पञ्चाङ्ग — Perth, Australia · 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

Perth, Australia — सूर्य/चन्द्र समय (Solar & Lunar Timings · SGT/MYT)

Sūryodaya (Sunrise)	06:52 SGT/MYT
Sūryāsta (Sunset)	17:34 SGT/MYT
Madhyāhna (Solar Noon)	12:13 SGT/MYT
Candrodaya (Moonrise)	12:48 SGT/MYT
Candrāsta (Moonset)	23:30 SGT/MYT
Dinamāna (Day Duration)	10 Hours 41 Mins 48 Secs
Rātrimāna (Night Duration)	13 Hours 18 Mins 12 Secs

शुभ मुहूर्त — Auspicious Timings

Brahma Muhūrta	05:27 – 06:09
Prātaḥ Sandhyā	05:59 – 06:52
Abhijit Muhūrta	11:52 – 12:34
Vijaya Muhūrta	14:00 – 14:43
Godhūli Muhūrta	17:22 – 17:46
Sāyāhna Sandhyā	17:34 – 18:01
Amṛta Kāla	17:19 – 19:04
Niśīta Muhūrta	23:52 – 00:34

अशुभ काल — Inauspicious Timings (avoid)

Rāhu Kāla	12:13 – 13:33
Yamaganda	08:12 – 09:33
Gulika Kāla	10:53 – 12:13
Varjyam	07:19 – 07:36
Dur Muhūrta	09:22 – 09:43

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	06:52 – 08:12 (auspicious)
Day-2 Amṛta	08:12 – 09:33 (auspicious)
Day-3 Kāla	09:33 – 10:53 (inauspicious)
Day-4 Śubha	10:53 – 12:13 (auspicious)
Day-5 Roga	12:13 – 13:33 (inauspicious)
Day-6 Udveg	13:33 – 14:53 (inauspicious)
Day-7 Chala	14:53 – 16:14 (neutral)
Day-8 Labha	16:14 – 17:34 (auspicious)

Choghaḍiyā Night Windows

Night-1 Udveg	17:34 – 19:14 (inauspicious)
Night-2 Chala	19:14 – 20:53 (neutral)
Night-3 Labha	20:53 – 22:33 (auspicious)
Night-4 Amṛta	22:33 – 00:13 (auspicious)
Night-5 Kāla	00:13 – 01:53 (inauspicious)
Night-6 Śubha	01:53 – 03:33 (auspicious)
Night-7 Roga	03:33 – 05:12 (inauspicious)
Night-8 Udveg	05:12 – 06:52 (inauspicious)

Coordinates

Latitude: -31.9505°

Longitude: 115.8605°

Timezone: UTC+8

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)