If you run a temple site, a community association page, an Indian grocery or event site, or a personal blog, you can show today’s panchang or the next Hindu festivals for your city with a small widget. It is free. You choose the city below, copy the code, and paste it into your page.
The daily panchang widget shows the date in your city’s time zone, sunrise and sunset, the tithi, nakshatra, yoga and karana with the time each one ends, Rahu kaal, and the next festival or vrat. The festivals widget lists the next six festivals and vrats with their dates and the key puja or fasting time for that city.
Everything is computed from the Swiss Ephemeris, with the sidereal Lahiri zodiac and the Smarta rules that most published calendars follow. We checked the results against a widely used published panchang. The method page explains the approach, and the festivals section has the full calendar for each city.
Copy this into the page where you want the widget to appear.
Frequently asked questions
↳ Is the widget really free?
Yes. There is no sign-up, no fee and no limit on the number of pages you put it on. The only thing we ask is that you keep the small "Nidarshana Vedh" link under the widget, which is part of the code you copy.
↳ Can I change the city?
Yes. Pick any of the 49 cities in the list above and the preview and the code update. For a place that is not listed, you can add the latitude, longitude, time zone and a name to the address in the code, for example lat=19.076, lon=72.8777, tz=Asia/Kolkata and name=Mumbai in place of city=.
↳ Does it track my visitors?
No. The widget sets no cookies, stores nothing in the browser, runs no analytics and loads nothing from third parties. The day is worked out in your visitor's browser from files served by this site, and the city is never sent anywhere else.
↳ Can I match the widget to my site colours?
You can choose a light or dark theme in the form. You can also add accent=B83A2A (any six-digit hex colour, without the hash) to the address in the code to change the accent colour.
↳ Why might my temple keep a different day for a festival?
Some festivals, such as Janmashtami and Ekadashi, are kept on different days by different traditions. The widget shows the widely published Smarta date. If your temple or family follows another rule, it is right to follow them.