bda-mcp

Jyotish, Panchang, Hindu festival and Sanatan Dharma knowledge tools with citations.

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What it can do

    What data it sees

    Do you need an account

    No: the server works without sign-in

    Jyotish, Panchang, Hindu festival and Sanatan Dharma knowledge tools with citations.

    How to connect

    How to connect bda-mcp to Claude

    The server address to paste into Claude settings:

    https://jyotish-api.bda.ai/mcp

    1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
    2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
    3. Click Add custom connector.
    4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
    5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

    Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

    Authorization

    After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

    How to connect bda-mcp to ChatGPT

    The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

    https://jyotish-api.bda.ai/mcp

    1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
    2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
    3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
    4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
    5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
    6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

    OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

    Authorization

    On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

    How to connect bda-mcp to Cursor

    The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

    https://jyotish-api.bda.ai/mcp

    Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

    Manually:

    1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
    2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
    3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

    Authorization

    If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

    Server tool list (15)

    Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

    get_today_panchangReturn public daily Panchang data for a city/date context.
    get_panchang_by_date_cityReturn public Panchang JSON for a supplied date and city/location.
    get_festival_calendarReturn public festival feed or calendar export.
    get_udaya_lagnaReturn certified public ascendant-sign windows from local sunrise to the next local sunrise.
    get_tithi_infoUse the public Panchang utility/evidence endpoints for tithi context.
    get_tithi_calendarReturn deterministic annual start/end spans for one Tithi in the requested location timezone.
    get_nakshatra_infoUse public Panchang endpoints for nakshatra context by date/location.
    get_kundali_explanationReturn public Jyotish concept explanations without generating private user Kundali data.
    search_sanatan_encyclopediaUse canonical public Sanatan Encyclopedia pages and future search contracts.
    get_mantra_meaningReturn public reviewed-source discovery guidance for mantra meanings.
    get_jyotish_glossary_termReturn public Jyotish glossary/concept explanation metadata.
    get_public_bda_feature_summaryReturn public BDA service and API discovery metadata.
    list_public_sitemap_urlsReturn a paged public URL catalog from BDA sitemaps so agents can discover the full public site without crawling private surfaces.
    get_public_page_metadataFetch safe public BDA page metadata for a single allowlisted public URL without returning page body content.
    list_public_api_endpointsList public evaluation endpoints from the filtered public OpenAPI contract, excluding identity, donation, memory, client-log, external-database, alerting, rendered-page, and internal routes.