The Nepali Calendar app shows the Bikram Sambat calendar, today's Panchang, your daily Rashifal, festival dates and your own reminders in one place. After a year's data has synced once, it works offline. This guide explains each screen, from looking up a date to Kundali Milan and Saait lookup.
Each section below covers one feature, so you can go straight to the tool you need. The calendar data is calculated in advance and stored on your phone, so most screens open straight away even on a slow connection.
How do you view the BS calendar and Panchang in the Nepali Calendar app?
The Calendar tab shows the current Bikram Sambat month with today marked. BS runs about 56.7 years ahead of AD, and every date cell also shows the matching Gregorian date. Tap any date to open its day view, where the day's Panchang appears below its events.
The month view shows tithi markers, festival days in red, and Saturdays shaded as the weekly holiday. Swipe left or right to change month, or tap the month name to jump to any year the app has synced.
The Panchang section in the day view lists the day's tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset times, and the Rahu Kaal period. All times are calculated for Kathmandu. If these terms are new to you, our beginner's guide to reading today's Panchang explains each one.
What if I want a past or future date?
Tap the month title to open the year and month picker. Choose any date the calendar covers, and the Panchang and festival details change to that day. Use this to plan an event or to find the tithi of a past date, such as a birth or a death anniversary.
How do you read your daily Rashifal in the app?
Open Rashifal from the home screen card or the menu. The app shows the horoscope for your rashi, updated every day. It works out your rashi from your date and time of birth, or you can choose it yourself once and the app remembers it.
If you are not sure of your sign, you can open any of the twelve rashis from the same screen. Each reading is short and is generated automatically for the day from that day's panchang. It covers general mood, work and relationships. For more on what these readings are and how they are made, see our explainer on the daily Nepali horoscope.
You can also turn on a daily Rashifal notification to get the reading on your phone each morning without opening the app.
How do you add custom events and birthday reminders?
Tap the plus button, choose a date, and the app saves a custom event with an optional reminder. Birthday reminders have their own screen. The app stores only the month and day of a birthday, so it repeats every year without you entering it again.
Setting a custom event
For a custom event you choose how it repeats:
Once: a single reminder on one date.
Daily, weekly or monthly: for regular routines such as a puja or a class.
Yearly: for anniversaries on a BS date.
Weekly on multiple days: choose several weekdays at once.
Add a title, an optional note and a reminder time. The reminder arrives as a push notification even when the app is closed.
Setting a birthday reminder
A birthday reminder needs only a name and the month and day, in BS or AD. There is no year and no repeat setting, because a birthday always repeats yearly. Birthdays are kept separate from custom events, so if you track many family birthdays you never need to set repeat rules.
Where do you find festival and holiday dates?
Festivals and public holidays are shown in red on the calendar. A separate festival list shows them grouped by month. Most Nepali festivals follow lunar tithis, so their Gregorian dates change every year. The app loads each year's own dates instead of reusing last year's.
Dashain and Tihar do not fall on the same English date each year. Dashain is set by Ashwin Shukla and Tihar by Kartik, so check the current year's calendar for the dates.
How do the Kundali Milan and Saait tools work?
Kundali Milan scores marriage compatibility out of 36 points using the Ashtakoot system. The Saait tool lists auspicious dates for ceremonies such as weddings and housewarmings. Kundali Milan uses two saved birth charts, and the Saait list gives each year's auspicious days for the ceremony you choose.
Kundali Milan (36 Gun)
Choose two saved kundalis, or one of yours and one a friend has shared, and the app gives an Ashtakoot score across the eight kootas. It also checks Nadi, Bhakoot and Mangal dosha. You can save the result and open it again later. To see how the score is calculated, read our breakdown of the 36 Gun Ashtakoot system.
Saait and muhurat lookup
The Saait tool covers weddings and other ceremonies, including bratabandha, pasni and griha pravesh. Choose a ceremony and a BS year, and it lists the auspicious days. Wedding dates are the most searched; our Bibaha Saait guide explains how those dates are chosen.
What about the forex and date converter tools?
The app also has an exchange rate screen and a BS to AD date converter. The exchange rate screen shows current buying and selling rates of major currencies against the Nepali rupee, which helps if you send money home from abroad. The date converter changes any BS date to its Gregorian date.
The converter works in both directions and takes into account that BS months are 29 to 32 days long. To learn how the conversion works step by step, read our BS to AD conversion guide. The panchang, rashifal, saait, date converter and exchange rate pages are also on the Katigate website. Reminders, kundalis and Kundali Milan are only in the app.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Nepali Calendar app work offline?
Yes. After a calendar year has synced over the internet, the BS calendar, Panchang and festival data are stored on your phone. You can see dates, tithis and holidays without a connection. Exchange rates and new Rashifal readings need a connection to update.
Do I need to log in to use it?
No. You can use the calendar, Panchang, Rashifal and festivals without signing in. The app starts a guest session in the background, so you can save events, reminders and kundalis straight away. Signing in with Google, or Apple on iPhone, keeps that data with your account when you change phones. Birthday reminders are saved online, so adding one needs a connection.
Why do festival dates change every year?
Most Nepali festivals follow lunar tithis, not fixed solar dates. Dashain falls in Ashwin Shukla and Tihar in Kartik, so their Gregorian dates change every year. Each year's calendar in the app has that year's festival dates, so check the calendar instead of relying on last year's English date.
How do birthday reminders repeat?
A birthday reminder stores only the month and day, in BS or AD, with no year. The app repeats it every year on that date. You set it once, and there is no repeat rule to choose, unlike a custom event.