✦ zenith calendar · the india almanac
india's national days and the festivals of its faiths in one quiet layer of your sky, each one explained in a few plain paragraphs.
india is one of the holiday almanacs that come with zenith calendar. it holds the holidays every central government office in india keeps, from the national days to the festivals of india's faiths, and on a phone set to india it starts lit.
the dates are the ones the government lists a year ahead, not worked out on your phone; the moon-dated days may move a day once the moon is seen. states keep many days of their own that are not here. tap a holiday and read three short paragraphs: what it is, where it comes from, and how it is kept.
gregorian · national days on fixed dates, with festival days as the government lists them
gantantra diwas
26 january
the day india became a republic under its own constitution, on 26 january 1950: a national holiday.
the president unfurls the national flag in new delhi and takes the salute at the parade on kartavya path, where the states send tableaux of their culture. schools and offices hold flag-raisings, and the celebrations close on 29 january with the beating retreat.
swatantrata diwas
15 august
the day india became free from british rule, on 15 august 1947: a national holiday.
on the eve the president addresses the nation, and in the morning the prime minister raises the flag at the red fort. flags go up at schools, offices and homes, and kites fill the sky in delhi and other cities.
gandhi jayanti
2 october
the birthday of mohandas karamchand gandhi, whom india honours as the father of the nation: a national holiday.
prayer services are held across india and at raj ghat in new delhi, where leaders lay flowers. his favourite bhajans are sung, and many keep the day with cleanliness drives and service.
zenith calendar draws the year as an orbit round the sun. lit, india puts its holidays on their days on that ring, in pale gold. its mark is its flag, 🇮🇳.
each of its holidays carries three short paragraphs in its notes: what it is, where it comes from (for a national day, as india tells it), and how it is kept.
india arrives locked, so nothing in it changes by accident. the lock guards your hand, not your eye: you can still read it, shine it or eclipse it. one tap unlocks it, and then it is yours to rename, recolour or add to.
tap its chip in the legend to eclipse it (kept, but not drawn) and tap again to bring it back. nothing is deleted either way.
india shares one sky with your own commitments. like every almanac that comes with the app, it never counts toward the almanacs you can make for free, and it lives on your phone: zenith calendar has no server of its own.
✦ zenith calendar · the sky around it
india is a single layer. beneath it is a whole calendar drawn as the sky, your year an orbit round the sun, and every part of it answers your touch.
the sun stands at the centre and the year rings round it, with today's earth riding at today's place, its small moon beside it. tap the ring anywhere else and a faint ghost earth waits on that day.
drag along the ring and the days pass under your finger, the big date and the day's list following as you go. lift, and the day you stopped on stays picked.
tap the small moon beside today's earth and you dive into the week. the moon above shows its phase, named underneath; swipe the dates and each week brings its own.
tap the sun and the ring tips on its edge into a ladder of years. in the week, pull the moon firmly down and the month opens, the moon resting half off its foot.
zenith calendar has no server of its own. tap the gear and switch on "nothing comes in" or "nothing leaves this phone"; lift them, and every almanac is back exactly as it was.
india is waiting in the app, and the rest of the sky comes with it.
india (country) ·
Republic Day is 26 January every year; in 2027 it falls on a Tuesday. It marks the day India's constitution came into force in 1950.
India's Independence Day is 15 August, a Sunday in 2027. The prime minister raises the flag at the Red Fort that morning.
Gandhi Jayanti, Mahatma Gandhi's birthday, is 2 October every year; in 2027 it falls on a Saturday.
On the list of holidays India's central government offices keep, Diwali falls on 8 November 2026. Zenith Calendar's india almanac carries that date.
The india almanac carries the government's advance dates for Id-ul-Fitr, Bakrid, Muharram and Milad-un-Nabi. Each may move a day once the moon is seen.
Zenith Calendar for Android comes with an almanac called india: the holidays India's central government offices keep, drawn on the ring of your year beside your own days. On a phone set to India it starts lit, and turning it on costs nothing.
No. It holds the holidays every central government office keeps. The many days each state keeps on its own are not part of it.