पञ्चाङ्ग — Port Louis, Mauritius · May 7, 2014 CE

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वैशाखी · Baisakhi (Vaiśākhī)Regional

🪷 Today's Bhagavad-Gītā · The Daily Darśana

BG 3.36 · Chapter 3 · कर्मयोग · Karma-Yoga

अर्जुन उवाच

अथ केन प्रयुक्तोऽयं पापं चरति पूरुषः।

अनिच्छन्नपि वार्ष्णेय बलादिव नियोजितः।।3.36।।

"3.36 Arjuna asked: My Lord! Tell me, what is it that drives a man to sin, even against his will and as if by compulsion?" — Shri Purohit Swami

→ Enter BG 3.36's full darśana · all 5 English translations + classical ācārya commentaries

तिथि-निर्णय — Calendar Conversions

Lunar Month: Vaiśākha (Vaiśākha Śukla Pakṣa)

Vikram Saṁvat: 2071 Plavaṅga

Śaka Saṁvat: 1936 Jaya

Bengali Saṁvat: 1421

Malayalam Era: 1190

Nanakshahi: 545

Solar Month: Mēsha (Cittirai / Vaiśākhī)

Ṛtu (Season): Vasanta (Spring)

पञ्चाङ्ग — Five Limbs

तिथि (Tithi)	Śukla Aṣṭamī (8/30)
नक्षत्र (Nakshatra)	Āśleṣā Pada 2
योग (Yoga)	Vṛddhi
करण (Karaṇa)	Bava
वार (Vāra)	Budhavāra (Wednesday)

सप्त-ग्रह — Seven Grahas (sidereal Lahiri)

Graha	Longitude	Rāśi	Nakshatra
सूर्य Sūrya	22.37°	Meṣa	Bharaṇī P3
चन्द्र Candra	111.39°	Karka	Aśleṣā P2
मङ्गल Maṅgala	165.81°	Kanyā	Hasta P2
बुध Budha	34.57°	Vṛṣabha	Kṛttikā P3
गुरु Bṛhaspati	81.17°	Mithuna	Punarvasu P1
शुक्र Śukra	340.31°	Mīna	Uttara Bhādrapadā P3
शनि Śani	206.01°	Tulā	Viśākhā P2

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

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:28 GST/MUT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:45 GST/MUT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:06 GST/MUT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:24 GST/MUT
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:41 GST/MUT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	11 Hours 16 Mins 43 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	12 Hours 43 Mins 17 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	04:58 – 05:43
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:32 – 06:28
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:44 – 12:29
Vijaya Muhūrta	13:59 – 14:44
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:33 – 17:57
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:45 – 18:13
Amṛta Kāla	17:30 – 19:15
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:44 – 00:29

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:06 – 13:31
Yamaganda	07:53 – 09:17
Gulika Kāla	10:42 – 12:06
Varjyam	06:56 – 07:14
Dur Muhūrta	09:06 – 09:29

दिशा शूल — Directional + Vasa

Diśā Śūla (avoid travel): North (Uttara)

Candra Vāsa: South-West

Rāhu Vāsa: South-West

Ānandādi Yoga: Amṛta (Auspicious)

Drik Ṛtu: Vasanta (Spring) (Drik)

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 Labha	06:28 – 07:53 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	07:53 – 09:17 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:17 – 10:42 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:42 – 12:06 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:06 – 13:31 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:31 – 14:56 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:56 – 16:20 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:20 – 17:45 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:45 – 19:20 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:20 – 20:56 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:56 – 22:31 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:31 – 00:06 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:06 – 01:42 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:42 – 03:17 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:17 – 04:53 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	04:53 – 06:28 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -20.1609°

Longitude: 57.5012°

Timezone: UTC+4

आज की यात्रा — Today's Walk

🚶 Budha Walk (बुध यात्रा)

6 steps · graha walk
Budhavāra (Wednesday) — its presiding graha's walk.

Discrimination + BG 2.41 (vyavasāyātmikā buddhi).

🌌 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	5116
Ahargaṇa (days from Kali epoch)	1868319.27
Julian Day	2456784.770833
Ayanamsa (Lahiri)	24.0534°
Sun-Moon angle (elongation)	90.04°

🪷 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 (24.0534°), declination 16.75°, EoT 3.51 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: 2014-05-07 (deterministic · request-time stamp removed for cache-friendliness)