Your control
When you first visit, nothing but strictly necessary storage is used. Analytics and advertising cookies stay disabled (Google Consent Mode v2 defaults to denied) until you actively accept them. You can change or withdraw consent at any time:
Categories we use
- Strictly necessary — security, sign-in sessions, your language, your selected city and your cookie choice. These cannot be switched off.
- Analytics — anonymous, aggregated measurement of page views so we know which sacred texts and tools to improve. Optional.
- Advertising — Google AdSense may set cookies to deliver and measure ads. If you decline, ads are limited to non-personalised serving. Optional.
Cookies and storage in detail
| Name | Category | Purpose | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|
| vt-cookie-consent | Strictly necessary | Stores your cookie choice so we do not ask again. | 12 months |
| sb-* (authentication) | Strictly necessary | Keeps you signed in if you create an account. Set by our backend. | Session / 30 days |
| i18nextLng, vt-location | Strictly necessary (preferences) | Remembers your language and selected city for Panchang timings. | Local storage, until cleared |
| Aggregated page-view counters | Analytics (consent required) | Counts page views and concurrent readers. IP addresses are hashed and never stored in raw form; no cross-site profile is built. | Session |
| Google AdSense (__gads, __gpi, IDE and similar) | Advertising (consent required) | Serves ads, limits repetition and measures ad performance. Set by Google as an independent controller. | Up to 13 months |
Third parties
Google AdSense may process data as an independent controller — see How Google uses information from sites that use its services. Embedded videos load from youtube-nocookie.com in privacy-enhanced mode and only after you click play.
Browser controls
You can also block or delete cookies in your browser settings. Blocking strictly necessary cookies may break sign-in and saved city preferences.
Contact
Questions about this policy? Write to us via our contact page.