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
Daily Panchang
AvailableThe 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
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
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
Hindu Calendar Details
AvailableShaka, 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
Rahu Kaal & Inauspicious Periods
AvailableRahu 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
Abhijit & Auspicious Periods
AvailableBrahma Muhurta, Abhijit, Vijaya, Godhuli, Pratah and Sayahna Sandhya and Nishita.
- Input
- Date and place
- Output
- JSON
- Delivery
- Direct response
- Compute class
- Standard
Choghadiya
AvailableEight day and eight night Choghadiya periods with their nature.
- Input
- Date and place
- Output
- JSON
- Delivery
- Direct response
- Compute class
- Standard
Hora Table
AvailableTwelve day and twelve night planetary horas with their lord, nature and times.
- Input
- Date and place
- Output
- JSON
- Delivery
- Direct response
- Compute class
- Standard
Disha Shoola & Vasa
AvailableDisha 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
Tarabalam & Chandrabalam
AvailableChandra 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
Sunrise Chart & Planet Positions
AvailableThe 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
Festivals of the Day
AvailableNames of the festivals falling on the day at the place.
- Input
- Date and place
- Output
- JSON
- Delivery
- Direct response
- Compute class
- Standard
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
Special Day Yogas
AvailableThe 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
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
Day Quality Heatmap
AvailableThe 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
Monthly Panchang
AvailablePanchang for every day of a month at one place.
- Input
- Date and place
- Output
- JSON
- Delivery
- Direct response
- Compute class
- Heavy
Panchanga Sequence & Udaya Lagna
AvailableEvery 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
Tamil Solar Calendar
AvailableTamil 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
Gowri Panchangam & Nalla Neram
AvailableGowri 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
Tyajyam (All Kinds)
AvailableNakshatra, 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
Varjyam Windows
AvailableVarjyam 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
Anandadi Yoga
AvailableThe 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
Eclipses, Equinoxes & Solstices
AvailableEvery 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
Ingresses & Stations
AvailableSign 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.