2024-08-04

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आषाढः-04-30 ,कर्कटः-पुष्यः🌛🌌 , कर्कटः-आश्रेषा-04-20🌞🌌 , नभः-05-14🌞🪐 , भानुः

  • Indian civil date: 1946-05-13, Islamic: 1446-01-28 Al-Muḥarram, 🌌🌞: सं- कर्कटः, तं- आडि, म- कर्क्कटकं, प- साओण, अ- शाओण
  • संवत्सरः - क्रोधी
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1946, विक्रमाब्दः 2081, कलियुगे 5125
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — वर्षऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — ग्रीष्मऋतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — ग्रीष्मऋतुः आषाढः (≈शुचिः)

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — अमावास्या►16:43; शुक्ल-प्रथमा►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — पुष्यः►13:24; आश्रेषा► (कर्कटः)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — आश्रेषा►
    • राशि-मासः — आषाढः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — सिद्धिः►10:34; व्यतीपातः►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — नाग►16:43; किंस्तुघ्नः►29:19!; बवम्►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—धनुः
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - बुधः (-21.90° → -21.00°), गुरुः (57.21° → 58.00°), शनिः (143.70° → 144.72°), मङ्गलः (62.48° → 62.77°), शुक्रः (-16.54° → -16.81°)

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

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅—06:09-12:25🌞-18:42🌇
⬇ ⬆ ⬇
चन्द्रः ⬇18:45 —
शनिः ⬇08:40 ⬆20:46
गुरुः ⬇14:42 ⬆01:57*
मङ्गलः ⬇14:20 ⬆01:36*
शुक्रः ⬆07:19 ⬇19:42
बुधः ⬆07:41 ⬇19:58
राहुः ⬇10:04 ⬆21:55
केतुः ⬆10:04 ⬇21:55
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—06:09-07:43; साङ्गवः—09:17-10:51; मध्याह्नः—12:25-13:59; अपराह्णः—15:33-17:07; सायाह्नः—18:42-20:07
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—06:09-06:59; प्रातः-मु॰2—06:59-07:49; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:30-10:20; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—12:00-12:50; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—14:31-15:21; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—17:01-17:51; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:51-18:42
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:37-05:23; मध्यरात्रिः—23:17-01:34
  • राहुकालः—17:07-18:42; यमघण्टः—12:25-13:59; गुलिककालः—15:33-17:07
  • शूलम्—प्रतीची (►11:10); परिहारः–गुडम्

उत्सवाः

  • अनध्यायः, आषाढ (कर्कट) अमावास्या (अलभ्यम्–पुष्यः), आषाढ-स्नानपूर्तिः, उगाण्डाया भारतीयानां निष्कासनम् #५२, दीप-पूजा, पति-सञ्जीवनी-व्रतम्, पातार्क-योगः, पार्वणव्रतम् अमावास्यायाम्, पिण्ड-पितृ-यज्ञः, बोधायन-कात्यायन-इष्टिः, रविपुष्य-योगः, व्यतीपात-श्राद्धम्

आषाढ-स्नानपूर्तिः

Observed on Amāvāsyā tithi of Āṣāḍhaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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आषाढ (कर्कट) अमावास्या (अलभ्यम्–पुष्यः)

amāvāsyā of āṣāḍha month, which also falls in the sidereal solar month of kaṭaka.

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It is said in Vishnupuranam that when Amavasya overlaps with one of nine nakshatras—Anuradha, Vishakha, Swati, Pushya, Ardra, Punarvasu, Shravishtha, Purvaproshthapada, or Shatabhishak—it is sacred even for Devas. For instance, Shraaddha done on an Amavasya joined with Anuradha, Vishakha, Swati keeps the pitrs satisfied for eight years. Likewise, on Pushya, Ardra and Punarvasu, the pitrs satisfied for twelve years.

अमावास्या यदा मैत्रविशाखास्वातियोगिनी।
श्राद्धे पितृगणस्तृप्तिमवाप्नोत्यष्टवार्षिकीम्॥
अमावास्या यदा पुष्ये रौद्रेऽथः पुनर्वसौ।
द्वादशाब्दं तदा तृप्तिं प्रयान्ति पितरोऽर्चिताः॥
वासवाजैकपादृक्षे पितॄणां तृप्तिमिच्छताम्।
वारुणे चाप्यमावास्या देवानामपि दुर्लभा।
नवस्वृक्षेष्वमावास्या यदैतेष्ववनीपते॥

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अनध्यायः

Observed on Amāvāsyā tithi of every (lunar) month (Sāṅgavaḥ/paraviddha).

Anadhyayana on account of amāvāsyā. Several tithis in a month are nitya-anadhyayana days, including prathamā, aṣṭamī, chaturdaśī, amāvāsyā and pūrṇimā. Manu has said that performing adhyayana on these days destroys the Guru (Amavasya), Shishya (Chaturdashi) and the vīrya of the brahma (vēda) itself (Ashtami/Purnima). Similarly, Jabali Rishi has said that Adhyayana on prathama hurts the buddhi while adhyayana on chaturdaśī hurts the brahma (vēda) itself!

हारीतः—
प्रतिपत्सु चतुर्दश्यामष्टम्यां पर्वणोर्द्वयोः।
श्वोऽनध्यायेऽद्य शर्वर्यां नाधीयीत कदाचन॥
मनुः—
अमावास्या गुरुं हन्ति शिष्यं हन्ति चतुर्दशी।
ब्रह्माष्टकापौर्णमास्यस्तस्मात्ताः परिवर्जयेदिति॥
याज्ञवल्क्यः—
पञ्चदश्यां चतुर्दश्यां अष्टम्यां राहुसूतके।

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    • Smriti Muktaphalam SVR p. 148
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बोधायन-कात्यायन-इष्टिः

iṣṭiḥ is performed on this day by those following the bōdhāyana/kātyāyana sūtras. This difference happens because chandradarśanam occurs tomorrow, and followers of bōdhāyana/kātyāyana sūtras do not perform iṣṭiḥ on chandradarśanam day.

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दीप-पूजा

Observed on Amāvāsyā tithi of Āṣāḍhaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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पार्वणव्रतम् अमावास्यायाम्

pārvaṇavratam on the eve of darśa-sthālīpākaḥ.

गृहस्थव्रतम्

पक्षान्ता उपवस्तव्याः, पक्षादयो ऽभियष्टव्याः। किञ्च - ‘अथापराह्ण एवाप्लुत्यौपवसथिकं दम्पती भुञ्जीयातां यद् एनयोः काम्यं स्यात्- सर्पिर् मिश्रं स्यात् कुशलेन’।

‘अबहुवादी स्यात्। सत्यं विवदिषेत्। अध एवैतां रात्रिं शयीयाताम्। तौ खलु जाग्रन्-मिश्राव् एवैतां रात्रिं विहरेयाताम् इतिहास-मिश्रेण वा केनचिद् वा। जुगुप्सेयातां त्व् एवाव्रत्येभ्यः कर्मभ्यः।’

परेद्युर् होमाय सम्भारसम्भरणादयो व्यवस्थाः कार्याः।

प्रायश्चित्तार्थम् अपि किञ्चद् व्रतम्

“पर्वणि वा तिलभक्ष उपोष्य वा श्वोभूत उदकमुपस्पृश्य सावित्रीं प्राणायामशः सहस्रकृत्व आवर्तयेद् अप्राणायामशो वा” इत्य् आपस्तम्बधर्मसूत्रेषु।

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पातार्क-योगः

When Vyatipata yoga falls on a Sunday, it is a special yōgaḥ, which is equal to a thousand Surya grahanas.

भानोर्वारे व्यतीपातयोगः सम्पद्यते यदि।
तदा पातार्कयोगोऽयं सहस्रार्कग्रहैः समः॥

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पति-सञ्जीवनी-व्रतम्

Observed on Amāvāsyā tithi of Āṣāḍhaḥ (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/puurvaviddha).

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पिण्ड-पितृ-यज्ञः

Observed on Amāvāsyā tithi of every (lunar) month (Sūryōdayaḥ/paraviddha).

Pinda Pitru Yajnam is a śrāddham to be done to two sets of Pitru Devatas. It is to be done in one’s Agnihotra Agni or if that is not present then Aupasana Agni. Rice is cooked in a section of the Agni moved to the south-east. From this, even those whose father is living, give āhuti to the Deva Pitru-s ie sōma, yama and agni kavyavāhana. Those whose father is not living should additionally give piṇḍas to the Manushya Pitru-s also to whom amāvāsyā-śrāddham is also performed.

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रविपुष्य-योगः

  • →13:24

When Pushya nakshatra falls on a Sunday, it is a special yōgaḥ, on which it is important to propitiate Surya Bhagavan.

आदित्येऽहनि पुष्य दैवात् सम्पद्यते यदि।
पुष्यार्कयोगस्तत्रार्कं प्रयतः पूजयेन्नृप॥ इति।

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उगाण्डाया भारतीयानां निष्कासनम् #५२

Event occured on 1972-08-04 (gregorian).

On this day, the crazy yet functional president of Uganda, “His Excellency, President for Life, Field Marshal Al Hadji Doctor Idi Amin Dada, VC, DSO, MC, CBE, Lord of All the Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in General and Uganda in Particular”, ordered the expulsion of his country’s Indian (mostly Hindu) minority, giving them 90 days to leave the country.

At the time of the expulsion, there were approximately 80,000 individuals of South Asian descent in Uganda, of whom 23,000 had had their applications for citizenship both processed and accepted. A further 50,000 were British passport holders.

Context

  • British rulers had brought in Indian laborers to build railways. After the job, some 6,724 remained. Thence their numbers grew.
  • They came to be well-off relative to the natives. Asians owned many large businesses in Uganda but the purge of Asians from Uganda’s economy was virtually total. Gated ethnic communities served elite healthcare and schooling services.
  • Milton Obote’s government had pursued a policy of “Africanisation”. Indophobia was already engrained by the start of Amin’s rule in February 1971.

Aftermath

  • 27,200 emigrated to the United Kingdom. 6,000 went to Canada (egged by Aga Khan in favor of Nizari Ismailis), 4,500 refugees ended up in India and 2,500 went to nearby Kenya or to Pakistan. Kenya and Tanzania similarly closed their borders to stop refugees. UN organized an airlift when Idi telegrammed them hinting at Hitler.
  • Even those who had formal Ugandan citizenship chose to leave rather than endure further intimidation, with less than 4,000 known to have stayed. By the time Amin’s regime collapsed in 1979, it was rumoured that there were no more than 50 Asians in Uganda.
  • Some 5,655 firms, ranches, farms, and agricultural estates were expropriated (their sale having been deliberately restricted), along with cars, homes and other household goods. Aka “Operation Mafuta Mingi”.
  • Ugandan soldiers during this period engaged in theft and physical and sexual violence against the Asians with impunity.
  • There was international condmenation. United Kingdom froze a £10.4 million loan.
  • While the expulsion was initially popular in Uganda, mismanagement of the resources resulted in economic difficulties.
  • Thousands of Indians returned to Uganda starting in 1986 when Yoweri Museveni assumed power and invited them back.

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व्यतीपात-श्राद्धम्

Observed on every occurrence of Vyatīpātaḥ yoga (Aparāhṇaḥ/vyaapti).

Vyatipata Shraddha day.

अमा पातश्च सङ्क्रान्तिस्तथा वैधृतिरेव च।
अष्टकाश्चैव मन्वादिर्युगादिश्च महालयः॥
चन्द्रसूर्योपरागश्च गजच्छाया तथैव च।
द्रव्यब्राह्मणसम्पत्तिः श्राद्धकालाः प्रकीर्तिताः॥
—स्मृतिमुक्ताफले श्राद्धकाण्डे उत्तरभागे

अयने विषुवे चैव व्यतीपाते च दिनक्षये।
चन्द्रसूर्यग्रहे चैव दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम्॥
व्यतीपाते वैधृतौ च दत्तमक्षयकृद् भवेत्।
द्वौ तिथ्यन्तावेकवारे यस्मिन् स स्याद् दिनक्षयः॥
तस्मिन् दानं जपो होमः स्नानं चैव फलप्रदम्॥

शतमिन्दुक्षये दानं सहस्रं तु दिनक्षये।
विषुवे दशसाहस्रं व्यतीपाते त्वनन्तकम्॥
दर्शे शतगुणं दानं तच्छतघ्नं दिनक्षये।
शतघ्नं तस्य सङ्क्रान्तौ शतघ्नं विषुवे तथा॥
युगादौ तच्छतगुणमयने तच्छताहृतम्।
सोमग्रहे तच्छतघ्नं तच्छतघ्नं रविग्रहे॥
असङ्ख्येयं व्यतीपाते दानं वेदविदो विदुः।

ध्रुवचरित-पारायणम्/श्रवणम्
प्रयतः कीर्तयेत् प्रातः समवाये द्विजन्मनाम्।
सायं च पुण्यश्लोकस्य ध्रुवस्य चरितं महत्॥४८॥
पौर्णमास्यां सिनीवाल्यां द्वादश्यां श्रवणेऽथवा।
दिनक्षये व्यतीपाते सङ्क्रमेऽर्कदिनेऽपि वा॥४९॥
श्रावयेच्छ्रद्दधानानां तीर्थपादपदाश्रयः।
नेच्छंस्तत्रात्मनात्मानं सन्तुष्ट इति सिध्यति॥५०॥
—श्रीमद्भागवते ४-१२

कुर्यादपरपक्षीयं मासि प्रौष्ठपदे द्विजः।
श्राद्धं पित्रोर्यथावित्तं तद्बन्धूनां च वित्तवान्॥१९॥
अयने विषुवे कुर्याद् व्यतीपाते दिनक्षये।
त एते श्रेयसः काला नृणां श्रेयोविवर्धनाः।
कुर्यात्सर्वात्मनैतेषु श्रेयोऽमोघं तदायुषः॥२४॥
एषु स्‍नानं जपो होमो व्रतं देवद्विजार्चनम्।
पितृदेवनृभूतेभ्यो यद्दत्तं तद्ध्यनश्वरम्॥२५॥
—श्रीमद्भागवते ७-१४

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