Colombo Panchangam — Friday, 16 October 2026
Ashwina Masa · Shukla Shashthi
for Colombo
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Sun & Moon
- Sunrise
- 05:57 AM
- Sunset
- 05:55 PM
- Moonrise
- 10:33 AM
- Moonset
- 10:20 PM
Panchangam day runs to next sunrise, 05:57 AM
Sun's path today
Timings through the day
AuspiciousInauspicious
- Brahma Muhurta04:21 AM – 05:09 AM
- Auspicious window05:57 AM – 07:27 AM
- Gulika Kalam07:27 AM – 08:57 AM
- Durmuhurtam08:21 AM – 09:09 AM
- Auspicious window09:56 AM – 10:26 AM
- Rahu Kalam10:26 AM – 11:56 AM
- Abhijit Muhurta11:32 AM – 12:20 PM
- Durmuhurtam12:20 PM – 01:08 PM
- Auspicious window01:08 PM – 02:56 PM
- Yamagandam02:56 PM – 04:25 PM
- Auspicious window04:55 PM – 05:55 PM
The hours ruled by the benefic planets — Jupiter, Venus, Mercury and the Moon — with rahu kalam, yamagandam, gulika, durmuhurtam and varjyam removed. Stricter than most printed panchangams, on purpose.
The five limbs
- Tithi
- Shukla Shashthiuntil 05:56 AM (next day)then Shukla Saptami
- Nakshatra
- Jyeshthauntil 06:48 AMthen Mula
- Yoga
- Shobhanauntil 10:05 PMthen Atiganda
- Karana
- Kaulavauntil 04:40 PMthen Taitila · until 05:56 AM (next day)then Gara · until 07:13 PM (next day)
- Masa
- Ashwina
- Vaara
- Friday
- Shraddha tithi
- Shukla ShashthiThe tithi in aparahna, by which shraddha and tarpana are reckoned.
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About this day
Sharad Navaratri (Dasara) falls today. The tithi at sunrise is Shukla Shashthi, running until 05:56 AM, in the month of Ashwina. The moon stands in Jyeshtha, the eldest — seniority, protection, and its burden, which holds until 06:48 AM.
The day begins at 05:57 AM and closes at 05:55 PM. Rahu kalam runs 10:26 AM to 11:56 AM, and abhijit muhurta — the window traditionally open to almost anything — falls between 11:32 AM and 12:20 PM. Where a festival has its own prescribed hour, that rule takes precedence over the general reading.
The yoga is Shobhana and the karana Kaulava, the moon stands in Kanya. Abhijit muhurta, the window centred on solar noon, falls between 11:32 AM and 12:20 PM. All of these are computed for Colombo; change the city in the header and they move with it.
Timings are computed astronomically for the selected city. Printed and regional panchangams can differ, and practice can differ by a day — please confirm important dates with the panchangam your family follows.