GET/v1/astro/panchanga/festivals

Hindu festival calendar

Compute all major Hindu festival dates for a given year and location. Returns 20 pan-Hindu festivals including solar sankrantis (Makar Sankranti, Vaisakhi) and tithi-based festivals (Diwali, Holi, Dussehra, Janmashtami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Ram Navami, and 12 others). All dates are astronomically computed — no hardcoded dates. Tithi festivals use the Sun-Moon elongation at local sunrise with Lahiri sidereal ayanamsa. Location is required for accurate sunrise-based tithi determination.

Request parameters

yearrequired

integer

Calendar year

locationoptional

string | null

City name

latitudeoptional

number | null

longitudeoptional

number | null

timezoneoptional

string | null

IANA timezone

Response fields

success

boolean

True if the request succeeded

message

string

Human-readable status message

data

object

data.year

integer

Calendar year for which festivals are computed.

data.timezone

string

IANA timezone used for sunrise-based tithi calculations.

data.total

integer

Total number of festivals found.

data.festivals

array[object]

Festivals sorted chronologically by date.

data.festivals[].name

string

Festival name.

data.festivals[].date

string

Festival date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

data.festivals[].type

string

Festival type: 'solar' (sankranti-based) or 'tithi' (lunar day-based).

data.festivals[].description

string

Classical basis for the festival date (tithi or sankranti).

data.festivals[].significance

string

Cultural and religious significance.

Errors

authentication_failed

Missing or invalid API key.

ephemeris_unavailable

Upstream ephemeris service error.

insufficient_tier

API key tier does not include this endpoint.

internal_error

Unexpected server error.

ip_rate_limit_exceeded

Too many requests in a short window.

payload_too_large

Request body exceeds the size limit.

resource_not_found

Referenced resource was not found.

validation_error

Request body failed schema validation.

Related endpoints

• Choghadiya periods
• Daily Panchanga
• Monthly Panchanga calendar
• Monthly Panchanga calendar (JSON body)
• Planetary hours (Hora)
• Rahu Kaal, Gulika Kaal, Yamaganda Kaal
• Tamil Panchanga

Request

GET·application/json

curl

curl -X GET "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/panchanga/festivals?year=2026&latitude=28.6139&longitude=77.209&timezone=Asia%2FKolkata" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Python

import asterwise
from asterwise.api.astrology_api import AstrologyApi

configuration = asterwise.Configuration(
    host="https://api.asterwise.com",
    access_token="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

with asterwise.ApiClient(configuration) as client:
    api = AstrologyApi(client)
    result = api.panchanga_festivals(year=2026,
    latitude=28.6139,
    longitude=77.209,
    timezone="Asia/Kolkata")
    print(result)

TypeScript

import { createClient, createConfig, panchangaFestivals } from 'asterwise';

const client = createClient(createConfig({
  baseUrl: 'https://api.asterwise.com',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
}));

const result = await panchangaFestivals({
  client,
  query: {
      "year": 2026,
      "latitude": 28.6139,
      "longitude": 77.209,
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
  },
});

console.log(result.data);

Response

200 OK·application/jsonsigned

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "year": 2026,
    "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "total": 20,
    "festivals": [
      {
        "name": "Makar Sankranti",
        "date": "2026-01-14",
        "type": "solar",
        "description": "Sun's sidereal transit into Makara (Capricorn). Marks the start of Uttarayana — the northward journey of the Sun.",
        "significance": "Harvest festival. Uttarayana begins. Associated with kite flying, sesame sweets (til-gul), and holy dips in rivers. Know…"
      },
      {
        "name": "Maha Shivaratri",
        "date": "2026-02-16",
        "type": "tithi",
        "description": "Krishna Paksha Chaturdashi of Magha or Phalguna month. The great night of Shiva.",
        "significance": "Night-long vigil and fasting dedicated to Lord Shiva. Most auspicious night of the year for Shiva worship."
      },
      "... and 18 more items"
    ]
  }
}