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తాజా · Latest shows, in one place, what matters today for your district in Telangana or Andhra Pradesh: weather and disaster alerts, the weather, today’s panchangam, and the latest news in Telugu and English. It is part of Open Telugu, with Telugu History and Pustaka Nidhi.

There are two pages, switched with Today | News at the top.

Today

  1. Choose your district the first time. Alerts, weather and the panchangam then follow your district. Change it any time with 📍 at the top (on a phone, under ☰).
  2. Each box is a tile. The row of small buttons at the top gives the gist of each (an alert count, the temperature, today’s tithi); tap one to jump to its tile.
  3. ▾ / ▸ on a tile folds it down to one line, or opens it again.
  4. Customise lets you:
    • + Add a tile, or remove one with ✕;
    • move tiles with ↑ ↓;
    • choose a tile’s size (Small, Medium, Large), and which news column a News tile shows;
    • choose Sources: untick news outlets you do not want;
    • Copy link to this setup and open it on another phone or computer to get the same page there.

The tiles:

News

Four columns, side by side on a computer, as tabs on a phone:

When several outlets report the same story it appears once, with the first report’s headline and Also: links to the others. New headlines do not push the list while you read: a “5 new ↑” button shows them when you are ready. A line marks what came in since your last visit.

All / Telangana / Andhra Pradesh filters the regional columns. Customise shows, hides and reorders columns, hides cinema, astrology and lifestyle, makes the list compact, shows summaries, and chooses Sources.

Headlines link to the publisher’s own page; this site does not copy articles.

Panchangam

The panchangam is calculated on your phone or computer for your district, from the positions of the Sun and the Moon (standard astronomical formulas; Lahiri ayanamsa; months counted from new moon to new moon, as in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh). So it works without internet.

It shows the samvatsaram, masam and paksham; tithi, nakshatram, yogam and karanam with the times they end; sunrise and sunset; Rahu kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika kalam and Durmuhurtham (times to avoid); Abhijit muhurtham (a good time; not observed on Wednesdays); and the next grahanam that can be seen here, from NASA’s eclipse tables.

Times can differ from a printed panchangam by a few minutes. Varjyam and Amrit kalam are not shown yet. For a ceremony, follow your family priest or a published panchangam.

Calendar

The Calendar shows a month at a time: each day’s tithi, festivals, your state’s government holidays and eclipses. Tap a day for its full panchangam. Telangana / Andhra Pradesh switches the state; the panchangam is calculated for your district when it is in that state.

Install as an app

The site installs like an app, opens without the browser around it, and keeps working offline.

Offline, the app opens with the news, tiles and settings you last had, and says how old the news is. The panchangam is always calculated fresh. Articles open on the publishers’ sites, so they need internet.

Theme and language

The theme button switches System → Light → Dark: System follows your phone’s own setting. EN | తెలుగు switches the language of the page; the news itself stays in the language the outlet wrote it in.

Privacy

There is no account and no tracking. Your district, tiles, columns, theme and hidden outlets are kept only in your browser on this device. A setup link contains your settings, so share it only if you want to. Clearing the browser’s data for this site resets everything. The server keeps short technical logs to keep the site running.

Something wrong?

A wrong district, a wrong time, a missing outlet, a bad translation: please tell us through the Open Telugu contact page.

Sources this site reads

Headlines come from these outlets, read every 5 to 15 minutes. Each headline links to the outlet's own page.

Telugu

Telangana & AP

India