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Panchang for Colombo — 1 August 2026

Krishna Tritiya tithi, Shatabhisha nakshatra · Saturday · (6.9271°, 79.8612°)

Dina Shuddhi (day purity): Shuddha (Pure)Vikram Samvat 2083 (Siddharthi)Shaka Samvat 1948Karka (Ashadha)

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 — 06:04 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
TithiKrishna Tritiyauntil 11:07 PMJaya tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdaySaturdayLabour, iron, oil, long-term work — avoid auspicious starts.
NakshatraShatabhisha · pada 2until 08:45 PMChara nakshatra — Travel, vehicles, gardens, changeable and movable works.
YogaShobhanauntil 11:23 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaVanijauntil 10:53 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:04 AM
Sunset06:30 PM
Moonrise08:35 PM
Moonset08:00 AM
Moon inAquarius
Sun inCancer
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Grishma

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:52 AM – 12:41 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:28 AM – 05:16 AM
Amrit Kalam01:15 PM – 02:56 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam09:10 AM – 10:43 AM
Gulika Kalam06:04 AM – 07:37 AM
Yamaganda01:50 PM – 03:23 PM
Varjyam
Durmuhurta09:22 AM – 10:12 AM
Durmuhurta02:21 PM – 03:11 PM

Day Choghadiya

Kaal06:04 AM – 07:37 AMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh07:37 AM – 09:10 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog09:10 AM – 10:43 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg10:43 AM – 12:17 PMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara12:17 PM – 01:50 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh01:50 PM – 03:23 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit03:23 PM – 04:56 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal04:56 PM – 06:30 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts

Night Choghadiya

Laabh06:30 PM – 07:56 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit07:56 PM – 09:23 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal09:23 PM – 10:50 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh10:50 PM – 12:17 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog12:17 AM – 01:43 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg01:43 AM – 03:10 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara03:10 AM – 04:37 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh04:37 AM – 06:04 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures

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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