A side-by-side look at the AstroTune — Vedic astrology (Jyotish) and Bda MCP MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose AstroTune — Vedic astrology (Jyotish) for spirituality & esoterica work over a hosted endpoint; choose Bda MCP for spirituality & esoterica over a hosted endpoint. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
get_today_panchang, get_panchang_by_date_city, get_festival_calendar.Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | A AstroTune — Vedic astrology (Jyotish) | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Spirituality & Esoterica | Spirituality & Esoterica |
| Quality signal | 39/100 · Fair | 55/100 · Good |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Remote HTTP/SSE | Remote HTTP/SSE |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | — | 0 |
| Directory activity | 0 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 1 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | Not listed | 15 |
| Full listing | View AstroTune — Vedic astrology (Jyotish) | View Bda MCP |
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
get_today_panchangReturn public daily Panchang data for a city/date context.get_panchang_by_date_cityReturn public Panchang JSON for a supplied date and city/location.get_festival_calendarReturn public festival feed or calendar export.get_udaya_lagnaReturn certified public ascendant-sign windows from local sunrise to the next local sunrise.get_tithi_infoUse the public Panchang utility/evidence endpoints for tithi context.get_tithi_calendarReturn deterministic annual start/end spans for one Tithi in the requested location timezone.get_nakshatra_infoUse public Panchang endpoints for nakshatra context by date/location.get_kundali_explanationReturn public Jyotish concept explanations without generating private user Kundali data.search_sanatan_encyclopediaUse canonical public Sanatan Encyclopedia pages and future search contracts.get_mantra_meaningReturn public reviewed-source discovery guidance for mantra meanings.get_jyotish_glossary_termReturn public Jyotish glossary/concept explanation metadata.get_public_bda_feature_summaryReturn public BDA service and API discovery metadata.Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
{
"mcpServers": {
"astrotune-vedic-astrology-jyotish": {
"url": "https://astrotune.io/en/mcp"
}
}
}
{
"mcpServers": {
"bda-mcp": {
"url": "https://jyotish-api.bda.ai/mcp"
}
}
}