/v1/panchang/hindu-month

Amanta/Purnimanta Hindu month.

What this tells you

The Hindu month is lunisolar — 12 months of ~29.5 days each, reconciled with the solar year via adhik maas (extra month) once every ~3 years. Two naming conventions: Amanta (South: Maharashtra, Andhra, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu) uses new-moon endings; Purnimanta (North) uses full-moon endings. The same lunar day can belong to different "months" in the two systems.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.divyastroapi.com/v1/panchang/hindu-month?date=2026-04-19&time=06%3A30&tz=%2B05%3A30&lat=28.61&lon=77.21" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dv_live_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"

Response (200 OK)

Successful requests return a JSON body. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "month": {
    "amanta": {
      "index": 1,
      "name": "Chaitra",
      "sanskrit": "चैत्र"
    },
    "purnimanta": {
      "index": 1,
      "name": "Chaitra",
      "sanskrit": "चैत्र"
    }
  },
  "is_adhik_maas": false,
  "is_kshaya_maas": false,
  "samvatsara": {
    "vikram": 2083,
    "shaka":  1948,
    "name": "Shobhakrit"
  },
  "paksha": "Shukla",
  "ritu": "Vasanta"
}

Field reference

Every field in the response, with its type, a real example, and what it means.

Field	Type	Meaning
month.amanta.name	string	Amanta month name (new-moon to new-moon — South Indian convention). example: `"Chaitra"`
month.amanta.sanskrit	string	Devanagari form. example: `"चैत्र"`
month.purnimanta.name	string	Purnimanta month name (full-moon to full-moon — North Indian convention). example: `"Chaitra"`
is_adhik_maas	boolean	True during a leap month (adds one month to the lunar year once every ~3 years). example: `false`
is_kshaya_maas	boolean	True during a lost month (extremely rare — 1 per ~140 years). example: `false`
samvatsara.vikram	integer	Vikram Samvat year. example: `2083`
samvatsara.shaka	integer	Shaka Samvat year. example: `1948`
samvatsara.name	string	Name from the 60-year Samvatsara cycle. example: `"Shobhakrit"`
paksha	string	Current fortnight (same as from /tithi). example: `"Shukla"`
ritu	string	Current ritu (season) — 6 total: Vasanta, Grishma, Varsha, Sharad, Hemanta, Shishira. example: `"Vasanta"`

Usage tips

How to use it

Show both conventions
For pan-India apps, display both amanta and purnimanta names. They differ only in the first half of each lunar month.
Adhik Maas matters
No weddings or auspicious housewarmings happen during Adhik Maas. Show a clear badge when `is_adhik_maas` is true.

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://divyastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

Try it

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