# India Data Gateway – Panchang (Hindu Almanac) Lookup

> India Data Gateway – Panchang (Hindu Almanac) Lookup is a paid API for AI agents from gateway.hillguava.xyz, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-09-13).

Returns the Hindu almanac (panchang) details for a given date and Indian city, including tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, vara, and sunrise/sunset times.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://gateway.hillguava.xyz/panchang/%7Bdate%7D/%7Bcity%7D
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-09-13
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/india-data-gateway-panchang-hindu-almanac-lookup-2e7ebb84
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_NV_4J7HgpyawVfaUhV4bd

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability india-data-gateway-panchang-hindu-almanac-lookup-2e7ebb84
```

Example prompt: What does the panchang say for January 26, 2026 in Varanasi — I need the tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, and sunrise and sunset times.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need structured Hindu almanac data (panchang) for a specific date and Indian city — particularly for applications involving auspicious date selection, religious event planning, Vedic astrology, or cultural calendar features. It covers 400+ Indian cities and requires no API key, settling per-call in USDC via x402.

## Known failure modes

- Unsupported city name returns an error or empty result
- Malformed date format causes a 400 bad request
- Date out of supported range may return an error
- Payment not settled in USDC on Base results in 402 response
- Network timeout for the underlying computation

## How this service works

The India data layer for AI agents. Pay only for the calls you make — no API keys, no accounts, no minimums, no rate limits. One x402 origin covering Indian weather (forecasts, monsoon), markets (stocks, indices, F&O with Black-Scholes Greeks, historical, mutual funds), RBI macro, identity/format verification (IFSC, pincode, GSTIN), NSE market holidays, panchang (Hindu almanac), and live cricket scores. Settle per call in USDC on Base.

## Output

A JSON object containing the date and city, vara (Vedic weekday name and English weekday), tithi (name, index, paksha), nakshatra (name, index), yoga (name, index), karana (name, index), sunrise time, sunset time, and the Indian state the city belongs to.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "properties": {
  "properties": {
   "type": "string"
  }
 }
}
```

## Response schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "json",
 "example": {
  "city": "varanasi",
  "date": "2026-01-26",
  "vara": {
   "vedic": "Somavara",
   "weekday": "Monday"
  },
  "yoga": {
   "name": "Shobhana",
   "index": 5
  },
  "state": "Uttar Pradesh",
  "tithi": {
   "name": "Ashtami",
   "index": 8,
   "paksha": "Shukla"
  },
  "karana": {
   "name": "Kaulava",
   "index": 15
  },
  "sunset": "17:42",
  "sunrise": "06:52",
  "nakshatra": {
   "name": "Krittika",
   "index": 3
  }
 }
}
```

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