Extensions
A Chennai Tamil panchangam card for Joomla
Namma Calendar Panchangam is a Joomla module that displays the current Chennai Tamil panchangam, including dates, observances and selected auspicious times.
This is the sort of requirement that arises on a temple, community, cultural or Tamil-language site whose visitors need daily religious calendar information rather than a generic date. Joomla core can place an article, custom HTML module or calendar-related content in a template position, and a template override can change how existing output looks. Core does not calculate or supply a Tamil panchangam, festival list, Nalla Neram or Rahu Kalam. This module goes beyond core by fetching that data from nammacalendar.com, caching it on the Joomla server and rendering a ready-made card without browser-side JavaScript, according to the listing.
It is aimed at a site serving people in or around Chennai who follow the Vakya panchangam and want a compact daily display in Tamil or English. A general-purpose site, a site using another city or panchangam standard, or a team that only needs ordinary Gregorian dates has little reason to install it. The external full-panchangam link may also matter if the site wants visitors to remain entirely on its own domain.
The listing marks it as free software under GPLv2 or later and says it supports Joomla 4 and 5. The directory shows no reviews for Namma Calendar, and provides no broader developer track record. Before installing, check what happens when the remote service is unavailable, how stale data is handled, whether the displayed Chennai times suit your audience, and what support and documentation cover. The listing does not explain the data licence or service terms, nor does it describe configuration beyond the module's language and attribution options. These privacy and caching statements are developer claims, not independently tested findings.
Listed on the Joomla Extensions Directory.