष्णे चतुर्थ्यां वै पूजनीयो गणाधिपः॥ (भविष्यपुराणम्)

श्रावणकृष्णचतुर्थ्यां प्रारभ्य कृष्णचतुर्थीषु यावज्जीवमेकविंशतिवर्षाणि एकवर्षं वा सङ्कटचतुर्थीव्रतं कार्यम्॥
अशक्तौ प्रतिवर्षं श्रावणचतुर्थ्यामेव कार्यम्॥

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    • Dharma Sindhu p.56
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कज्जली-तृतीया

Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Tr̥tīyā tithi of Śrāvaṇaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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मस्स-रङ्घर-वधः #२८४

Event occured on 1740-08-22 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

To prevent the Sikhs accessing the holy shrine [Darbar Sahib], or the “Golden Temple”, at Amritsar a strong Mughal military officer, Massa Ranghar, was stationed. He started carousing with dancing girls and consuming meat and alcohol there. Mehtab Singh and Sukkha Singh set off from rAjasthAn, disguised themselves as revenue officials, entered Harmandir Sahib, cut off Ranghar’s head and escaped before the Mughal soldiers could realise what had happened.

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नभस्य-मासः

  • 20:24→

Beginning of nabhasya-māsaḥ, marked by the transit of Sun into the 6th 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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    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 267
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रामराजेन चिन्तापल्लि-लुण्ठनम् #१०२

Event occured on 1922-08-22 (gregorian).

On 22nd August 1922, Alluri Sitarama Raju’s tribal army initiated their struggle by raiding three police stations Chintapalli Police Station, Krishnadevipeta Police Station, and Rajavommangi on three consecutive days. After the raids they captured a huge number of guns, bayonets and cartridges and swords.

Context

24 year old Alluri Sitarama Raju was a young hindu sannyAsI who gained popularity amongst the Andhra tribals, and motivated their struggle against their social ills, Christian missionaries and the British.

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सायन-षडशीति-पुण्यकालः

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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    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 267
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सायन-रवि-सङ्क्रमण-पुण्यकालः

  • 14:00→18:22

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-अपराह्ण-पुण्यकालः

  • 12:11→18:22

When the transit of the Sun (saṅkrānti) happens in the second half of the day (aparāhṇa) and before midnight, the second 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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Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Tr̥tīyā tithi of Śrāvaṇaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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