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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Colombo, Sri Lanka
February 2026 · Asia/Colombo · ranked by panchānga (no birth chart needed)
Beginning learning: a Mercury/Jupiter-friendly nakshatra, Uttarāyaṇa preferred, the 8th empty. Each day below is scored purely on chart-independent factors — tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga and karana — with a good lagna window for Colombo. See today's full panchāṅga for Colombo →
These dates ignore your birth chart.
The classical method also weighs your janma nakshatra (tāra bala), Moon sign (chandra bala) and the muhūrta chart against your horoscope. Rank these same days for your chart — free, deterministic, no AI.
Rank these for YOUR chart →Best vidyārambha dates — February 2026
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Krishna Panchami tithi · Friday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Dashami tithi · Thursday
✓ Ardra nakshatra · Shukla Ekadashi tithi · Friday
✓ Ashwini nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Shukla Dwadashi tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred
✓ Swati nakshatra · Krishna Saptami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday · Ganda yoga is inauspicious · Vishti karana is inauspicious
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Navami tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Navami) · Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Monday
✗ Chaturdashi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturdashi) · Shakuni karana is inauspicious
✓ Shukla Dwitiya tithi · Thursday
✗ Purva Bhadrapada is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Shukla Tritiya tithi · Friday
✗ Uttara Bhadrapada is not among the preferred nakshatras
✓ Krishna Dwitiya tithi
✗ Magha is not among the preferred nakshatras · Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
Every day this month at a glance
Score = share of the chart-independent panchānga factors met (tithi, vāra, nakshatra, yoga, karana). Eclipse days score 0.
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Computed deterministically with a license-clean Vedic engine (astronomy-engine, VSOP87-grade). Lahiri ayanāṁśa, drik gaṇita, grounded in Ch.36 Table 79. Advisory only — for a chart-specific muhūrta, open the finder.