GaganMitra

Free stargazing app · by Astrophiles

Your friend in the night sky

Point your phone at the sky and find stars, planets and the 27 nakshatras. GaganMitra tells you what you can really see tonight from your town, with your eyes, binoculars or telescope.

Coming soon on Google Play Follow @astrophiles._ for the launch →
  • No ads
  • No sign-up
  • Works offline
  • 6 Indian languages
GaganMitra sky map over Mumbai at night, showing Saturn, the Moon in Dhanishtha and the constellations
Shatabhisha nakshatra card with its yogatara, span and when the Moon is next there

The 27 nakshatras, in the real sky

See the lunar mansions along the Moon's path, find out which nakshatra the Moon is in tonight, and tap any of them for its star, its deity and its story, retold in simple words.

Tonight screen for Mumbai with darkness times, the Moon, cloud forecast and the best planets to observe

What you can actually see tonight

GaganMitra knows how dark your sky is, where the Moon is and what you are looking through. It sorts tonight's planets, clusters and galaxies into what's obvious, what needs averted vision and what is drowned out, with the hour-by-hour cloud forecast.

Astronomy calendar with the Orionids meteor shower and the Full Moon

Never miss an eclipse or meteor shower

A calendar of eclipses, meteor showers, Moon phases and planets at their best, with what to expect from your own town. Set reminders, and count meteors by direction on the night.

Sun activity screen with today's picture of the Sun's corona and space weather levels

The Sun and aurora, live

Today's Sun from space, solar flares, sunspots, the solar wind and geomagnetic storms, plus your chance of seeing an aurora from where you are.

⚠ Never look at the Sun through binoculars or a telescope without a proper solar filter.

Speaks your language

Menus, screens and the nakshatra stories in six languages.

Made by Astrophiles

GaganMitra (गगनमित्र, "friend of the sky") is made by Astrophiles, who run stargazing workshops and make telescope kits and star charts in India. Developed by Meet Panchal.

Questions or ideas? Write to connect@astrophiles.in or message us on WhatsApp.