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Panchang for Colombo — 24 December 2026

Shukla Purnima tithi, Ardra nakshatra · Thursday · (6.9271°, 79.8612°)

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

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 — 06:18 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 06:58 AMPurna tithi — auspicious and supportive.
WeekdayThursdayMost auspicious — marriage, education, religion, wealth, children.
NakshatraArdra · pada 1until 01:47 AMTikshna nakshatra — Incantation, confrontation, severing ties — avoid auspicious karmas.
YogaShuklauntil 12:51 PMAuspicious nitya-yoga — supports the day's works.
KaranaBavauntil 06:58 AMMovable karana — generally workable for most activities.
What the quality words mean

Sun & Moon

Sunrise06:18 AM
Sunset06:02 PM
Moonrise06:32 PM
Moonset06:18 AM
Moon inGemini
Sun inSagittarius
Ayana · Ritu (season)Dakshinayana · Hemanta

Auspicious windows

Abhijit Muhurta11:46 AM – 12:33 PM
Brahma Muhurta04:42 AM – 05:30 AM
Amrit Kalam05:22 PM – 06:46 PM

Inauspicious — avoid

Rahu Kalam01:38 PM – 03:06 PM
Gulika Kalam09:14 AM – 10:42 AM
Yamaganda06:18 AM – 07:46 AM
Varjyam09:01 AM – 10:24 AM
Durmuhurta01:20 PM – 02:07 PM
Durmuhurta04:28 PM – 05:15 PM

Day Choghadiya

Shubh06:18 AM – 07:46 AMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog07:46 AM – 09:14 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg09:14 AM – 10:42 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara10:42 AM – 12:10 PMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh12:10 PM – 01:38 PMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit01:38 PM – 03:06 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal03:06 PM – 04:34 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh04:34 PM – 06:02 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education

Night Choghadiya

Amrit06:02 PM – 07:34 PMNectar — best for all auspicious works
Kaal07:34 PM – 09:06 PMDeath — accumulation of wealth, litigation; avoid auspicious starts
Shubh09:06 PM – 10:38 PMAuspicious — marriage, ceremonies, education
Rog10:38 PM – 12:10 AMDisease — conflict, debt recovery; avoid auspicious starts
Udveg12:10 AM – 01:42 AMAnxiety — government/agitating work only; avoid auspicious starts
Chara01:42 AM – 03:14 AMMovable — travel, vehicles, changeable work
Laabh03:14 AM – 04:46 AMGain — business, trade, new ventures
Amrit04:46 AM – 06:18 AMNectar — best for all auspicious works

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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