2024-11-21

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कार्त्तिकः-08-21 ,कर्कटः-पुष्यः🌛🌌 , वृश्चिकः-अनूराधा-08-06🌞🌌 , ऊर्जः-08-30🌞🪐 , गुरुः

  • Indian civil date: 1946-08-30, Islamic: 1446-05-19 Jumādā al-ʾAwwal/ʾŪlā, 🌌🌞: सं- वृश्चिकः, तं- कार्त्तिगै, म- वृश्चिकं, प- मग्घर, अ- आघोण
  • संवत्सरः - क्रोधी
  • वर्षसङ्ख्या 🌛- शकाब्दः 1946, विक्रमाब्दः 2081, कलियुगे 5125
  • 🪐🌞ऋतुमानम् — शरदृतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌌🌞सौरमानम् — शरदृतुः दक्षिणायनम्
  • 🌛चान्द्रमानम् — शरदृतुः कार्त्तिकः (≈ऊर्जः)

खचक्रस्थितिः

  • |🌞-🌛|तिथिः — कृष्ण-षष्ठी►17:03; कृष्ण-सप्तमी►
  • 🌌🌛नक्षत्रम् — पुष्यः►15:33; आश्रेषा► (कर्कटः)
  • 🌌🌞सौर-नक्षत्रम् — अनूराधा►
    • राशि-मासः — कार्त्तिकः►
  • 🌛+🌞योगः — शुक्लः►11:56; ब्राह्मः►
  • २|🌛-🌞|करणम् — वणिजा►17:03; भद्रा►29:29!; बवम्►
  • 🌌🌛- चन्द्राष्टम-राशिः—धनुः
  • 🌞-🪐 अमूढग्रहाः - बुधः (-21.66° → -21.26°), मङ्गलः (114.63° → 115.45°), शनिः (-103.52° → -102.52°), गुरुः (160.73° → 161.86°), शुक्रः (-41.81° → -41.98°)

राशयः
शनि — कुम्भः►. गुरु — वृषभः►. मङ्गल — कर्कटः►. शुक्र — धनुः►. बुध — वृश्चिकः►. राहु — मीनः►. केतु — कन्या►.

दिनमान-कालविभागाः

  • 🌅—06:24-12:05🌞-17:46🌇
⬇ ⬆ ⬇
चन्द्रः ⬇11:18 ⬆23:08
शनिः ⬆13:19 ⬇01:04*
गुरुः ⬇07:49 ⬆19:02
मङ्गलः ⬇11:03 ⬆22:24
शुक्रः ⬆09:28 ⬇20:43
बुधः ⬆08:00 ⬇19:14
राहुः ⬆14:28 ⬇02:28*
केतुः ⬇14:28 ⬆02:28*
  • 🌞⚝भट्टभास्कर-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः—06:24-07:50; साङ्गवः—09:15-10:40; मध्याह्नः—12:05-13:30; अपराह्णः—14:55-16:21; सायाह्नः—17:46-19:21
  • 🌞⚝सायण-मते वीर्यवन्तः— प्रातः-मु॰1—06:24-07:10; प्रातः-मु॰2—07:10-07:55; साङ्गवः-मु॰2—09:26-10:11; पूर्वाह्णः-मु॰2—11:42-12:28; अपराह्णः-मु॰2—13:59-14:44; सायाह्नः-मु॰2—16:15-17:00; सायाह्नः-मु॰3—17:00-17:46
  • 🌞कालान्तरम्— ब्राह्मं मुहूर्तम्—04:43-05:34; मध्यरात्रिः—22:49-01:21
  • राहुकालः—13:30-14:55; यमघण्टः—06:24-07:50; गुलिककालः—09:15-10:40
  • शूलम्—दक्षिणा (►13:59); परिहारः–तैलम्

उत्सवाः

  • अनध्यायः, गुरुपुष्य-योगः, तेग-बहादुर-हत्या #३४९, सहो-मासः/हेमन्तऋतुः, सायन-षडशीति-पुण्यकालः, सायन-सङ्क्रमण-दिन-अपराह्ण-पुण्यकालः

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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गुरुपुष्य-योगः

  • →15:33

When Pushya nakshatra falls on a Thursday, 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. 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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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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सायन-सङ्क्रमण-दिन-अपराह्ण-पुण्यकालः

  • 12:05→17:46

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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सहो-मासः/हेमन्तऋतुः

  • 01:26→

Beginning of sahō-māsaḥ, marked by the transit of Sun into the 9th division of the tropical zodiac. Also marks the beginning of hēmantar̥tuḥ. 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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तेग-बहादुर-हत्या #३४९

Event occured on 1675-11-21 (gregorian). Julian date was converted to Gregorian in this reckoning.

tyAga-malla, aka guru tegh bahAdur, father of guru govind singh, was beheaded on this day by Jalal-ud-din Jallad on Awrangzeb’s orders under a banyan tree opposite the Sunheri Masjid near the Kotwali in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, were he’d been imprisoned.

Context

tyAgamalla had been arrested with some of his followers, including the mohyAl brAhmins Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das. They refused to convert to Islam. Bhai Mati Das was made to stand erect between two posts and a double headed saw was placed on his head and he was sawed from his head to his loins.

Aftermath

His head was carried by Bhai Jaita to Anandpur, where the nine-year-old Guru Gobind Singh cremated it (The gurdwara at this spot is also called Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib). The body, before it could be quartered, was stolen under the cover of darkness by Lakhi Shah Vanjara, another disciple, who carried it in a cart of hay and cremated it by burning his hut. Gurdwara Sis Ganj Sahib, was built at Chandni Chowk at the site of the execution.

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