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Festivals & muhurta

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Religious Calendars API

A year of observances for one tradition: hindu-solar (Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Vaisakhi, Vishu, Pohela Boishakh, Onam), christian and orthodox (Easter by each computus, and the feasts from it), islamic (Hijri dates of Ramadan, the Eids, Muharram, Mawlid and more), sikh, jain or buddhist, each with its basis and convention; search narrows it to one observance and upcoming gives the next 12 months from today.

  • POST /v1/festivals-muhurta/religious-calendar
  • 3 credits
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curl https://api.96astroapi.com/v1/festivals-muhurta/religious-calendar \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ASTRO_API_KEY" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{
      "year": 2026,
      "tradition": "islamic",
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
      "latitude": 28.6139,
      "longitude": 77.209
    }'

Overview

A year of observances for one tradition: hindu-solar (Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Vaisakhi, Vishu, Pohela Boishakh, Onam), christian and orthodox (Easter by each computus, and the feasts from it), islamic (Hijri dates of Ramadan, the Eids, Muharram, Mawlid and more), sikh, jain or buddhist, each with its basis and convention; search narrows it to one observance and upcoming gives the next 12 months from today.

Call it with POST /v1/festivals-muhurta/religious-calendar. Input: date and place. Output: JSON, as a direct response. Each successful call costs 3 credits.

  • POST /v1/festivals-muhurta/religious-calendar
  • 3 credits
  • Date and place

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Example response

Fields in dataMeasured from 3 real answers to different inputs: a required field was in every one.

  • yearnumber
  • traditionstring
  • latitudenumber
  • longitudenumber
  • timezonestring
  • conventionstring
  • searchany
  • countnumber
  • daysarray of object
200Example response

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Request schema and every field: the Festivals & muhurta reference.

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FAQ

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01What does the Religious Calendars API return?

A year of observances for one tradition: hindu-solar (Makar Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Vaisakhi, Vishu, Pohela Boishakh, Onam), christian and orthodox (Easter by each computus, and the feasts from it), islamic (Hijri dates of Ramadan, the Eids, Muharram, Mawlid and more), sikh, jain or buddhist, each with its basis and convention; search narrows it to one observance and upcoming gives the next 12 months from today. The response's data object includes year, tradition, latitude, longitude, timezone, convention, search and count. See the reference for an example response.

02What input does Religious Calendars need?

Date and place.

03How much does a Religious Calendars call cost?

3 credits per successful call; a failed call is not charged. Plans and top-ups are on the pricing page.

04Can I try it before paying?

Yes. Every account gets sandbox keys and trial credits, so you can call it from your own code before choosing a plan.