Kindness, gratitude, stillness —
one small act a day.
Nitya is a daily companion for living with a little more intention. One small, doable act each morning — with the story and the reason behind it, drawn from the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Sanatan way of living. Two minutes, while your chai is still warm.
Not a scripture shelf. Just today.
Ancient teaching is generous, and almost none of us have time for the homework. Nitya doesn't hand you a syllabus — it hands you today: one act, the wisdom it comes from, and a gentle way out if today is hard.
One act. A real reason. A gentle way out if today is hard.
Each morning, a single practice you can actually finish — thank someone who raised you, light a lamp, sit quietly for two minutes — and the teaching it's rooted in.
- Chosen around what you said you wanted: calm, family, gratitude, raising kids with values.
- Some acts don't fit every life. "Choose another practice" always offers a kind alternative.
Words worth understanding, not just repeating.
Devanagari, transliteration, and a plain-language meaning on one screen — with the source, the tradition it belongs to, when it's said, and who reviewed the entry.
- A provenance card on every mantra. Chapter and verse, not vibes.
- Labelled "broadly shared" or attributed to a specific tradition.
तत्सवितुर्वरेण्यं
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात्
Said · at dawn, midday & dusk (sandhya) • Reviewed · Pt. R. Sharma
Know the day — and know why it matters.
Today's tithi and nakshatra, the next festival with a plain how-to, and dates shown for your location and your family's convention. Where communities observe on different days, Nitya says so rather than pretending there's one answer.
- "How to observe" for each festival — from ten quiet minutes to the full ritual.
- A quiet nudge a week ahead, so there's time to prepare.
The stories your kids should hear — and the question to ask after.
A story a week, told well and told short. Under each one sits a conversation prompt written for the parent who wants to pass something on but was never shown how to begin.
- Five minutes at bedtime. No preparation, no reading ahead.
- Told respectfully, with a provenance line, like everything else here.
Ask the questions you were never taught the answers to.
Why do people fast on Ekadashi? Which mantra helps when I'm anxious? What actually happens at a griha pravesh? Nitya answers from its reviewed library only — and shows the source every time.
- Retrieval-grounded. It will not freestyle dharma or invent scripture.
- Where traditions differ, it tells you whose answer you're reading.
Everything here comes from somewhere.
And when your family does it differently, Nitya says so. That's really the whole promise.
You can see the source
Every practice, mantra, story, and festival shows the text it came from — so you're never taking our word for it.
Read by people who practice
Scholars and priests review entries before they reach you, and their name sits right there on the page.
No single right way
Nitya names the tradition and region it's showing, tells you when communities differ, and asks you to believe nothing.
Gentle by design
No guilt notifications and nothing to lose if life gets busy. Just "Welcome back. Ready for today?"
Say what you want more of
Calm, closeness, gratitude, raising kids with values. Add your region and tradition if you have one — the calendar follows.
Open it with your morning chai
One practice, one reason, one optional mantra. Do it, or choose something gentler. Then close the app — there's no feed to scroll.
Watch it become yours
Weeks in, the days stop sneaking up, the words start meaning something, and your kids begin asking for the story.
Be there for the first morning.
Nitya is in private beta on iOS, opening in small waves. Join the waitlist and we'll send one email — the one with your invite.
Before you ask
I've joined the waitlist — what am I actually getting?
An app, not a newsletter. Nitya is an iOS app with a daily card: one practice, one reason, one optional mantra. Right now you're on the invite list — when your wave opens you'll get a single email with the download link. Nothing in between.
Do I need to be Hindu?
No. Nitya's practices are drawn from the Vedas, the Upanishads and the Sanatan way of living — gratitude, restraint, service, reverence for those who raised you — and none of it asks you to believe or declare anything. If you're Hindu, it's the tradition you grew up in, with the instructions filled back in. If you're not, it's a daily practice with a two-thousand-year-old reason behind it.
When does it launch?
Private beta on iOS first, with invites going out in small waves from the waitlist. Android follows. We open access gradually so we can fix things properly and get the content right.
Is the AI making things up?
No. Ask Nitya retrieves from a curated library of texts and entries that human reviewers have approved, and cites the source with each answer. If your question isn't covered, it tells you that and suggests speaking with a person, rather than inventing something plausible.
Is this good for kids?
That's much of why it exists. The weekly story comes with a conversation prompt written for parents who want to pass something on but were never taught how to explain it. Family profiles are part of v1.
Will it cost anything?
The daily practice, the calendar, and a good part of the mantra and story library stay free. A Founding Family membership — around $29–39 a year — adds the full library, family profiles, a higher Ask allowance, and human-recorded audio when it lands. Waitlist members get the founding price.
What if I miss a day?
Nothing happens. There is no broken-streak drama and no guilt notification — the app simply says "Welcome back. Ready for today?" A practice you resent isn't a practice.