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Panchang for Colombo — 1 May 2026

Shukla Purnima tithi, Swati nakshatra · Friday · (6.9271°, 79.8612°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Partial (3/4)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Mesha (Chaitra)

A pañcāṅga is the day's five limbs — tithi, vāra, nakṣatra, yoga and karaṇa. All five come from the real positions of the Sun and Moon and change through the day, so they are reckoned from Colombo (6.9271°, 79.8612°)'s own sunrise — 05:57 AM here today rather than from a national average. Below are today's five with the time each ends, and then the day's auspicious and inauspicious windows.

What it means
TithiShukla Purnimauntil 10:53 PMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayFridayArts, music, marriage, vehicles, luxury, pleasure.
NakshatraSwati · pada 1until 04:35 AMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaSiddhiuntil 09:13 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVishtiuntil 10:00 AMViṣṭi (also called Bhadrā) karaṇa — avoid all auspicious works; suited to harsh deeds.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise05:57 AM
Sunset06:19 PM
Moonrise06:06 PM
Moonset05:18 AM
Moon inLibra
Sun inAries
Ayana · Ritu (season)Uttarayana · Vasanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:43 AM – 12:32 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:21 AM – 05:09 AM
Amrit Kalam06:53 PM – 08:38 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam10:35 AM – 12:08 PM
Gulika Kalam07:29 AM – 09:02 AM
Yamaganda03:13 PM – 04:46 PM
Varjyam08:21 AM – 10:06 AM
Durmuhurta10:53 AM – 11:43 AM
Durmuhurta02:11 PM – 03:01 PM

Day Choghadiya

Chara05:57 AM – 07:29 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh07:29 AM – 09:02 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit09:02 AM – 10:35 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal10:35 AM – 12:08 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh12:08 PM – 01:40 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog01:40 PM – 03:13 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg03:13 PM – 04:46 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara04:46 PM – 06:19 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work

Night Choghadiya

Rog06:19 PM – 07:46 PMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg07:46 PM – 09:13 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara09:13 PM – 10:40 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh10:40 PM – 12:08 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit12:08 AM – 01:35 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal01:35 AM – 03:02 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh03:02 AM – 04:29 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog04:29 AM – 05:57 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts

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Sources & citations

P Sun/Moon sidereal longitudes via Swiss Ephemeris (pyswisseph), Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa
T1 Surya Siddhanta — tithi=Moon−Sun/12°, nakshatra=Moon/13°20′, yoga=(Sun+Moon)/13°20′, karana=half-tithi
T3 Rahu/Yamaganda/Gulika kalam — 8 equal day-octants by weekday (standard panchang convention)
T2 Prasna Marga — Visha (Varjyam) & Amrita ghati table per nakshatra
T2 Muhurta Chintamani — auspicious/inauspicious yogas, masa/ritu/ayana
T2 Abhijit = the midday muhurta — Jaimini Sutras, B. S. Rao 1955, commentator's note to Su.27: “The mid-day goes under the name of Abhijit and is considered as very auspicious for all work. It cuts away all evils. Abhijit sarva doshaghnam.” Day divided into 15 muhurtas of 2 ghati each, varying with daylength — Brihat Parasara Hora Sastra (Tara Chandra Shastri / Khemaraja edition)
T3 Durmuhurta — muhurta slots by weekday (standard panchang convention; no verse for it in our library, so it is not cited to one)
T3 Muhurta Chintamani — Choghadiya/Kalahora prakarana; weekday-rotated 7-cycle