Panchang API

Calculate Panchang elements (Hindu calendar) for any date: Tithi (lunar day), Nakshatra (lunar mansion), Yoga, and Karana. Daily panchang API for determining auspicious timings (muhurta), festival dates, and planetary influences. Tithi calculator with Shukla/Krishna paksha. Accurate nakshatra today with ruling planet. Essential for Hindu calendar integration, muhurta selection, and Vedic timekeeping in astrology apps.

Request

POST /api/v2/vedic-astrology/panchang/basic

{
  "date": "2025-12-17",
  "time": "12:00:00",
  "latitude": 28.6139,
  "longitude": 77.209
}

Response

Structured JSON with documented fields, verified against NASA JPL Horizons across 828 gold-standard tests. Not hallucinated text.

{
  "tithi": {
    "number": 5,
    "name": "Panchami",
    "paksha": "Shukla",
    "percent": 67.5
  },
  "nakshatra": {
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Ashwini",
    "lord": "Ketu",
    "pada": 2
  },
  "yoga": {
    "number": 1,
    "name": "Vishkumbha"
  },
  "karana": {
    "number": 7,
    "name": "Bava"
  },
  "sunLongitude": 265.42,
  "moonLongitude": 315.67
}

Supported options

Call it in your language in seconds.

Every snippet is generated from the live OpenAPI spec, so method names, parameters, and fields always match production.

import { createRoxy } from '@roxyapi/sdk'

const roxy = createRoxy(process.env.ROXY_API_KEY!)
const { data } = await roxy.vedicAstrology.getBasicPanchang({ body: { date: '2025-12-17', time: '12:00:00', latitude: 28.6139, longitude: 77.209 } })

from roxy_sdk import create_roxy

roxy = create_roxy("YOUR_API_KEY")
result = roxy.vedic_astrology.get_basic_panchang(date='2025-12-17', time='12:00:00', latitude=28.6139, longitude=77.209)

use function RoxyAPI\Sdk\createRoxy;

$roxy = createRoxy(getenv('ROXY_API_KEY'));
$result = $roxy->vedicAstrology->getBasicPanchang(date: '2025-12-17', time: '12:00:00', latitude: 28.6139, longitude: 77.209);

using RoxyApi;

var roxy = new RoxyClient(Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("ROXY_API_KEY")!);
var result = await roxy.VedicAstrology.Panchang.Basic.PostAsync(new() { /* request fields above */ });

import roxyapi "github.com/RoxyAPI/sdk-go"

roxy, _ := roxyapi.NewRoxy(os.Getenv("ROXY_API_KEY"))
resp, _ := roxy.VedicAstrology.GetBasicPanchang(ctx, nil, roxyapi.GetBasicPanchangJSONRequestBody{ /* request fields above */ })

curl -X POST "https://roxyapi.com/api/v2/vedic-astrology/panchang/basic" \
  -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date":"2025-12-17","time":"12:00:00","latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209}'

More Panchang endpoints

The Panchang API bundles these related endpoints under one key.

Remote MCP for AI agents

Every Vedic Astrology endpoint is a callable tool on the Remote MCP server over Streamable HTTP. No local setup, no Docker. Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, and any MCP client auto-discover the tools and ground their answers in verified data.

claude mcp add --transport http \
  roxy-vedic-astrology https://roxyapi.com/mcp/vedic-astrology \
  --header "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY"

Tool name for POST /vedic-astrology/panchang/basic: post_vedic_astrology_panchang_basic. Full MCP setup guide

What you can build

Drop-in UI components

Render Panchang API responses without building charts yourself. These open source, framework-agnostic web components take the typed response and draw it, in React, Vue, Svelte, Angular, plain HTML, and WordPress.

Related capabilities

Panchang API FAQ