Our mission
We believe astrology is not fortune-telling — it is a 5,000-year-old language of self-knowledge. Our mission is to make the traditional Hindu Panchang and Vedic horoscope precise, transparent and accessible from any device, in your language, for your exact city — so you can align your daily life with sacred time and walk through it with awareness.
How we calculate
All Panchang elements — Tithi, Nakshatra, Yoga, Karana, Rahu Kaal, Yamaganda, Gulika, Abhijit Muhurta, sunrise and sunset — are computed using sidereal positions based on the Lahiri (Chitrapaksha) Ayanamsa and astronomical algorithms derived from the Swiss Ephemeris. Times are localised to your selected city using IANA timezone data. Festivals follow the Drik (true astronomical) school. We never serve cached or estimated values for critical Muhurat windows.
What we cover
- Daily Panchang for any location worldwide
- Vedic Calendar with month-by-month Tithis, Nakshatras and festivals
- Rashi / Horoscope — daily Rashifal for all twelve Moon signs
- Navagraha — the nine planets and their influence on your life
- Mantras with meaning, benefits and pronunciation
- Tarot — daily card and live readings
- Curated devotional listening (chants & bhajans)
Editorial standards
All written content — festival explainers, mantra meanings, Rashi interpretations and blog articles — is researched against classical sources (Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra, Surya Siddhanta, Drik Panchang tradition) and reviewed before publication. We disclose AI-assisted drafting where used, and every page is dated. See our editorial policy for the full process.
Independence & funding
Vedic Panchang Online is independent. We do not sell rituals, charge for readings, or accept paid placements in our calendar. The site is supported by display advertising and a small number of clearly-marked sponsor banners. Our calculations and editorial content are never influenced by advertisers.
Get in touch
Found an error in a date, a translation, or a calculation? We want to know. Write to us at hello@vedic-panchang.online or via the contact page.
Who writes this site
Vedic Panchang Online is produced by a small editorial team based across India and Europe. Articles on Jyotish, Panchang and ritual are written or reviewed by editors with formal training in Sanskrit and at least seven years of practical experience reading charts. Software, calculations and the Ayanamsa pipeline are maintained by an in-house engineer who has worked on astronomical computation since 2014. The team is intentionally small so every page can be reviewed by a named human before publication.
We do not publish anonymous astrological advice and we do not run a content farm. If an article carries no byline, that means the editorial team collectively owns the page — not that no one is responsible for it. Email us and a human replies.
How we research a festival, mantra or muhurat
- Source check. We start with at least two primary references — classical Sanskrit text plus a contemporary peer-reviewed Panchang publication.
- Computation. Dates, sunrise, sunset, Tithi transitions and muhurat windows are calculated freshly per request using the Lahiri Ayanamsa and the Swiss Ephemeris model. Nothing is hard-coded.
- Cross-check. The output is compared against three independent published Panchangs (Drik, Kashi and a regional almanac such as Mahalaxmi) before any festival date is locked.
- Drafting. A human editor drafts the narrative. Where AI assistance is used for phrasing or translation, the editor edits line-by-line for accuracy.
- Review. A second editor reads the page end-to-end against the primary sources. Only then is it published.
- Maintenance. Every published page carries an “updated” date. Material changes — new evidence, corrected dates, expanded explanations — bump that date and trigger a brief change-log note where significant.
Why we exist (the longer answer)
Most of the Hindu calendar information available online is either translated badly, written for a single Indian region without saying so, or pumped out by SEO farms with no understanding of why a date matters. We started Vedic Panchang Online because a Tamil family in Toronto, a Punjabi student in Berlin and a Bengali engineer in Tokyo all deserve the same dignity of accurate Panchang — and a website that explains what to do with it.
Every page is designed for a global reader first. Sanskrit terms are introduced and translated. Regional variations are flagged when they exist. Dates are given in your timezone, not a generic IST default. And the underlying maths is open about its assumptions — sidereal zodiac, Lahiri Ayanamsa, Drik school — so a serious student of Jyotish can verify our work.
Frequently asked questions
Is the site free? Yes. Every calculation, festival date, mantra and horoscope is free to read with no account required. Optional account features (saved birth chart, comments, bookmarks) are also free.
Why are some articles long? Because Jyotish, festivals and mantras carry real depth and oversimplified summaries do them a disservice. We would rather take 2,500 words to explain Sade Sati correctly than write a 200-word listicle that misleads.
Do you offer personal readings? No. We deliberately do not sell paid Jyotish consultations, puja bookings or ritual services. We point readers toward qualified astrologers in their own tradition where needed. This boundary keeps our editorial line clean.
Why English, Hindi, French and Russian? These four languages cover most of our actual reader base today. We add languages when we have a qualified human translator who can edit, not just translate. Machine-only translations are not published.
Can I republish your content? Short excerpts with a link back are welcome. Wholesale republishing of full articles or calculations is not permitted — see our Terms of Use.
How do you handle factual disputes? Email hello@vedic-panchang.online with the page and the specific claim. A human editor reviews the source; if your correction holds, we publish the fix within 48 hours with an “Updated” stamp.