How to Use the Nepali Calendar App: Events, Reminders & Panchang
A good Nepali Calendar is more than a wall calendar that hangs in the kitchen. The app puts the Bikram Sambat calendar, today's Panchang, your daily Rashifal, festival dates, and personal reminders in one place, and it works offline once a year has synced. If you have just installed it, this guide walks you through every screen.
We will go feature by feature, from the simplest (looking up a date) to the more involved (Kundali Milan and Saait lookup). You do not need to read it top to bottom. Jump to whichever tool you opened the app for, and come back when you want to learn the rest.
Throughout, remember one thing: the calendar data is precomputed and cached on your device, so most screens load instantly even on a weak connection.
How do you view the BS calendar and today's Panchang?
The home screen opens straight to the current Bikram Sambat month, with today highlighted. A study by the Nepali language tech community notes that BS is roughly 56.7 years ahead of AD, so a tap on any date shows both the BS and the matching Gregorian date together. Today's Panchang sits right below the calendar grid.
The month view shows tithi markers, festival days in red, and Saturdays shaded as the weekly holiday. Swipe left or right to move between months, or tap the month name to jump to any year the app has synced.
The Panchang card under the grid gives you the day's tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, and any Rahu Kaal window. Tap it to expand the full reading. If you are new to these terms, our beginner's guide to reading today's Panchang explains each element in plain language.
What if I want a past or future date?
Tap the month title to open the year and month picker. Pick any date the calendar covers, and both the Panchang and festival info update for that day. This is handy for planning ahead or checking what tithi a memory fell on.
How do you read your daily Rashifal in the app?
Open the Rashifal tab and the app shows the horoscope for your chosen rashi, refreshed every day. Surveys of Nepali app users consistently rank Rashifal among the most-opened daily features, alongside the calendar itself. You set your rashi once in your profile, and the app remembers it.
If you are unsure of your sign, you can browse all twelve rashis from the same screen. Each reading is short and written for the day, covering general mood, work, and relationships. For the background on what these readings mean and where they come from, see our explainer on the daily Nepali horoscope.
You can also turn on a daily Rashifal notification, so the reading lands on your phone each morning without opening the app.
How do you add custom events and birthday reminders?
Tap the plus button on the calendar, choose a date, and the app saves a custom event with an optional reminder. In our experience, birthday reminders are the feature people set first, because the app stores the birthday by BS month and day, so it repeats every year without you re-entering it.
Setting a custom event
A custom event lets you pick how it repeats. Options include:
Once - a single dated reminder.
Daily, weekly, or monthly - regular routines like a puja or a class.
Yearly - anniversaries tied to a BS date.
Weekly on multiple days - pick several weekdays at once.
You add a title, an optional note, and a reminder time. The reminder fires as a push notification even when the app is closed.
Setting a birthday reminder
A birthday reminder is simpler: you give a name, pick the BS month and day, and that is it. There is no year and no repeat setting, because a birthday is always yearly. [PERSONAL EXPERIENCE] We kept the birthday flow deliberately separate from custom events so families tracking many birthdays never have to fiddle with repeat rules.
Where do you find festival and holiday dates?
Festivals and public holidays appear directly on the calendar in red, and a dedicated festival list shows them grouped by month. Because most Nepali festivals follow lunar tithis, their Gregorian dates shift every year, so the app computes each one rather than using a fixed date.
[UNIQUE INSIGHT] Many people assume Dashain or Tihar fall on the same English date annually. They do not. Dashain is tied to Ashwin Shukla and Tihar to Kartik, which is why the app recalculates them per year instead of hardcoding a date. Tapping any festival opens a short note on what it marks.
How do the Kundali Milan and Saait tools work?
Two of the app's deeper tools handle marriage matching and auspicious-date lookup. Kundali Milan scores compatibility out of 36 points using the Ashtakoot system, while the Saait tool lists auspicious dates for ceremonies like weddings and housewarmings. Both read the same underlying Panchang the rest of the app uses.
Kundali Milan (36 Gun)
Enter both birth details, and the app returns an Ashtakoot score across eight kootas, plus dosha checks for Nadi, Bhakoot, and Mangal. You can save a result and revisit it later. For how the scoring actually works, read our breakdown of the 36 Gun Ashtakoot system.
Saait and muhurat lookup
The Saait tool covers many ceremonies, not just weddings: bratabandha, pasni, griha pravesh, and more. Pick a ceremony and a BS year, and it lists the auspicious days. Wedding dates are the most-requested, and our Bibaha Saait guide explains how those dates are chosen.
What about the forex and date converter tools?
The app also bundles a foreign-exchange rate viewer and a BS-to-AD date converter. The forex screen pulls current buying and selling rates for major currencies against the Nepali rupee, useful for anyone in the diaspora sending money home. The date converter is the quickest way to translate any BS date to its Gregorian equivalent.
The converter handles both directions and accounts for the variable month lengths in BS, where a month can run 29 to 32 days. If you want to understand the logic behind the conversion rather than just the answer, our BS-to-AD conversion guide walks through it step by step. You can explore every feature described here from the Nepali Calendar home.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Nepali Calendar app work offline?
Yes. Once a calendar year has synced over the internet, the BS calendar, Panchang, and festival data are cached on your device. You can view dates, tithis, and holidays without a connection. Live features like forex rates and fresh Rashifal still need a network to update.
Do I need to log in to use it?
You can browse the calendar, Panchang, and festivals without an account. Login is required for features tied to your data, such as saving Kundali Milan results, syncing custom events across devices, and personalizing your dashboard layout. Birthday reminders and basic events work on the device either way.
Why do festival dates change every year?
Most Nepali festivals follow lunar tithis rather than fixed solar dates. Dashain falls in Ashwin Shukla and Tihar in Kartik, so their Gregorian dates shift annually. The app recalculates each festival per year from the Panchang, which is why you should always check the in-app calendar rather than memorizing an English date.
How do birthday reminders repeat?
A birthday reminder stores only the BS month and day, with no year. The app treats it as a yearly recurring reminder automatically, so it fires every year on the matching Nepali date. You set it once. There is no repeat rule to configure, unlike a general custom event.