2022-03-21

फाल्गुनः-12-18 , तुला-स्वाती🌛🌌 , मीनः-उत्तरप्रोष्ठपदा-12-07🌞🌌 , मधुः-01-01🌞🪐 , सोमः

  • Indian civil date: 1943-12-30, Islamic: 1443-08-17 Shaʿbān, 🌌🌞: सं- मीनः, तं- पङ्गुनि, म- मीनं, प- चेत, अ- च’त
  • संवत्सरः 🌛- प्लवः, 🌌🌞- प्लवः, 🪐🌞- शुभकृत्
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1943, विक्रमाब्दः 2078, कलियुगे 5122
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌌🌞- शकाब्दः 1943, विक्रमाब्दः 2078, कलियुगे 5122
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🪐🌞 - शकाब्दः 1944, विक्रमाब्दः 2079, कलियुगे 5123
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — वसन्तऋतुः उत्तरायणम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — शिशिरऋतुः उत्तरायणम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — शिशिरऋतुः फाल्गुनः

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — कृष्ण-तृतीया►08:20; कृष्ण-चतुर्थी►30:24*; कृष्ण-पञ्चमी►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — स्वाती►21:29; विशाखा► (तुला)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — उत्तरप्रोष्ठपदा►
    • राशि-मासः — फाल्गुनः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — व्याघातः►15:52; हर्षणः►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — विष्टिः►08:20; बवः►19:23; बालवः►30:24*; कौलवः►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—मीनः
  • 🌞-🪐 मूढग्रहाः - बुधः (12.02° → 11.22°)
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - शनैश्चरः (39.41° → 40.30°), गुरुः (11.69° → 12.44°), शुक्रः (46.55° → 46.55°), मङ्गलः (49.32° → 49.56°)

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅सूर्योदयः—06:26-12:27🌞️-18:27🌇
  • 🌛चन्द्रास्तमयः—08:29; चन्द्रोदयः—21:25
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—06:26-07:56; साङ्गवः—09:26-10:56; मध्याह्नः—12:27-13:57; अपराह्णः—15:27-16:57; सायाह्नः—18:27-19:57
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—06:26-07:14; प्रातः-मु॰2—07:14-08:02; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:38-10:26; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—12:02-12:51; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—14:27-15:15; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—16:51-17:39; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:39-18:27
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:50-05:38; मध्यरात्रिः—23:14-01:38
  • राहुकालः—07:56-09:26; यमघण्टः—10:56-12:27; गुलिककालः—13:57-15:27
  • शूलम्—प्राची (►09:38); परिहारः–दधि

उत्सवाः

  • काञ्ची जगद्गुरु श्री-जयेन्द्र सरस्वती आश्रम-स्वीकार-दिनम् #६९, कारैक्काल् अम्मैयार् (२३) गुरुपूजै, गजपतिन-लख्नौति-दुर्ग-ग्रहणम् #७७७, छत्रपति-शिवाजी-जयन्ती #३९३, भालचन्द्र-महागणपति सङ्कटहर-चतुर्थी-व्रतम्, लखपतरायेण शिष्यहत्याः #२७६, विषुवदिनम्, शम्भुराजो पीडितो हतश् च #३३३, सिर्हिन्दे ऽफ़्घान-पराजयः #२६४

भालचन्द्र-महागणपति सङ्कटहर-चतुर्थी-व्रतम्

Special vrata day for Ganesha. In this month, Ganesha is worshipped as bhālachandra-mahāgaṇapatiḥ. Fast during the day and pray to Ganesha after moonrise, as follows:

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

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

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छत्रपति-शिवाजी-जयन्ती #३९३

Observed on Kr̥ṣṇa-Tr̥tīyā tithi of Phālgunaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha). The event occurred in 4730 (Kali era).

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गजपतिन-लख्नौति-दुर्ग-ग्रहणम् #७७७

Event occured on 1245-03-21 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

The army of Gajapati Narasimhadeva-I, having slaughtered Karimuddin Laghri’s unit at Lakhnor, beseiged and won Lakhanuti.

Context: This was the second seige by the gajapati in 14 months. Narasinhadeva had attacked Lakhnauti for 1st time in around November 1243 and had to tactically retreat till Katashin/Contai in South Bengal in April 1244 before drawing out, ambushing and routing Mamluk forces under Tughan. Hindu chiefs of South Bengal were vassalized by Narasimhadeva and had helped him in his campaign.

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काञ्ची जगद्गुरु श्री-जयेन्द्र सरस्वती आश्रम-स्वीकार-दिनम् #६९

Observed on Svātī nakshatra of Mīnaḥ (sidereal solar) month (Prātaḥ/paraviddha). The event occurred in 5054 (Kali era).

jagadguru śrī~jayēndra sarasvatī was inducted into the kāmakōṭi-pīṭham on 22nd March 1954, vijaya year, mīna/phālguna māsa kr̥ṣṇa dvitīyā sōmavāsaraḥ chitrā upari svātī nakṣatram.

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कारैक्काल् अम्मैयार् (२३) गुरुपूजै

Observed on Svātī nakshatra of Mīnaḥ (sidereal solar) month (Prātaḥ/paraviddha).

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लखपतरायेण शिष्यहत्याः #२७६

Event occured on 1746-03-21 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

ChoTTa ghallUghAra massacre of sikhs began on 3 Jeth 1746 with the rounding up and massacre of Sikh inhabitants of Lahore. An estimated 7,000 Sikhs were massacred in total.

The operation was planned and executed by Lakhpat Rai, who was a Revenue Minister in the Court of Lahore to avenge the killing of his brother, Jaspat Rai, a military commander by the Sikhs earlier in the same year.

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शम्भुराजो पीडितो हतश् च #३३३

Event occured on 1689-03-21 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

sambhAji mahArAj, aged 32, was brutally tortured and killed by awrangzeb at tulApur (where his grandfather shAhAjI had done the tulAgaja vidhi, donating an elephant’s weight in gold). While given to debauchery, sambhAjI shared his father’s vision of hindavI svarAjya (refer his letter to rAmasiMha of mevAr) and was well versed in sanskrit.

Per marATha accounts: Sambhaji was told that if he converted to Islam and spent his life as a servant of the emperor he could see life. Sambhaji made it clear that the Alamgir was the worst enemy of the country and the Padishaw was a real fool to follow a mentally ill person as his only prophet. Awrangzeb decided to execute him on hearing his reply. sambhAjI said he would sacrifice his life as an offering to the great mahAdeva. His tongue was cut out and fed to a dog. Then his eyes were gouged out and limbs cut. His heart was pulled out and finally the head was cut. Body parts which were left over from feeding dogs were then paraded through major cities in a procession.

Background: Sambhaji’s positions were spied upon by his own relations, the Shirke family, who had defected to the Mughals. Sambhaji and 25 of his advisors (including kavi kalash) were captured by the Mughal forces of Muqarrab Khan in a skirmish at Sangameshwar in February 1689. Earlier in his life he had escaped the clutches of Awrangzeb at Agra with his father shivAjI.

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सिर्हिन्दे ऽफ़्घान-पराजयः #२६४

Event occured on 1758-03-21 (gregorian).

The Marathas under raghunAth rAv, Mughals under Adina Beg and the Dal Khalsa (Sikh confederation) under Jassa Singh Ahluwalia attacked and captured Sirhind from Afghans on March 21, 1758.

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The Marathas remembering the vision of Peshwa Baji Rao, 1720-1740, to establish Hindu Pad Padshahi (Hindu empire) and the lure of Punjab’s riches, made the first attack on Sirhind in December 1757. The Afghan governor, Abdus Samad managed to avoid battle with a tribute. Marathas returned in January 1758 with a large army under Raghunath Rao.

Aftermath

The city was thoroughly plundered which also led to bad blood between Sikhs and Marathas as the Sikhs garnered the lion’s share. The allies then marched to Lahore. The city was abandoned by the Afghans to the “Indian alliance”. The Afghan escapees were were waylaid at Wazirabad on the Chenab. While Taimur and Jahan Khan escaped across the river, the entire treasury which was still east of the river was captured by the victors. Large scale slaughter of Afghan troops took place. The prisoners were marched by the Sikhs to Amritsar to clean the Golden Temple sarovar where dead cows and excreta had been dumped earlier by Jehan Khan.

Surprisingly despite having an army of 2,00,000 and supported by Adina Beg and the Sikhs, the Marathas did not pursue the Afghans across the Indus to deal the coupe de grace. They were content to enforce “chauth” (one forth of revenue) and “sardeshmukhi” (one tenth of revenue for king/ governor). The frontiers of Punjab were left to be guarded by 15000 - 20000 troops in widely separated forts at Multan, Peshawar and Attock. There was no unified command. Bulk of the army under Raghunath Rao and his deputy Malhar Rao Holkar made its way back to Delhi and central India.

The Marathas gave the Adina the title of Nawab and made him the overlord of Lahore and Sirhind, virtually pacing entire Punjab under him for an annual payment of rupees seventy five lakhs. They abandoned the Sikhs to the now powerful Adina who began pursuing them with vengeance for past wrongs. The Sikhs in turn began guerrilla raids on the Marathas.

(Sources: TOI Article by an Army commander)

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विषुवदिनम्

Observed on day 1 of Madhuḥ (tropical) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

Vernal equinox

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