पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · April 5, 563 BCE

Also observed today

वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 18.72 · Chapter 18 · मोक्षसंन्यासयोग · Mokṣa-Sannyāsa-Yoga

कच्चिदेतच्छ्रुतं पार्थ त्वयैकाग्रेण चेतसा।कच्चिदज्ञानसंमोहः प्रनष्टस्ते धनञ्जय।।18.72।।

"18.72 O Arjuna! Hast thou listened attentively to My words? Has thy ignorance and thy delusion gone?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 18.72's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: -505

Śaka Saṁvat: -640

Bengali Saṁvat: -1155

Malayalam Era: -1386

Nanakshahi: -2031

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 4
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Śukravāra (Friday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	25.79°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P4
चन्द्र Candra	119.98°	Karka	Āśleṣā P4
मङ्गल Maṅgala	359.44°	Mīna	Revatī P4
बुध Budha	36.57°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	21.72°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
शुक्र Śukra	67.67°	Mithuna	Ārdrā P1
शनि Śani	46.88°	Vṛṣabha	Rohiṇī P3

Port Louis, Mauritius — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · GST/MUT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:18 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	18:09 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:13 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	13:02 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:58 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 51 Mins 02 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 08 Mins 58 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:43 – 05:30
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:18 – 06:18
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:49 – 12:37
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:12 – 14:59
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:57 – 18:21
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	18:09 – 18:38
Amṛta Kāla	17:54 – 19:39
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:49 – 00:37

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	10:44 – 12:13
Yamaganda	15:11 – 16:40
Gulika Kāla	07:46 – 09:15
Varjyam	06:47 – 07:06
Dur Muhūrta	09:03 – 09:27

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): West (Paścim)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-East

Ānandādi Yoga: Ānanda (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Vedic Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring)

Drik Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

Vedic Ayana: Uttarāyaṇa

तारा-चन्द्र बल — Tara & Chandra Bala

Favorable Nakshatras (Tara Bala, 15/27):
Aśvinī · Bharaṇī · Kṛttikā · Rohiṇī · Mṛgaśirā · Maghā · Pūrva Phalgunī · Uttara Phalgunī · Hasta · Citrā · Mūla · Pūrva Āṣāḍhā · Uttara Āṣāḍhā · Śravaṇa · Dhaniṣṭhā

Favorable Rāśis (Chandra Bala, 6/12):
Meṣa · Vṛṣabha · Karka · Kanyā · Dhanu · Makara

चौघड़िया — Choghaḍiyā Day Windows

Day-1 Chala	06:18 – 07:46 (neutral)
Day-2 Labha	07:46 – 09:15 (auspicious)
Day-3 Amṛta	09:15 – 10:44 (auspicious)
Day-4 Kāla	10:44 – 12:13 (inauspicious)
Day-5 Śubha	12:13 – 13:42 (auspicious)
Day-6 Roga	13:42 – 15:11 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Udveg	15:11 – 16:40 (inauspicious)
Day-8 Chala	16:40 – 18:09 (neutral)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Roga	18:09 – 19:40 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Udveg	19:40 – 21:11 (inauspicious)
Night-3 Chala	21:11 – 22:42 (neutral)
Night-4 Labha	22:42 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Amṛta	00:13 – 01:44 (auspicious)
Night-6 Kāla	01:44 – 03:15 (inauspicious)
Night-7 Śubha	03:15 – 04:46 (auspicious)
Night-8 Roga	04:46 – 06:18 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -20.1609°

Longitude: 57.5012°

Timezone: UTC+4

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Śukra Walk (शुक्र यात्रा)

5 steps · graha walk
Śukravāra (Friday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Beauty + creativity in dharma + BG 10.36.

🌌 Cosmic-Historical Resonance

Today's Śukla Aṣṭamī + Āśleṣā alignment also occurred on:

-3137-12-25 — Bhīṣma's Mahaprasthan (same Śukla Aṣṭamī)

Cosmic Time

Kali Year	2540
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	927416.27
Julian Day	1515881.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	-11.9326°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	94.19°

🪷 Provenance & Methodology
Substrate: Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta
Method: Sūrya Siddhānta + Bhāskara-II iterative manda + Kerala-school (Mādhava-Nīlakaṇṭha) evection + variation + annual equation
Tier-2 city localization: spherical astronomy + Lahiri ayanamsa (-11.9326°), declination 5.46°, EoT -3.10 min · verified ±1 min vs Drikpanchang
Lineage: Bhṛgu → Vyāsa → Āryabhaṭa → Brahmagupta → Bhāskara II → Mādhava → Parameśvara → Nīlakaṇṭha → Vidhyamitra Sūrya-Siddhānta substrate
Access: Self-hosted substrate · the deployed website IS the public offering · source not distributed
Computed for: -0562-04-05 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)