Panchang Calendar API

Panchang Calendar

The Panchang Calendar API generates a complete month-view Panchang almanac for a given month, year, and geographic location. Rather than returning data for a single day, this endpoint delivers a full calendar's worth of daily Panchang entries in a single response, making it ideal for building monthly Hindu almanac views, scheduling interfaces, and calendar-driven astrology features.

What This API Does

This endpoint computes the core Panchang elements for every day within the specified month and year, calculated relative to the provided geographic coordinates and timezone. The Ayanamsha (sidereal zodiac correction) is configurable via a request header, ensuring compatibility with different Vedic astrology traditions. The result is a structured, day-by-day breakdown of the Hindu almanac for the entire month.

Data Returned

For each day in the requested month, the response typically includes:

• Tithi — The lunar day, its name, and the presiding deity

• Nakshatra — The lunar mansion occupied by the Moon for that day

• Yoga — The auspiciousness index for the day

• Karana — The half-tithi unit applicable to the day

• Vara — The weekday and its planetary ruler

• Sunrise & Sunset times — Astronomically computed local sunrise and sunset for each date

• Moonrise & Moonset times — Lunar rise and set timings per day

• Festivals and observances — Notable Hindu festivals, fasting days (Vrats), and religious events falling on each date

• Chandra Rashi — The zodiac sign occupied by the Moon

• Rahu Kalam and other inauspicious periods — Daily inauspicious time windows

• Ayanamsha value — The sidereal correction applied as per the selected system

Main Use Cases

• Hindu calendar applications — Powering monthly Panchang calendar views with full almanac data for every day of the month

• Festival and event planning — Surfacing religious festivals, fasting days, and auspicious dates across an entire month at a glance

• Astrology platforms — Providing a month-level data feed for Vedic astrology apps that display daily Tithi, Nakshatra, and Yoga in a calendar grid

• Scheduling and muhurta tools — Enabling users to scan an entire month to identify the most auspicious days for important activities such as travel, business launches, or ceremonies

• Religious content platforms — Generating monthly almanac content for devotional apps, websites, and publications

Key Functionality

• Full-month coverage — Returns Panchang data for every day of the specified month in a single API call, eliminating the need for repeated per-day requests

• Location-aware calculations — Uses latitude, longitude, and timezone offset to compute astronomically accurate sunrise-relative values specific to any location worldwide

• Configurable Ayanamsha — The X-Ayanamsha header allows selection of the sidereal correction system (e.g., Lahiri, Raman, KP), ensuring results align with the user's preferred Vedic tradition

• Multi-language support — The Accept-Language header enables responses in the preferred regional or vernacular language

• Time-of-day input — Accepts hour, minute, and second alongside the month and year, allowing precise anchoring of calculations to a specific time within the day for edge-case accuracy