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Indian Calendar, the Panchang in Your Pocket

A Hindu calendar, a daily panchang and the small daily checks of Indian life in one free app. Festivals and public holidays, today's tithi and nakshatra, the Rahu Kaal window, and three calendar systems side by side. Most of it works with no internet.

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Calendar systems: 3
Platforms: Android, iOS and web
Languages: English and Hindi
Core features offline: Yes

The Brief

What the app shows you

Date: Both AD and Vikram Samvat
Tithi and paksha: For the day you tap
Nakshatra: With yoga and karana
Rahu Kaal: Start and end time
Sun and moon: Rise, set and moon phase
Festival: If the day carries one

An Indian household runs on more than a date. A wedding, a griha pravesh, a shraddha or a new venture is timed by the tithi and the nakshatra, and almost everyone avoids starting something in Rahu Kaal.

That information already exists, but it is scattered. A wall panchang at home, a different app for gold rates, another for fuel prices, and a search every morning for what today actually is.

So the brief was to gather the day into one screen, and to make it work when the phone has no signal.

Three Calendars, One Date

India keeps more than one calendar, so the app carries all three and converts between them.

VSVikram SamvatThe traditional calendar most festivals and family dates are counted in.
SakaSaka SamvatIndia's national civil calendar, used in official records and the gazette.
ADGregorianThe working calendar of the office, the school and the flight booking.

What the Panchang Tells You

Tap any date and the full reading opens, not just the festival name.

Tithi and pakshaThe lunar day and whether the moon is waxing or waning
NakshatraThe lunar mansion the moon sits in
YogaThe sun and moon combination for the day
KaranaThe half tithi, used for finer timing
Rahu KaalThe inauspicious window, with exact start and end
Shubh muhuratAuspicious dates by month and by occasion
Sunrise and sunsetFor the day and the place you are in
MoonMoonrise, moonset and the phase

A Look Inside

Screens from the app, as they appear on Google Play.

Indian Calendar month view with festivals and panchang details — **The month**Festivals, tithi and the day's weather.

Feature overview screen of the Indian Calendar app — **All in one**The tools that sit beside the calendar.

Reminders screen with events across a week — **Reminders**Set a date once and repeat it every year.

The Same Calendar on the Web

Every tool in the app also has a page on indian-calendar.com, for anyone who would rather not install it.

Indian Calendar website showing the month view and today's date — **The month view**Today's date, tithi, sunrise and sunset, and what is coming up.

Vikram Samvat to Gregorian date converter on the Indian Calendar website — **Date converter**Vikram Samvat to Gregorian and back, from 2000 to 2089 B.S.

Events page listing national and international days — **Events and holidays**The year's festivals beside national and international days.

Gold and silver rate page with a price table and chart — **Gold and silver**The day's 24K, 22K and silver rates per tola, with history.

Festival post generator on the Indian Calendar website — **Post generator**Festival greetings made and downloaded in the browser.

News page on the Indian Calendar website — **News**The day's headlines beside the calendar.

Beyond the Calendar

The daily checks people were opening other apps for.

Gold and silverToday's rates, beside the calendar
Petrol and dieselPrices by state or by city
Your own calendarBuild one and share it by QR code
Poster makerFestival greetings in your own colours
Radio and newsStations and the day's headlines
Home screen widgetsDate, tithi and festival at a glance
RemindersPuja, birthdays and shraddha, repeating yearly
GamesLudo and Bagchal for a spare few minutes

How We Built It

A calendar that has to be right about dates people plan their lives around.

Three systems, one engine
Vikram Samvat, Saka Samvat and the Gregorian calendar are converted from a single source, so a date cannot disagree with itself between screens.
Panchang values, not typed text
Tithi, nakshatra and Rahu Kaal are calculated per day and per place. Lunar dates move every year, so anything typed in by hand goes stale within months.
Offline where it counts
Festivals, holidays, the panchang and the converter are held in the app. Rates, news and radio need a connection, and only those.
Two phone platforms and a website
The app ships on Google Play and the App Store, and the same calendar runs on the web for anyone who would rather not install it.