Vedic astrology and music for daily life
RitamSage reads your Vedic birth chart against the sky right now (the Moon's transit, the tithi, your nakshatra and your running dasha) and gives you one clear level for the day, the reasons behind it, and the best windows to begin what matters. A rhythm, not a verdict.
Now in CalgaryThe sound of this hourSample sound of the hour. The app plays the full RitamSage library.
The word
Ṛtam (ऋतम्) is the Vedic word for cosmic order: the true rhythm that keeps the sun rising, the Moon waxing and the seasons turning in their time. The Rig Veda names it alongside satya, truth, as something that holds the world together. RitamSage is built on a simple idea from that tradition: your days have a rhythm too, and it is easier to live well when you can hear it.
ऋतं च सत्यं चाभीद्धात्तपसोऽध्यजायत
Order (ṛtam) and truth (satya) were born of kindled fervour.
Rig Veda 10.190.1
A yearThe seasons turn
A monthThe Moon waxes and wanes
A dayThe sun rises and sets
“A rhythm, not a verdict.”
Why rhythm? Because a rhythm can be heard before it is understood. Music keeps time with the world, which is why the app’s mark is Tumburu, the gandharva with his tanpura, and why every hour in RitamSage has its raga.
“Quiet days are not bad days. They are the rests in the music.”
The chart · how RitamSage reads you
Scroll slowly. This is today’s real sky over Calgary, computed in your browser this minute, built the way RitamSage builds yours.
01 / 07The sky
Every chart begins with one moment and one place: here, Calgary at this minute. Around that point we draw the whole sky as a circle: 360 degrees of the ecliptic, the path the Sun walks in a year.
02 / 07Twelve rashis
Jyotish divides the circle into twelve sidereal signs, Mesha to Meena, measured against the stars themselves. Today the gap between the two zodiacs (Lahiri ayanamsa) is 24°.
03 / 07Twenty-seven nakshatras
Around the signs runs the finer ring of the nakshatras, 13°20′ each, from Ashwini to Revati. Right now the Moon is in its star.
04 / 07Nine grahas
The Sun and Moon, the five visible planets and the two nodes drop into their signs for this minute: the Sun in its sign, the Moon in its sign.
Sun and Moon to the arc-minute; the other planets from mean orbital elements, within a fraction of a degree. Rahu is the mean node.
05 / 07The kundli
The rising sign, the lagna, becomes the first house at the top, and the wheel turns into the North Indian chart RitamSage draws for you. Each graha settles into its house.
06 / 07The app
RitamSage reads your own birth chart against this moving sky (the Moon’s transit, the tithi, your nakshatra and your running dasha) and gives you one level for the day, with the reasons. Charged, Steady, Balanced, Gentle or Rest.
The sky’s rhythm in Calgary today: …The sky’s rhythm for a place. Your own rhythm needs your birth chart.
07 / 07The sound
Each part of the day has its raga. In Calgary it is now this prahara: the raga of the hour, for the deity of the day.
Sample sound of the hour. The app plays the full RitamSage library.
Live · computed in your browser now
The Panchang, the shape of the day and the raga of this hour, worked out for the place and the minute. The app does this for your exact place and your own chart.
The app
RitamSage reads your birth chart against today's sky and tells you, in plain words, what kind of day it is and when to begin.
Today
Each morning RitamSage reads your birth chart against the sky as it is now: the Moon’s transit through your chart, the tithi, today’s nakshatra, your running dasha periods and the panchang for the place you are in. It brings these together into one level for the day: Charged, Steady, Balanced, Gentle or Rest.
Home-screen widget
The RitamSage widget sits on your Android home screen and shows today’s level the way your phone shows battery or signal: a quick glance, no app to open. It updates as the day turns, so you can see when the Moon moves into a new nakshatra or when a better hour is coming.
Music
Sound of the hourMatched to your day and the hour
Sample sound of the hour. The app plays the full RitamSage library.
Muhurat Finder
Find a good window to begin something that matters. For naming a baby, a housewarming, bhoomi puja, ear piercing, a new business, travel, a puja and more.
Find a muhuratYour star
Birth chart
Your birth chart (kundli): the main chart, marriage, career, the Moon chart and the sky now, North or South Indian style.
Life periods
This moment
Practices
Listen to today's song, learn one card, reflect, say a spoken intention or pause. One is enough for the day to count.
Knowledge deck
The planets, the signs and the 27 birth stars: what each is, its deity and symbol, and how it shows in your own chart.
What's new
Fresh screens from the current build.
Life roles
Live
A line for today
Live
Birth chart
Live
Home-screen widget
Live
The deity of the day
Live
Sage
Beta
The atlases
Every graha, rashi and nakshatra you just watched fall into place, with its Sanskrit name, its rulers and what it means in a chart.
Nine grahas
The Sun and Moon, five visible planets and the two lunar nodes, Rahu and Ketu: the nine that seize the mind.
Journal
Plain-English essays on the ideas behind RitamSage.
The Vedic word for the order that keeps the world turning, and why we named an app after it.
Read
How RitamSage reads one level for your day from your chart and the sky, and why it is not a prediction.
Read
The nine grahas, why they are called “seizers”, and how they act through signs, houses, nakshatras and dashas.
ReadVedic only. RitamSage uses the sidereal zodiac, the 27 nakshatras, the Vimshottari dasha system and the traditional panchang. Your Moon sign here may differ from the sun sign you know from Western horoscopes, because the two zodiacs are about 24° apart.
No. It reads the quality of a day, much as a farmer reads the weather, and suggests how to meet it. A Charged day is a good day to start things; a Rest day is a good day to slow down. What you do with the day is yours.
The ascendant changes roughly every two hours and the Moon moves about 13° a day, so a few minutes can change your houses and sometimes your nakshatra pada. If you do not know your exact time, an approximate one still gives a useful Moon-based reading.
No. RitamSage is for reflection and timing in the traditional sense. It is not medical, legal or financial advice, and it should never replace a doctor, lawyer or adviser.
RitamSage is coming to Google Play for Android, available worldwide from the first day, in English. A testing group is open now; an iPhone version will follow later.
They are used to calculate your chart and your daily readings. The calculation service receives your birth data without your name. You can delete your account and data at any time from Profile → Account → Delete account.
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Live in step with the sky. Android first, in India and then everywhere. iOS later.
