krupeshd/panchangjs

Javascript library for calculating Panchang (Hindu Calendar)

#panchangJS

Description

Javascript library for calculating Panchang (Hindu Calendar). PanchangJS calculates the following components of the Panchang.

• Day
• Tithi
• Nakshatra
• Karna
• Yoga
• Raasi
• Ayanamsa

Usage

This JS library expects a date object at initialization and polpulates the JSON.

Usage:

var t = new Date();
panchang.calculate(t);

Output JSON:

{ Day: { name: 'Wednessday' },
  Tithi: 
   { name: 'Thadiya',
     start: Wed May 20 2015 06:25:45 GMT+0530 (IST),
     end: Thu May 21 2015 05:39:48 GMT+0530 (IST) },
  Nakshatra: 
   { name: 'Mrugasira',
     start: Tue May 19 2015 21:02:59 GMT+0530 (IST),
     end: Wed May 20 2015 20:45:22 GMT+0530 (IST) },
  Karna: 
   { name: 'Taitula',
     start: Wed May 20 2015 06:25:45 GMT+0530 (IST),
     end: Wed May 20 2015 17:57:42 GMT+0530 (IST) },
  Yoga: 
   { name: 'Dhrithi',
     start: Wed May 20 2015 06:27:54 GMT+0530 (IST),
     end: Thu May 21 2015 04:47:41 GMT+0530 (IST) },
  Ayanamsa: { name: '24 4\'22"' },
  Raasi: { name: 'Mithuna' },
  version: '0.2'
}

Check the sample app available with this repository for more details.

Working Implementations

A working implementation of the code base can be found at here

Authors

• Srinivas Chenna