Fourteen languages

OIOA is available in:

Language	Script	Language	Script
English	Latin	Odia	Odia
Arabic	Arabic	Punjabi	Gurmukhi
Assamese	Assamese (Bengali–Assamese)	Tamil	Tamil
Bengali	Bengali	Telugu	Telugu
Gujarati	Gujarati	Urdu	Perso-Arabic (Nastaliq)
Hindi	Devanagari	Kannada	Kannada
Malayalam	Malayalam	Marathi	Devanagari

Each language has a page on this website, written in that language: see all languages.

One toggle, the whole page

Many apps translate menus but leave the content in English. In OIOA, the EN ⇄ local-language toggle switches the whole page: headings, labels, tithi and nakshatra names, prayer names, month names, Roj and Mah, holiday names and explanations.

The toggle is designed for how people actually read. Plenty of us are comfortable reading menus in English but prefer a tithi or a prayer name in the script we grew up with. Others read an explanation in their language and then switch back to English to share it with a friend. One tap moves between the two.

Any language, any community

Language and community are separate choices in OIOA. You choose your community in Settings and your language with the toggle, and any combination works:

a Gujarati-speaking Jain family reading the Jain calendar in Gujarati,
an Urdu reader using prayer times and Qibla in Urdu, right to left,
a Parsi family in Mumbai reading Roj and Mah in English or Gujarati,
a Punjabi speaker following the Nanakshahi calendar in Gurmukhi,
a Bengali speaker reading the panchang in Bengali.

No language is tied to one community, and no community is tied to one language.

Right-to-left languages

Arabic and Urdu are written right to left, and the Arabic and Urdu pages on this website are laid out right to left too. If anything in the app reads awkwardly in these languages, please let us know.

Names that differ by region

Many terms have regional forms. A tithi called Chaturthi in one language is Chauth or Chaviti elsewhere; the nakshatra Shravana is Thiruvonam in Tamil and Malayalam; Hindu month names shift between regions and between Amanta and Purnimanta systems. OIOA aims to use the forms most familiar to readers of each language. If something doesn’t sound right in your language or region, we’d genuinely like to know.

Help us improve your language

Translations are never finished. Religious and calendar terms in particular deserve care, and readers know their language better than any translator. If you notice:

a word that is wrong, awkward or not used in your region,
a name spelled differently from how your community writes it,
something left untranslated,

please tell us what we missed. Mention the language, what you saw, and what you’d expect. If you’re willing to help review a language, say so and leave contact details.

More languages are welcome

India has 22 scheduled languages and many hundreds more. OIOA started with English and 13 others, and more languages are welcome on request. If you’d like OIOA in Sindhi, Konkani, Kashmiri, Maithili, Nepali, Santali, Dogri, Manipuri, Bodo, Sanskrit, Tulu or any other language, send a request. Requests are reviewed and shown on the roadmap.

In your language on this website

Each language page explains OIOA in that language:

Common questions

Can I use OIOA in one language and my community’s calendar in another script?

Language and community are independent choices. Choose your community in Settings and your language with the toggle; any combination works.

Will the app switch language automatically?

The EN ⇄ local-language toggle lets you move between English and your chosen language whenever you like, so you stay in control of what you read.

Are religious terms translated or kept in the original?

Where a term is best known in its original form, such as tithi names, prayer names or Roj and Mah, it is shown in the script of your chosen language rather than translated into a different word. If a term reads oddly in your language, please tell us.

Is this website available in my language?

Each supported language has an introductory page on this website, written in that language. The rest of the site is in English for now; see languages.

Can I help translate?

Yes, and we’d be grateful. Send a request mentioning the language and leave contact details, and we’ll be in touch.

Which languages are written right to left?

Arabic and Urdu. Both are among OIOA’s 14 languages, alongside English and 11 languages written left to right in Latin, Devanagari, Gujarati, Bengali–Assamese, Gurmukhi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam scripts.

Does the language I choose affect the calculations?

No. Language changes only how things are written. Your timings depend on your location, the date and the method you’ve chosen, never on the language you read them in.

Why are some names spelled differently in English and in my language?

Many terms come from Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, Avestan or Punjabi and are written in English in more than one way. In your own script, OIOA aims to use the spelling your community uses.

Your calendar, in your language