Avestan vs Sacred Scripts

Avestan is the complete Zoroastrian companion for your daily practice — prayers, scripture, sacred calendar, rituals, and centuries of Parsi tradition. SACRED PRAYERS & SCRIPTURE The complete Zoroastrian prayer library — foundational and Kusti prayers with Avestan text, transliteration, and English translation. The five Gathas with audio recitation. The 101 Names of Ahura Mazda. The full Nyayesh, Afrinagan, Patet, Siroza, and Nirangs. A built-in Pronunciation Guide and Kasti size calculator are included. DAILY GAH PRAYERS Never miss a moment of prayer. Avestan knows the current Gah period — the five sacred divisions of the day — and presents the right prayer at the right time. Solar-accurate times are calculated from your precise location, with optional reminders when each new Gah begins. ZOROASTRIAN CALENDAR Stay connected to the sacred year with Shahenshahi, Kadmi, and Fasli calendar support: · Today's Roj, Mah, and year — always at a glance · Daily sunrise, sunset, and moon phase for any date · Full monthly grid with Jashan feast days, Gatha days, and religious observances · Personal notes on any calendar day · Home screen widgets showing today's Zoroastrian date, updated at midnight FAMILY SACRED DATES Record birthdays, anniversaries, and memorials tied to the Zoroastrian Roj and Mah, with optional reminders so no sacred date is ever forgotten, synced seamlessly via iCloud. When a birthday arrives, Avestan celebrates with animated balloons and a traditional Zoroastrian birthday song. ZOROASTRIAN RITUALS Step-by-step guides to the ceremonies of the faith — Navjote, Jashan, Gahambar, Muktad, Chahrem, Ashirvad, Tandarosti, Navar, Martab, Dastur, and more — with linked prayers, traditional foods, and calendar connections. 36 PARSI RECIPES Cook authentic Parsi dishes: Mutton Dhansak, Patra Ni Machhi, Lagan Nu Custard, and 33 more. Each recipe includes step-by-step instructions, built-in timers, and links to the ceremonies they celebrate. AKA PUR CHAR Challenge your family to Aka Pur Char — the beloved Parsi card game, now digital. Play against an intelligent AI, challenge a friend nearby over WiFi and Bluetooth, or compete online with anyone in the world. Game Center leaderboards track the best players. WEEKLY COMMUNITY PRAYER Join the global Zoroastrian community every Sunday for the NAMC Hum Bandagi — a live Zoom prayer session open to all. Read newsletters from Zoroastrian community organizations, and browse devotional Ghamars and Monajats on YouTube. MOBED DIRECTORY Find a Mobed near you. A directory of Mobeds registered with the North American Mobeds Council (NAMC), sorted by proximity, with credentials for ceremonies and community events. ZOROASTRIAN FIRE TEMPLES Discover fire temples around the world — Atash Behrams, Agiarys, and Dar-e-Mehrs — with founding years, maps, directions, and proximity alerts when you are near a sacred Zoroastrian site while travelling. ABOUT ZOROASTRIANISM An introduction to one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions — history, core beliefs, divine beings, sacred items, everyday customs, and the living traditions that connect Zoroastrians across generations. AVESTAN PREMIUM The Calendar, Gah Reminders, Sacred Date Reminders, Fire Temple Locator, Recipes, Aka Pur Char, Home Screen Widgets, and iCloud Sync are available with Avestan Premium — monthly, yearly, or lifetime. Family Sharing supported. DESIGNED FOR EVERY APPLE DEVICE Built natively for iPhone, iPad, and Apple TV — with a clean, respectful design that honours the beauty of the faith. Whether you are a lifelong practitioner, a member of the community reconnecting with your heritage, or someone newly drawn to the faith — Avestan is your daily companion. The full Privacy Policy can be found at this URL: https://influencerscrumptiousf25bf5ebc1-pjhzl.wordpress.com/avestan/ This app is governed by Apple Standard License Agreement found at this URL: https://influencerscrumptiousf25bf5ebc1-pjhzl.wordpress.com/avestan/

One sacred character a day. Sacred Scripts offers a single character from the world's writing traditions. Sanskrit. Hebrew. Arabic. Tibetan. Egyptian hieroglyphs. Elder Futhark runes. A different tradition each day. The character arrives quietly, in its own ink, on a warm ground. You sit with it. You hear its sound. You learn what it has meant to the people who have written it for thousands of years. Then you carry it with you into your day. This is not a language app. There is no streak. No score. No homework. There is one character, and the invitation to pause long enough to meet it. Built by Drew at SillyDroose. A small quiet thing, made with care. Free forever. A gentle Gratitude Jar is available if the app has meant something to you, and a portion of every gift goes to the Endangered Alphabets Project, a nonprofit that carves scripts the world is about to forget into wood so the letters stay in the world a little longer.