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Auspicious vidyārambha dates in Colombo, Sri Lanka
April 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 — April 2026
✓ Dhanishta nakshatra · Krishna Ekadashi tithi · Monday
✓ Punarvasu nakshatra · Shukla Saptami tithi · Thursday
✓ Swati nakshatra · Krishna Dwitiya tithi
✗ Saturday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shravana nakshatra · Krishna Dashami tithi
✗ Sunday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Shatabhisha nakshatra · Krishna Dwadashi tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Mrigashira nakshatra · Shukla Panchami tithi
✗ Tuesday is not a preferred weekday
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Thursday
✗ Purnima tithi is not preferred
✓ Anuradha nakshatra · Monday
✗ Chaturthi tithi is not preferred · Rikta tithi (Chaturthi)
✓ Hasta nakshatra · Wednesday
✗ Trayodashi tithi is not preferred
✓ Chitra nakshatra · Friday
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred · Vyaghata yoga is inauspicious
✓ Revati nakshatra · Friday
✗ Amāvāsya (new moon) — avoid new beginnings · Vaidhriti yoga is inauspicious
✓ Ashwini nakshatra
✗ Pratipada tithi is not preferred · Saturday 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.