परिचय
parichay · an introductionAbout Aastha Saathi
A small team, an almanac we compute ourselves, and a short list of things we refuse to do.
Who we are.
Aastha Saathi is built by a small independent team, published under Singdm. There is no office with a marble lobby behind this, and no institution vouching for us — only the work, which you can check.
We are not a temple, a trust, or a lineage, and we do not speak for any. Aastha Saathi is a tool for keeping a devotional day, made with care by people who take the subject seriously and who would rather show their method than assert their authority.
कलशThe pot set at the threshold of an observance. Drawn here as line-work, like the rest of the ornament on this site.
गणित
ganit · the reckoningWhere the numbers come from.
Every figure in the app is computed. This is the part we would most like to be judged on.
| दृक्Method | Drik — observed positions of the sun and moon, computed for the moment you ask, rather than looked up in a stored table. |
| अयनांशAyanamsa | Lahiri (Chitrapaksha), the standard sidereal correction used by Indian almanacs. |
| मासLunar month | Amanta reckoning, with adhika masa identified where it occurs. |
| पर्वFestivals | Derived from the same tithi computation, not from a hand-typed list of dates. |
| स्थानReference place | New Delhi, Indian Standard Time. Sunrise-dependent values differ elsewhere; choosing your own city is not in the app yet. |
| गद्यWritten prose | Two things are model-written: the reflective text of a Jyotish reading, and the Pujari’s side of a conversation. Both are written from facts already computed, both are labelled as such in the app, and the model is never permitted to supply a figure. |
गोपनीयता
gopaniyata · what we do not ask forNo account. No profile. No trade.
Aastha Saathi has no sign-in. There is no name, no phone number, and no email attached to your use of it. The birth details you enter are stored on your own device, can be edited or deleted by you at any time, and are never sold. They travel with a reading or a consultation, because the chart has to be computed from them — and the server keeps none of it: no row, no log line. What you and the Pujari said to each other is held on your handset and nowhere else.
The app is free and carries advertising, which is how it is paid for. The one thing with a limit on it is the Pujari, because every answer costs us a model call: one question a day to begin with, up to five more by watching a short advert — six in all — and, if you want more than that, credit packs or a month pass that lifts the day to twenty. Nothing else in the app is behind a price. That is the whole arrangement, and the privacy policy sets it out in plain language rather than in the usual fog.
सम्पर्क
sampark · contactWrite to us.
Corrections to the almanac, questions about a reading, or a place where we have got something wrong — all of it is welcome, and a correction is the most useful thing you can send.
| डाकEmail | [email protected] |
| ऐपApp | Aastha Saathi on Google Play — com.bhaktiplatform.app |
| गोपनीयताPrivacy | How your data is handled |
| प्रकाशकPublisher | Singdm |
Begin tomorrow morning.
Free, in twelve Indian languages, with nothing to sign up for.
