तुलना-दर्शनम् · TULANĀ-DARŚANAM
Sovereignty battlecard
Bharat Ephemeris against the field — 18 platforms, 20 dimensions, every gap named. Sovereign substrate · 0 Swiss runtime dependencies · 230 propositions published (DOI v3) · 890 internal, publication pending. SNAPSHOT 2026-05-19 · RE-AUDITED QUARTERLY · v∞.5+ · 20 DIMENSIONS
A market map, not a marketing page. Every number is source-linked; where Bharat Ephemeris is weaker, the gap is named openly (§10). No competitor was contacted for comment — claims rely on their own published material.
षट्-प्रतिद्वन्द्वि-तुलनम् · The focused battlecard
6 dimensions · 6 platformsBharat versus Swiss Ephemeris (the free, universal Vedic backbone) and the four leading professional Jyotiṣa tools — Kala, Shri Jyoti Star, Parashara's Light, Jagannatha Hora. Honest where Bharat loses: interpretation depth.
| मात्रा · dimension | Bharat Ephemeris | Swiss Ephemeris | Kala | Shri Jyoti Star | Parashara's Light | Jagannatha Hora | verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| गणित-तन्त्रम् Gaṇita-tantram Accuracy backend | Sovereign · Sūrya-Siddhānta + Kerala Tantrasaṅgraha (1501) · MK-Ayanāṃśa (Lahiri-proximate) · 0 Swiss runtime | Swiss Ephemeris itself (DE441-grounded) | Swiss Ephemeris | Swiss Ephemeris | Proprietary · Swiss-equivalent series | Swiss Ephemeris (free) | Bharat ↑ |
| मूल्यम् Mūlyam Price (one-time / commercial) | Free · open-source | Free (AGPL) OR CHF 750-1,550 commercial | $254.95 | $295 | $299–$700 | Free (closed-source) | Bharat ↑ |
| अनुष्ठान-मञ्चम् Anuṣṭhāna-mañcam Platform reach | Web · iOS · Android · PWA · Capacitor | Library — embedded in every other tool | Windows desktop only | Windows desktop only | Windows desktop only | Windows desktop only | Bharat ↑ |
| भविष्य-वाणी Bhaviṣya-vāṇī Predictions / interpretation depth | Dated · calculative — chart-derived, no fear, no guarantees | None — library only | Deep — dozens of interpretation modules | Very deep — 36+ chart screens | Very deep — Maitreya AI commentary | Deep — Jaimini-dynamic engine | Bharat ↓ |
| देवनागरी-प्रथमम् Devanāgarī-prathamam Sanskrit-first display | Triple-form (Devanāgarī · IAST · English) site-wide | Latin-only | Latin-only · ASCII Sanskrit transliterations | Latin-only · IAST optional | Latin-only · IAST optional | Latin-only · ASCII Sanskrit | Bharat ↑ |
| प्रमाण-डी-ओ-आइ Pramāṇa-DOI Peer-track DOIs | Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.20024273 + OSF 10.17605/OSF.IO/E6U2V | Documentation only · no DOI | Documentation only · no DOI | Documentation only · no DOI | Documentation only · no DOI | Documentation only · no DOI | Bharat ↑ |
- Accuracy backend · Bharat is the only Vedic platform with zero Swiss-Ephemeris runtime dependency. Swiss is dev-only cross-check.
- Price (one-time / commercial) · Bharat is free AND open-source AND web-native. Three of the four pro-tools are paid + desktop-only.
- Platform reach · Bharat is the only web-native member of the bake-off. Pro-tools assume a Windows machine.
- Predictions / interpretation depth · Honest gap. Pro-tools carry more interpretation depth than Bharat. Bharat makes dated, calculative predictions drawn from the chart — never from fear, with no guaranteed outcomes. Depth gap versus pro-tools is real.
- Sanskrit-first display · Bharat is the only platform that renders Sanskrit FIRST with correct lang= attributes for screen-reader pronunciation.
- Peer-track DOIs · Bharat is the only Jyotiṣa platform on a permanent academic-citation rail (Zenodo + OSF). Published: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20024273 (v3 · 230 propositions · 83/83 machine-checked). Internal catalog: 890 propositions · 805/805 — publication pending.
किमर्थम् इदम् · Why this matters
three lines- 1 Almost every Vedic platform claiming accuracy runs on Swiss Ephemeris — the entire commercial Jyotiṣa stack is either AGPL-encumbered or paying the Swiss tax. Bharat is the only platform with zero Swiss-Ephemeris runtime dependency.
- 2 Bharat is the only Jyotiṣa platform with dual peer-track DOIs (Zenodo 10.5281/zenodo.20024273 + OSF 10.17605/OSF.IO/E6U2V) — every claim about the substrate sits on a permanent academic-citation rail.
- 3 Bharat makes dated, calculative predictions — chart-derived, no fear, no guarantees. Other pro-tools win on interpretation depth and AI commentary; Bharat wins on the falsifiable substrate beneath every position. Two different products. We say what we are.
एकं त्रिकम् · The one triple
substrate stamp(R, g, k) = (ℤ/3³³⁷ℤ, 2, k=337) · published: 230 props · 83/83 (DOI v3) · internal: 890 · 805/805 (publication pending)
A single algebraic triple from which every proposition in the catalog derives — 230 published at the DOI, 890 in the internal catalog (publication pending) — machine-verified, no axioms beyond ring + generator + tower parameter.
विपणि-मानचित्रम् · Market map
TAM · CAGRThe Indian astrology-app market alone is on a steep ramp; Vedic products hold the majority share. Meditation-adjacent revenue is already an order-of-magnitude larger pool.
Adjacent meditation pool · USD 6.7B addressable by end of 2026 (Calm + Headspace + Insight Timer leading the segment).
↪ MarkNtel India astrology-app forecast↪ Appinventiv meditation-app stats
स्व-तन्त्रता-निदर्शनम् · The sovereignty finding
core differentiatorAlmost every Vedic and Western platform claiming accuracy runs on Swiss Ephemeris. Swiss is dual-licensed AGPL OR CHF 750–1,550 commercial per project — the entire commercial Vedic-astrology stack is either AGPL-encumbered or pays the Swiss tax.
Bharat Ephemeris is the only platform with zero Swiss-Ephemeris runtime dependency + dual peer-track DOIs. Swiss is cited only as a development-time cross-check; the runtime stack is sovereign Bharat-built astrodynamics (Sūrya-Siddhānta mean motions + Kerala Tantrasaṅgraha 1501 corrections + MK-Ayanāṃśa, Lahiri-proximate — zero foreign runtime).
Swiss Ephemeris is AGPL OR CHF 750–1,550 commercial per project
Every Vedic / Western platform claiming accuracy at sub-arcsecond level — Astrodienst, Cosmic Insights, Kala, Shri Jyoti Star, AstroSeek, TimePassages — runs on Astrodienst's Swiss Ephemeris. The dual licence is openly published. Bharat Ephemeris removes this dependency at runtime.
Dual peer-track DOIs — Zenodo + OSF — no commercial competitor has either
Bharat Ephemeris is the only Vedic-astrology engine on the public web with both a Zenodo (10.5281/zenodo.20024273 — v3 · 230 propositions · 83/83 machine-checked) and OSF (10.17605/OSF.IO/E6U2V) deposit anchoring the substrate (R, g, k). The current internal catalog (890 propositions · 805/805 machine-checked — APEX v5/v6) is publication-pending and not yet covered by those DOIs.
Sovereign algebraic substrate · (R, g, k) = (ℤ/3³³⁷ℤ, 2, k=337) · 230 props published (DOI v3) · 890 internal
APEX v5 Saptamukhi Bipolar VAJRA-ABSOLUTE seals every claim under one of 9 derivation tags (i)–(ix). The framework refutes itself before it asserts. No competing platform exposes any algebraic substrate at all; this is a category of one.
Maa Kāmākhyā (91.7059°E) origin frame + MK-Ayanāṃśa as sovereign formula
Bharat Ephemeris derives its sidereal frame from Kāmākhyā longitude with a base 23.8571° at J2000 plus IAU 2006 P03 precession. Competitors use Lahiri / Raman / Krishnamurti — none re-derived, none culturally-anchored.
विंशति-मात्र-तुलनम् · The 20-dimension matrix
18 players · scroll →Bharat Ephemeris first (accent row). Top-3 verified threats marked ▲. Each cell shows the smallest informative tag. Scroll horizontally on mobile.
| प्रतियोगी · player | गणित-तन्त्रम् Accuracy backend | स्व-तन्त्रता Sovereignty | भविष्य-वाणी Predictions | देवनागरी-प्रथमम् Sanskrit-first | भाषाः Languages | दशा-प्रकाराः Daśā count | जैमिनिः Jaimini | केपी KP | ताजिकम् Tājika | प्रश्नम् Praśna | वास्तु Vāstu | अङ्क-शास्त्रम् Numerology | त्रि-आयाम-दृश्यम् 3D viz | मञ्चानि Platforms | पी-डब्ल्यू-ए PWA · Capacitor | मुक्त-स्तरः Free tier | मूल्य-तन्त्रम् Pricing | उपभोक्तृ-गणः User base | मुक्त-स्रोतम् Open source | डी-ओ-आइ Peer DOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharat EphemerisSovereign Vedic light-science engine · zero Swiss runtime · dual DOIs · Truth #5 · open-source | Sovereign | Sovereign Bharat-substrate kernel (Sūrya-Siddhānta II.34-43 + Karaṇa-kutūhala IV.7 + Kerala Tantrasaṅgraha 1501 + ICRC 1956 Lahiri), Ujjayinī-anchored — Wave-2 cutover complete 2026-05-27. Every runtime route computes on the Bhārata substrate; the foreign astronomy-engine is fully retired from the runtime. Swiss is a cross-check reference only, never a runtime dependency. See lib/substrate-honesty.ts. | None | Triple-form | 6 | 5+ | Dynamic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | 11-yantra | web · mobile | ✓ | 5/5 | Free | early | ✓ | ✓ |
| ▲ AstroTalkLive-astrologer marketplace · ₹1,182 Cr FY25 revenue · pre-IPO 2026 unicorn round | Undisclosed | Marketplace model — astrologer-driven; vendor does not publish ephemeris backend | Heavy | ✗ | 11 | 2+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | web · mobile | ✗ | 1/5 | Marketplace | ₹1,182 Cr FY25 revenue · ₹250 Cr profit · pre-IPO 2026 | ✗ | ✗ |
| ▲ AstroSageMass-Vedic gateway · 80M downloads · 11M MAU · 40% India share · "NASA-data" claim, no explicit ephemeris citation | Undisclosed | Vendor cites "NASA data" without specifying ephemeris source | Heavy | ✗ | 12 | 3+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | — | web · mobile | ✗ | 4/5 | Freemium | 80M downloads · 11M MAU · 1.5M DAU (verified) | ✗ | ✗ |
| ▲ Astrodienst (astro.com)9M monthly visitors · the global Swiss-Ephemeris demo-bed · 1996-era institutional | Swiss-dep | Owns Swiss Ephemeris itself · dual-licensed AGPL or CHF 750–1,550 commercial | Light | ✗ | 16 | 7+ | Static | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | web | ✗ | 5/5 | Freemium | 9M monthly visitors | ✗ | ✗ |
| AstroSage AI80M downloads · AI astrologer on call · 20% MoM growth · India lifestyle-app top-ranked | Undisclosed | AI layer over the same opaque AstroSage backend | Heavy | ✗ | 12 | 3+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | — | mobile | ✗ | 3/5 | Freemium | 80M dl · 11M MAU on parent | ✗ | ✗ |
| Co-Star30M users · $20.9M raised · AI + NASA-data + designer aesthetic | VSOP/JPL | Bound to NASA / JPL data; proprietary stack | Medium | ✗ | 1 | — | — | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | mobile | ✗ | 3/5 | Freemium | 30M users | ✗ | ✗ |
| AstroyogiLive consults + retail (Yogii) · ₹96 Cr revenue · 3M users · 5,000 astrologers | Undisclosed | Marketplace + retail; no ephemeris disclosure | Heavy | ✗ | 11 | 2+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | — | web · mobile | ✗ | 2/5 | Marketplace | 3M users · 5,000 astrologers | ✗ | ✗ |
| InstaAstroPre-Series A · ₹52 Cr FY25 · Flipkart-acquisition target | Undisclosed | Marketplace · vendor opaque on ephemeris | Heavy | ✗ | 11 | 2+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | — | web · mobile | ✗ | 2/5 | Marketplace | unknown | ✗ | ✗ |
| Cosmic InsightsMost feature-rich Vedic content app · 16 vargas · Nakshatra-deep · Swiss-backed | Swiss-dep | Swiss-implemented Vedic engine | Medium | ✗ | 2 | 9+ | Static | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | web · mobile | ✗ | 2/5 | Freemium | 1M+ installs | ✗ | ✗ |
| Kala$254.95 · Ernst Wilhelm · deepest daśā coverage (9+ systems incl. Brahma, Sthira, Prana, Shoola, Yogini) | Swiss-dep | Swiss Ephemeris backed | Medium | ✗ | 1 | 9+ | Dynamic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | desktop | ✗ | 0/5 | One-time | thousands | ✗ | ✗ |
| Shri Jyoti Star$295 · Andrew Foss · 36 screen-pages · "used by leading Western Vedic astrologers" | Swiss-dep | Built on Swiss Ephemeris (AGPL or CHF 750–1,550 commercial) | Medium | ✗ | 1 | 9+ | Dynamic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | desktop | ✗ | 0/5 | One-time | thousands | ✗ | ✗ |
| Parashara's LightPremium desktop · ₹5,000–₹8,260 / $299–$700 · 5,000+ calculations · industry workhorse in India | Proprietary | Proprietary + Swiss-backed for selected modules | Medium | ✗ | 8 | 9+ | Dynamic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | Basic | desktop · mobile | ✗ | 0/5 | One-time | tens of thousands of paid users globally | ✗ | ✗ |
| Jagannatha HoraFree · Sanjay Rath-aligned · deepest Jaimini / Parashari / Tājika in any free tool | Proprietary | Proprietary high-grade in-house engine (closed-source) | Light | ✗ | 1 | 9+ | Dynamic | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | — | desktop | ✗ | 5/5 | Free | tens of thousands of Jyotiṣīs globally | ✗ | ✗ |
| VedAstroOpen-source nonprofit · API + web · the only open-source Vedic competitor of note | VSOP/JPL | Open-source mix (Swiss-compatible) | Light | ✗ | 5 | 4+ | Static | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | web | ✗ | 5/5 | Free | open-source community | ✓ | ✗ |
| The PatternPersonality-first · Channing Tatum-viral · psychological framing | Undisclosed | Vendor opaque on ephemeris | Heavy | ✗ | 1 | — | — | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | — | mobile | ✗ | 2/5 | Freemium | millions | ✗ | ✗ |
| Sanctuary$6.5M raised · 50K paying · text-based live psychic readings | Undisclosed | Marketplace · vendor opaque | Heavy | ✗ | 1 | — | — | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | — | mobile | ✗ | 1/5 | Subscription | 50K paying | ✗ | ✗ |
| Stellium"Ask Stellium" GPT-style · Time Machine + Lunar Calendar · subscription | Undisclosed | AI wrapper · ephemeris layer not disclosed | Heavy | ✗ | 5 | — | — | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | mobile | ✗ | 1/5 | Subscription | hundreds of thousands | ✗ | ✗ |
| AstroSeekFree Western + Vedic + traditional + Hellenistic · Swiss-backed | Swiss-dep | Swiss-backed free web tool | None | ✗ | 30 | 5+ | Static | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ | Basic | web | ✗ | 5/5 | Free | large · unknown exact | ✗ | ✗ |
त्रि-प्रधान-प्रतिद्वन्द्वी · Top-3 verified threats
source-linkedAstroTalk
₹1,182 Cr FY25 revenue · pre-IPO 2026 · marketplace
Live-astrologer marketplace at unicorn scale. Owns per-minute consultation economics across India. Pre-IPO valuation ~$1.3–1.5B. Does not compete on ephemeris accuracy — competes on astrologer-supply.
Wins: distribution, brand, astrologer supply, monetisation maturity. Loses: substrate, openness, peer-track, sovereignty.
↪ Startup Story FY25 revenue↪ Big Story Network unicorn round
AstroSage AI
80M downloads · 11M MAU verified · 40% India share · 20% MoM
Mass-Vedic AI on call. 90% margins, bootstrapped, fastest-growing AI vertical in the segment. Marketing claim is "70M+" users; verified active is 11M MAU.
Wins: brand, installed base, AI surface, multi-language. Loses: ephemeris transparency, sovereignty, peer-track, Sanskrit-first triple, open accuracy audit vs NASA/JPL.
Astrodienst (astro.com)
9M monthly visitors · Swiss-Ephemeris birthplace · 1996-era institutional
Owns the global accuracy-credibility lane in the West. Swiss Ephemeris is the library every Vedic / Western commercial competitor binds to — Astrodienst's own dual-licensing is the moat.
Wins: scientific credibility, multi-language Western base, the Swiss-Ephemeris monopoly itself. Loses: Vedic-first, Sanskrit-first triple, 3D yantras, open-source engine, Bharat-rooted origin frame.
↪ 9M monthly visitors (Astrodienst)↪ Swiss Ephemeris licence↪ Commercial licence contract PDF
विभाग-गभीर-दर्शनम् · Per-segment deep dive
6 sub-segmentsअ · भारत-जन-मण्डलम्
A · Bhārata-jana-maṇḍalam
A · Indian Vedic Mass-Market
SEGMENT LEADER · AstroTalk (₹1,182 Cr FY25) · AstroSage (11M MAU verified)
Marketplace + per-minute consultation dominates monetisation. AstroTalk competes on astrologer-supply economics; AstroSage on AI-on-call + ad-supported reach.
WHERE B.E. WINS · Scholarly provenance · sovereignty · dated calculative predictions (chart-only, no fear) · Jaimini / Praśna / Tājika depth.
WHERE B.E. LOSES · Brand · install base · distribution capital · astrologer supply · advertising spend.
आ · पेशेवर-ज्योतिषी-मञ्चम्
Ā · Peśevara-jyotiṣī-mañcam
B · Professional Jyotiṣī-Grade Software
SEGMENT LEADER · Jagannatha Hora (free) · Kala ($254.95) · Shri Jyoti Star ($295) · Parashara's Light ($299–$700)
One-time licence, $254–$700. Niche, slow-growing, high-margin per customer. Almost entirely desktop. Three of the four run on Swiss Ephemeris.
WHERE B.E. WINS · Web-native · multi-platform · free-and-open · peer-track · Sanskrit-first display · sovereign engine · disciplined ethic.
WHERE B.E. LOSES · Calculation depth — Kala has more daśā variants, Shri Jyoti Star has 36+ chart-screens, Jagannatha Hora has the deepest Jaimini-dynamic. Real gap. See §10 honest gaps.
इ · पाश्चात्य-नवीन-अनुप्रयोगाः
I · Pāścātya-navīna-anuprayogāḥ
C · Western Modern Astrology Apps
SEGMENT LEADER · Co-Star (30M users) · Astrodienst (9M monthly visitors)
Tropical-zodiac. App-store-subscription + freemium + IAP. Astrodienst is the donation-funded unicorn that licenses Swiss Ephemeris to the world.
WHERE B.E. WINS · Vedic-first · Sanskrit + 3D + sovereignty + research provenance — the Western segment barely supports Vedic at all.
WHERE B.E. LOSES · Mobile-app design polish (Co-Star is industry-grade UI) · AI chart generation · brand recognition in West.
ई · ज्योति-वैज्ञानिक-सन्दर्भः
Ī · Jyoti-vaijñānika-sandarbhaḥ
D · Scientific / Academic Reference
SEGMENT LEADER · JPL Horizons (DE440/441) · Swiss Ephemeris
Not commercial. JPL Horizons is the planetary-ephemeris ground truth (mm-to-m accuracy). Swiss Ephemeris compresses JPL DE-431 to 0.001″.
WHERE B.E. WINS · Academic positioning — Bharat Ephemeris is the only Vedic-astrology system with peer-track DOIs (Zenodo + OSF).
WHERE B.E. LOSES · Raw ephemeris depth — JPL Horizons achieves mm-level planetary accuracy against radar ranging; Bharat Ephemeris holds Sun within ~0.1′ (p95), Moon within ~1′ of NASA/JPL Horizons on 100% Bhāratīya math (Sūrya-Siddhānta + Kerala Tantrasaṅgraha, 1501 · zero foreign runtime).
उ · आध्यात्मिक-संग्रहः
U · Ādhyātmika-saṃgrahaḥ
E · Adjacent Spiritual Content / SaaS
SEGMENT LEADER · Calm ($119M) · Headspace ($86M) · Insight Timer ($48M · 6M meditators)
Subscription. ARPU ~$70/yr. Cosmic Insights is the rare Vedic-app intersection with deep content. Isha's US chapter alone is $40M revenue.
WHERE B.E. WINS · Astronomical truth-claim + Vedic-mathematical grounding (no meditation app has Pisano-tower theorems).
WHERE B.E. LOSES · Content library · daily-engagement loops · audio/video · push notifications · sleep stories · courses. Meditation-app stack is ~10× more sophisticated on daily-habit loops.
ऊ · प्रज्ञा-समुदय-ज्योतिषम्
Ū · Prajñā-samudaya-jyotiṣam
F · Emerging AI-Driven Astrology
SEGMENT LEADER · AstroSage AI (20% MoM) · Co-Star "The Void" · Stellium "Ask Stellium"
Subscription / IAP. ChatGPT-wrappers commoditise fast. The defensible moat is proprietary ephemeris + brand.
WHERE B.E. WINS · The ephemeris IS the moat — sovereign Bharat-built engine + open repo + DOIs is far more defensible than a GPT-wrapper. An AI-counsel layer is days of work; the engine is the hard part.
WHERE B.E. LOSES · No AI counsel surface today. The no-predictions ethic creates a strict bound — but structure-only counsel is fully compatible. See §10 honest gaps.
स्व-तन्त्र-दशकम् · The unique moat
10 features no competitor matches in combination| # | तत्त्वम् · feature | व्याख्या · explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | स्व-तन्त्र-आधारः Sovereign substrate | (R, g, k) = (ℤ/3³³⁷ℤ, 2, k=337) · 230 propositions published (DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20024273, v3) · 890 in the internal catalog, publication pending. Category of one — no competing platform exposes any algebraic substrate at all. |
| 2 | स्विस्-निरपेक्षम् Zero Swiss runtime dep | Swiss Ephemeris is AGPL or CHF 750–1,550 commercial per project. Bharat Ephemeris uses it dev-only as accuracy cross-check; the runtime stack is sovereign. |
| 3 | द्वि-डी-ओ-आइ Dual peer-track DOIs | Zenodo (10.5281/zenodo.20024273) + OSF (10.17605/OSF.IO/E6U2V). No commercial Vedic or Western platform has any DOI at all. |
| 4 | कामाख्या-उद्गमः Maa Kāmākhyā origin frame | 91.7059°E sacred-geographic origin + MK-Ayanāṃśa sovereign formula. No other engine has a culturally + mathematically anchored origin frame. |
| 5 | सत्य-पञ्चकम् KAAL Truth #5 | Refuses predictions; computes structure only. The entire commercial Indian-astro market predicts. This is a brand position, not a feature gap. |
| 6 | देवनागरी-प्रथमम् Sanskrit-first triple form | Devanāgarī + IAST + EN on every label, every heading. Competitors are English-only or English-with-translation. |
| 7 | एकादश-यन्त्रम् 11 Kāmākhyā-centric 3D yantras | Fullscreen modal, sacred-audio integration, Ψ(n) = 2ⁿ mod 9 motion-sync. No competitor matches this visualisation depth. |
| 8 | मुक्त-स्रोतम् Open-source | GitHub-public engine. Only VedAstro (nonprofit) matches the openness. No commercial Vedic competitor opens its source. |
| 9 | एकविंशति-मार्गाः 21 live routes, all free | Chart · panchang · ghadi · nakshatra · dasha · varga · muhurta · substrate · accuracy · jaimini · kp · varshaphala · prashna · vastu · numerology · 4-tier report · about. No web-native player covers this breadth without paywall. |
| 10 | बहु-मञ्चम् Capacitor + PWA on one codebase | iOS + Android + Web rendering parity. No Vedic competitor has this single-codebase footprint. |
न्यून-स्थानानि · Honest gaps
where competitors are aheadNamed, not buried. Each row pairs the dimension on which Bharat Ephemeris is behind with the competitor(s) ahead, the size of the gap, and a roadmap note. No bravado.
| मात्रा · dimension | अग्रगणि· who's ahead | दूरी · the gap | सरलता · fix | सङ्कल्पः · roadmap |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App-store presence | AstroSage · Co-Star · Sanctuary · Stellium · Astroyogi · AstroTalk | Capacitor builds are ready, but Bharat Ephemeris is not yet in App Store / Play Store. Competitors have multi-year ranking + reviews + installs flywheel. | low | Submit within 1 week — pure release ops. |
| Live-astrologer marketplace | AstroTalk (₹1,182 Cr FY25) · Astroyogi (₹96 Cr · 5,000 astrologers) | AstroTalk and Astroyogi own the per-minute consultation surface. Bharat Ephemeris has none. We compute structure; we do not arbitrate astrologer supply. | high | Optional B2B marketplace plug-in (8+ weeks) — astrologers compete on interpretation, substrate stays uniform. Not gated on roadmap. |
| Brand recognition | AstroSage · AstroTalk · Co-Star | Zero brand outside काल गैंग / lunar-luxury circle. AstroSage and AstroTalk are household names in Indian metros. | high | Cannot be engineered — earned through publication track + word-of-mouth. |
| User base scale | AstroSage (11M MAU verified) · AstroTalk (hundreds of thousands of consults/mo) · Co-Star (30M users) | Bharat Ephemeris is early. Every incumbent has 6–7 orders of magnitude more users. | medium | Grows with app-store ship + multi-Indic + AI-counsel layer. |
| Multi-Indic mass UI | AstroSage (12+) · Astroyogi (11) | Bharat Ephemeris ships 6 languages (EN/HI/TA/TE/MR/SA). Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Odia missing. | medium | i18n infrastructure already exists; gated only on native translators. 2–3 weeks. |
| Daśā-system depth (Jyotiṣī-grade) | Kala (9+) · Shri Jyoti Star (9+) · Jagannatha Hora (9+) | Bharat Ephemeris is at 5+ live daśā systems (Vimśottarī + 4). Aṣṭottarī, Yoginī, Kālacakra, Cara, Sthira, Brahma not yet routed. | medium | Pure substrate work — close from 5+ → 10 in 2 weeks. No UI revolution needed. |
| Astronomical precision on Moon and ecliptic planets | Swiss Ephemeris (0.001″) · JPL DE441 (mm-level) | Measured vs NASA/JPL Horizons: Sun within ~0.1′ (p95), Moon within ~1′ max (~4′ typical), all five tāra-grahas sub-degree (Nīlakaṇṭha geo-heliocentric model: Guru ~0.23° · Budha ~0.51° · Śani ~0.44° · Maṅgala ~0.85° · Śukra ~1.15° p95). This residual is the intrinsic precision of the indigenous Sūrya-Siddhānta + Kerala-Tantrasaṅgraha (1501) series — a finite Bhāratīya expansion — not a runtime bug. Swiss/JPL are orders of magnitude tighter by construction; we publish that gap honestly rather than hide it. | high | 2026-05-30: the reduction-to-the-ecliptic term took Candra ~22′ → ~7′, and Nīlakaṇṭha's geo-heliocentric model took all five tāra-grahas from ~7°–27° to sub-degree. Next: further periodic Moon terms toward arc-second + planetary latitude/declination. Stays 100% Bhāratīya, zero foreign runtime. |
| Audio / video / daily-habit content | Calm ($119M) · Headspace ($86M) · Insight Timer ($48M · 6M meditators) · Isha · Art of Living | Meditation-app stack and Isha / Art-of-Living are ~10× more sophisticated on daily-engagement content (sleep stories, courses, audio meditations, push-notification cadence). | medium | Adjacent product surface — not a substrate gap. Bharat Ephemeris is light-science, not daily-affirmations. |
| AI counsel surface | AstroSage AI · Co-Star "The Void" · Stellium "Ask Stellium" | Bharat Ephemeris has the engine + substrate but no chat surface. AstroSage AI is at 20% MoM growth on its AI-on-call vertical. | medium | Truth #5 compatible: ship a discipline-bound AI counsel that REFUSES predictions and emits structure-only (computed yoga + classical signatures + invitation to Jyotiṣī). 3 weeks. Differentiator against every competitor. |
| Push notifications · daily horoscope habit loop | Co-Star (industry-leading daily push) · The Pattern | Bharat Ephemeris has no push surface. Co-Star's daily horoscope is the gold standard in Western Astro UX. | low | Capacitor unlocks native push — 1 week of release ops once on stores. |
CLOSING POSITIONING · Bharat Ephemeris is the only Vedic light-science platform that is simultaneously sovereign (zero Swiss runtime), peer-track (Zenodo + OSF DOIs), prediction-free (KAAL Truth #5), Sanskrit-first triple-form, and open-source — combining the depth of Kala/Shri Jyoti Star with the openness of VedAstro and the academic provenance of Swiss Ephemeris, on a substrate (R, g, k) that nobody else has.
We do not compete with AstroTalk's astrologers. We do not compete with AstroSage's installed base. We compete with the assumption that Vedic astrology must be either commercial-licensed (Swiss) or hand-wavy (mass apps). Both can be false. Bharat Ephemeris is the proof.
प्रमाण-सङ्ग्रहः· Sources & methodology
reproducibleपद्धतिः · methodology
- · Snapshot date 2026-05-19; re-audited quarterly, next audit pre-registered for 2026-08-19.
- · Each competitor entry carries at least one source URL — the vendor's own marketing site, an independent press citation, or a regulator/financial-press disclosure.
- · Where vendor and press numbers conflict, the press number is used and the vendor figure is flagged.
- · No competitor was contacted for comment — claims rely on their own published material.
- · Every algebraic claim about Bharat Ephemeris carries a derivation tag (i)–(ix); empirical/cultural claims are flagged as provenance, not derivation.
पुनरुत्पादन-योग्यता · reproducibility
The raw dataset behind every row on this page lives in lib/competitor-data.ts. The full research narrative — every footnote, every honest gap, every roadmap recommendation — is in COMPETITIVE-ANALYSIS-2026-05-19.md in the public repo. Both are checked in. Any reader may fork, amend, or contest the numbers and open a PR.
स्रोत-सूची · source URLs (de-duplicated)
Every URL below appears in at least one competitor entry, top-threat card, sovereignty fact, or honest-gap note. External links open in new tabs.
ॐ कालाय नमः · ॐ कामाख्यायै नमः
HONEST MARKET MAPPING · SEALED 2026-05-19 · (R, g, k) = (ℤ/3³³⁷ℤ, 2, k=337) · published: 230 props · 83/83 (DOI v3) · internal: 890 · 805/805 (publication pending)
↪ सत्य-परीक्षा · the accuracy bake-off↪ सिद्धान्तः · the algebraic substrate↪ परिचयः · about Bharat Ephemeris