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Panchang & almanac

Daily and monthly panchang, timing tables, calendars, eclipses and planetary events for a date and place.

The Panchang & almanac family has 25 capabilities, 25 callable today on API v1. Each one is a single POST with a JSON body, priced in credits per successful call.

25 capabilities

  1. The full panchang for one day at one place: limbs, Sun and Moon times, calendar, auspicious and inauspicious periods, choghadiya, hora, festivals, balas, sunrise chart, doshas and more.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  2. The vara, tithi with paksha, nakshatra, yoga and the karanas of the day, each with its end time.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  3. Sunrise, sunset, solar noon, moonrise, moonset, the Moon's sign and its phase with illumination.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  4. Shaka, Vikram and Kali samvat, amanta and purnimanta month, adhik/kshaya masa flags, ritu, ayana and day and night length.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  5. Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika Kaal, Dur Muhurtam, Kulika, Kantaka-Mrityu, Kalavela and Yamaghanta windows for the day.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  6. Brahma Muhurta, Abhijit, Vijaya, Godhuli, Pratah and Sayahna Sandhya and Nishita.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  7. Choghadiya

    Available

    Eight day and eight night Choghadiya periods with their nature.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  8. Hora Table

    Available

    Twelve day and twelve night planetary horas with their lord, nature and times.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  9. Disha shoola, Chandra/Rahu/Shoola vasa, Shiva vasa, Agnivasa, Bhadravasa, homahuti and Kumbha chakra.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  10. Chandra bala of each Moon sign for the day, and tara bala for each birth nakshatra now and after the day's nakshatra changes.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  11. The chart cast at sunrise: lagna, the twelve houses and each planet's sign, degree, nakshatra, house, dignity and retrograde/combust flags.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  12. Names of the festivals falling on the day at the place.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  13. Whether and when Panchak, Ganda Mool, Bhadra (Vishti) and Vinchudo run on the day.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  14. The day's special yogas (Ravi yoga and others), each with whether it is active, its category, a description and when it ends.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  15. The sankalpa text for the day and whether it is a Manvadi, Yugadi or Kalpadi tithi.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  16. The day and night split into time slots, each with a score, a band and the auspicious and inauspicious periods it contains.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  17. Panchang for every day of a month at one place.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Heavy
  18. Every tithi, karana, nakshatra and pada, yoga, Moon sign and Udaya Lagna that runs from sunrise to the next sunrise, with start and end times.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  19. Tamil year, month and date from the Sun's sidereal sign, and the day-types.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  20. Gowri Panchangam periods for the day and night, the auspicious Nalla Neram windows and the day's Amritadi yoga.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  21. Nakshatra, tithi, vara, karana, lagna and Gowri tyajyam windows for the day, each with its cause, plus the dosha check and Amrita Kalam.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  22. Varjyam windows touching one day with their nakshatra and start ghatika, disputed ones flagged, plus the Amrita Kalam windows.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  23. Anandadi Yoga

    Available

    The 28-fold weekday-and-nakshatra yoga for the day with its transition times.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Standard
  24. Every solar and lunar eclipse of a year with type, global contacts and local visibility, magnitude and sutak, plus the equinoxes and solstices.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Heavy
  25. Sign and nakshatra ingresses (Sankrantis for the Sun) and retrograde/direct stations over a date range.

    Input
    Date and place
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Heavy

Panchang & almanac API: common questions

What does the Panchang & almanac API cover?

Daily and monthly panchang, timing tables, calendars, eclipses and planetary events for a date and place. It includes Daily Panchang, Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana & Vara, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonrise & Twilights, Hindu Calendar Details and Rahu Kaal & Inauspicious Periods and 20 more.

How are Panchang & almanac calls priced?

Per successful call: 1 credit and 3 credits, depending on the capability. See pricing.

Where is the technical reference?

In the Panchang & almanac reference, with endpoints, inputs and example responses.