The Ayurvedic day for Android
Your day, timed by the sun
AyuWatcher plans your day the way Ayurveda does: by the sun, not by the clock.
It works out sunrise, noon and sunset for the place where you are, and builds your day around them. As the year goes on, your plan moves with the sun.
Free to download. What is happening now is always free.
In English and 33 other languages
- 3doshas
- 6seasons
- 5tattvas
- 34languages
Your day, timed by the sun
Rise, eat and rest with the sun
AyuWatcher lays out your day from the sunrise, noon and sunset of the place where you are.
- Get up before dawn, in Brahma muhurta
- Time for cleansing, meditation and exercise
- The main meal around noon, when Ayurveda says digestion is strongest
- Work, a walk, and time to slow down
- Bed early enough to be asleep before the night's Pitta hours
Every step explains why it comes when it does. When summer nights are too short for all of it, the plan puts your sleep first and explains the change.
The doshas, day and night
Kapha, Pitta and Vata take turns, by day and by night
See which dosha is strongest now, on a dial, as curves or as percentages.
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Kapha
Kapha gives the body its structure, strength and moisture, and the mind its steadiness. Kapha builds up with cold, damp weather, rich food and too much sleep.
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Pitta
Pitta digests food and experience alike, and keeps the body warm and the mind sharp. Pitta flares up with heat, hunger, ambition and anger.
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Vata
Vata governs breath, thought, speech and all movement in the body. It is the first dosha to be unsettled by cold, wind, hurry and irregular habits.
Choose the classical division described in the Ashtanga Hridaya, or the familiar dosha clock (Kapha 6–10 and 18–22, Pitta 10–14 and 22–2, Vata 14–18 and 2–6), which the app marks as a modern convention.
The six seasons
Six seasons, dated by the sun
Ayurveda has six seasons, from Shishira to Hemanta, each with its own food and way of life. AyuWatcher dates them by the sun and shifts them by six months south of the equator.
It also marks the two weeks between seasons, when habits should change slowly.
And it reads your local climate the Ayurvedic way: cold, dryness and wind raise Vata, heat raises Pitta, and cold and damp raise Kapha.
- ShishiraLate winter
- VasantaSpring
- GrishmaSummer
- VarshaThe rains
- SharadAutumn
- HemantaEarly winter
What the app does
All of your day in one app
What is happening now is free. With a subscription, see the whole day, any day, anywhere in the world.
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What is happening now
The dosha, the tattva, the part of the day, the lunar day and the season, for where you are right now.
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The five tattvas
Akasha, Vayu, Tejas, Apas and Prithvi follow each other in 24-minute periods from sunrise. See which one is running, and what it is good for.
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The lunar day
Today's tithi, the lunar day, with its meaning, and the days ahead with Ekadashi, the full moon and the new moon marked.
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Any day, any place
Pick a date and a time, or a saved place anywhere in the world, and the whole day follows.
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Tabs your way
Move and resize the cards on the Day, Doshas and Seasons tabs, and hide the ones you do not need.
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Five widgets
The moment, the rest of the day, the dosha dial, the season and the year, on your home screen.
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Reminders
When to get up, eat and wind down, and when the seasons change.
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Spoken announcements
While the app is open, each part of the day can be announced out loud as it begins.
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Calendar and sharing
Add the plan to your calendar, or send the whole day in a message.
The app itself
Warm, quiet and clear
Each dosha has its own colour, and every screen says where its advice comes from.
Scroll sideways to see them all. Open any screen to see it larger.
The screenshots show the English version. The app is also in 33 other languages.
Price
What is happening now is free
Everything else comes with a subscription, which you can cancel at any time.
Free
- The dosha whose hours are running now, where you are
- The tattva running now
- The part of the day you are in
- Today's lunar day
- The season
- The choice between the classical and the modern dosha clock
With a subscription
Everything in the free version, and all of this:
- The whole day, planned by the sun
- The doshas as a dial, as curves and as percentages
- Every tattva of the day
- Food and daily life for each season
- Your climate through the year
- The lunar days ahead
- Any day and any time
- Saved places around the world
- Tabs arranged your way: move and resize the cards
- Five home-screen widgets
- Reminders to get up, eat and wind down, and when the seasons change
- Spoken announcements as each part of the day begins
- The plan added to your calendar
- The whole day shared in a message
- Calm background motion: a breathing gradient, a forest, a meadow and more
Subscription terms Weekly, monthly or yearly. Payment is charged to your Google Play account when you confirm. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can manage or cancel it in Google Play at any time. Google Play shows the prices in your own currency.
Free to download
For Android 6.0 and later.
Scan the code with your phone to open the app in Google Play.
Private by design
Everything is calculated on your phone
There is no account, no advertising and no tracking. The app has no server of its own.
- On your phoneAll the calculations run on the phone itself, and they work offline.
- No accountNo sign-up, no email address and no password.
- No advertisingNo banners and nothing that interrupts you.
- No trackingNo analytics and no crash reports. Nothing about you is collected or sold.
- Online only when it has to beThe climate data come with the app. It goes online for three things only: to load the map when you pick a place, to look up place names with the place lookup built into Android, and to handle payments through Google Play.
34 languages
The app speaks your language
Every screen, every description and every reminder is translated into 34 languages. The app uses the language of your phone.
English
Questions and answers
What people ask
Why does my plan change through the year?
Because it follows the sun. Sunrise, noon and sunset move with the seasons, and the plan moves with them.
What if the summer nights are too short?
Far from the equator, a summer night can be too short to rise in Brahma muhurta and still sleep enough. The plan keeps the amount of sleep you set: seven and a half hours by default. It moves your bedtime earlier first, then your waking later, and tells you why.
Which dosha clock is right?
The classical texts divide the day (from sunrise to sunset) and the night (from sunset to sunrise) into thirds, so the thirds grow and shrink with the year. The familiar clock with fixed four-hour blocks is a modern convention. The app offers both and says which is which. The classical one is the default.
Why are the seasons different south of the equator?
The seasons follow the sun, so south of the equator they are turned half a year round. There, Shishira falls in July.
Is there a weather forecast?
No. Instead, the app shows what the weather is usually like where you are at this time of year. It uses long-term averages calculated from NASA's climate records. The averages are part of the app, so nothing has to be downloaded.
Does the app need the internet?
Everything is calculated on your phone, and the climate data come with the app. The internet is used for three things only: to load the map when you pick a place, to look up place names, and to handle payments through Google Play.
Can I choose the language of the app?
The app uses the language of your phone. On Android 13 and later, you can also set a language for this app alone, in your phone's settings.
How do I cancel the subscription?
In Google Play: tap your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions.
Cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends to stop the next payment. You keep everything until the period ends.
Please note AyuWatcher is a guide to a traditional practice, not medical advice. Before you fast, change your diet or start a new kind of exercise, talk to your doctor.