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Panchang API

Hindu almanac for any date and place: tithi, nakshatra, Rahu kalam and more.

Computed, not looked up, from the positions of the Sun and the Moon (within seconds of NASA JPL Horizons), with the Lahiri ayanamsa. Gives the five elements with the moments they change, sunrise, sunset, moonrise and moonset, Rahu kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika kalam and Abhijit muhurta, the Tamil month and day, the lunar month both ways it is reckoned, and the Shaka and Vikram years. Names come in English transliteration and, where the Tamil calendar has its own, in Tamil. Festival dates are not given. Counts as 10 requests against the rate limit.

Base URL https://api.dharun.devNo API key600 requests a minuteThis page as Markdown

Panchang for a date

GET/v1/panchang/{date}

For a pincode, a latitude and longitude, or (by default) New Delhi. Times are in the time zone asked for.

Parameter	Description
`date`path, required	YYYY-MM-DD, 1900 to 2100, or today.
`pincode`query	Indian pincode of the place.
`lat`query	Latitude, if no pincode.
`lng`query	Longitude, if no pincode.
`tz`query	IANA time zone for the times. Default Asia/Kolkata.

curl

curl "https://api.dharun.dev/v1/panchang/2026-01-14?pincode=600001"

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/panchang/2026-01-14?pincode=600001");
const body = await response.json();
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(body.error.message);
console.log(body.data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.get("https://api.dharun.dev/v1/panchang/2026-01-14?pincode=600001", timeout=10)
body = response.json()
if not response.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(body["error"]["message"])
print(body["data"])

Response, with lists and long text shortened

{
  "data": {
    "place": {
      "latitude": 13.0949,
      "longitude": 80.287,
      "timeZone": "Asia/Kolkata",
      "pincode": "600001",
      "name": "Chennai"
    },
    "date": "2026-01-14",
    "weekday": {
      "name": "Budhavara",
      "tamil": "புதன்"
    },
    "sunrise": "2026-01-14T06:34:53+05:30",
    "sunset": "2026-01-14T18:00:50+05:30",
    "moonrise": "2026-01-14T02:42:07+05:30",
    "moonset": "2026-01-14T14:13:06+05:30",
    "tithi": [
      {
        "number": 26,
        "name": "Ekadashi",
        "tamil": "ஏகாதசி",
        "paksha": "krishna",
        "start": "2026-01-13T15:18:29+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-14T17:53:18+05:30"
      },
      {
        "number": 27,
        "name": "Dvadashi",
        "tamil": "துவாதசி",
        "paksha": "krishna",
        "start": "2026-01-14T17:53:18+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-15T20:17:01+05:30"
      }
    ],
    "nakshatra": [
      {
        "number": 17,
        "name": "Anuradha",
        "tamil": "அனுஷம்",
        "pada": 1,
        "start": "2026-01-14T00:06:48+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-15T03:03:59+05:30"
      },
      {
        "number": 18,
        "name": "Jyeshtha",
        "tamil": "கேட்டை",
        "start": "2026-01-15T03:03:59+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-16T05:47:53+05:30"
      }
    ],
    "yoga": [
      {
        "number": 10,
        "name": "Ganda",
        "start": "2026-01-13T19:04:54+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-14T19:55:53+05:30"
      },
      {
        "number": 11,
        "name": "Vriddhi",
        "start": "2026-01-14T19:55:53+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-15T20:38:09+05:30"
      }
    ],
    "karana": [
      {
        "number": 52,
        "name": "Balava",
        "start": "2026-01-14T04:36:41+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-14T17:53:18+05:30"
      },
      {
        "number": 53,
        "name": "Kaulava",
        "start": "2026-01-14T17:53:18+05:30",
        "end": "2026-01-15T07:07:06+05:30"
      }
    ],
    "sunSign": {
      "name": "Dhanu",
      "tamil": "தனுசு"
    },
    "moonSign": {
      "name": "Vrishchika",
      "tamil": "விருச்சிகம்"
    },
    "tamilMonth": {
      "name": "Thai",
      "tamil": "தை",
      "day": 1
    },
    "tamilYear": {
      "name": "Vishvavasu",
      "tamil": "விசுவாவசு"
    },
    "lunarMonth": {
      "amanta": "Pausha",
      "purnimanta": "Magha",
      "adhika": false
    },
    "shakaYear": 1947,
    "vikramSamvat": 2082,
    "rahuKalam": {
      "start": "2026-01-14T12:17:51+05:30",
      "end": "2026-01-14T13:43:36+05:30"
    },
    "yamagandam": {
      "start": "2026-01-14T08:00:37+05:30",
      "end": "2026-01-14T09:26:22+05:30"
    },
    "gulikaKalam": {
      "start": "2026-01-14T10:52:06+05:30",
      "end": "2026-01-14T12:17:51+05:30"
    },
    "abhijitMuhurta": {
      "start": "2026-01-14T11:54:59+05:30",
      "end": "2026-01-14T12:40:43+05:30"
    },
    "ayanamsa": 24.222541
  },
  "meta": {
    "note": "Computed from the positions of the Sun and the Moon (NREL SPA and Meeus, within seconds of NASA JPL Horizons), sidereal with the Lahiri ayanamsa as defined by t…"
  }
}

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