Daily Prayer & Sadhana Tracker (salah, Nitnem, jap, tasbih)
One private tracker for prayers, banis, jap, meditation and scripture, in any tradition.
What do you want to track?
Choose any of these to start; you can change each one and add your own later.
Today
Meditation timer
20:00
All practices
October
The last 12 months
New practice
Print, back up and remind
Archived practices
About the Daily Prayer & Sadhana Tracker (salah, Nitnem, jap, tasbih)
A private record of your daily practice, whatever your tradition. Mark each of the five daily prayers as on time, late or missed, and keep a qada count of prayers to make up that you set yourself. Tick the banis of your Nitnem one by one, count jap or tasbih rounds, log pages, ayahs or chapters of scripture, time your meditation with interval bells, and note the days you fast.
The tracker counts streaks for each practice, shows how much of each day you completed, colours a year heat map, and prints a weekly sadhana card (PDF) to show your teacher or keep in a file. Reminders go into your phone’s calendar, and a backup file moves everything to another device. All of it stays in this browser: no account needed, no social feed, nothing uploaded — and no rulings: it counts what you mark.
How to use it
- Choose what you want to track (for example the five prayers, Nitnem, jap rounds and meditation) and press Start tracking. Each practice can be changed later, and you can add your own.
- Each day, mark what you did under Today: each prayer on time, late or missed, each bani read, the rounds or pages, the minutes. Use the arrows beside the date to fill in an earlier day.
- For meditation, set the minutes and the interval bell in the Meditation timer and press Start; when it ends, the minutes are added to today.
- Open a practice to see its streaks, the month calendar and the heat map. Under Print, back up and remind, download the week’s sadhana card, the full history as CSV, a backup file or calendar reminders.
Examples
Fajr late · Dhuhr, Asr and Maghrib on time · Isha on time
All five prayed (4 on time, 1 late): the day counts for the streak
A prayer marked missed means the day is not complete; the on-time count is shown on its own.
Entered 120 to make up · 1 prayer marked missed · 5 made up this week
116 still to make up (with “Add prayers I mark as missed” on)
Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Rehras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila ticked
5 of 5 banis · the day counts
Target 16 rounds · 12 logged by the evening
12 of 16 rounds (a lighter square on the heat map until the 16th)
Common uses
- Keeping the five daily prayers on time, and working through qada prayers at your own pace.
- A Nitnem record for yourself or a Gurmat class.
- Jap, mala or tasbih rounds, with the beads counted on the Tally Counter.
- A daily meditation sitting with bells every few minutes, logged automatically.
- A weekly sadhana card for a teacher, guide or study circle.
How each practice is counted
- Five daily prayers: a day is complete when all five are marked prayed — on time or late. The page also shows how many were on time, so you can work on that separately. A prayer marked missed is not complete.
- Qada count: enter how many prayers you have to make up; each day you can add the qada prayers you made up, and prayers you mark as missed are added to the count unless you switch that off. The tracker only keeps the number you give it.
- A list (Nitnem, a set of prayers): a day counts when every item is ticked, or the number of items you choose.
- Rounds, pages, ayahs, chapters: a day counts when the amount reaches your daily target; less is kept and shown.
- Minutes: the same, for meditation or prayer time; the timer adds its minutes when a sitting ends.
- Fasts and other yes/no practice: a practice can be scheduled (with a streak) or just counted, as fasts usually are: the page then shows the days this month and this year.
- Streaks follow each practice’s schedule: every day, chosen weekdays, or a number of days a week. Today never counts as missed while it lasts.
Nitnem banis
The Nitnem list starts with the banis named in the Sikh Rehat Maryada for daily reading: Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib and Tav-Prasad Savaiye in the morning, Rehras Sahib in the evening and Kirtan Sohila at night. Many Sikhs also read Chaupai Sahib and Anand Sahib in the morning: tick them when you set the list up, or edit the list at any time to match your own nitnem, in English or Gurmukhi.
The meditation timer
Choose the length of the sitting and an interval bell (every 5 minutes, for example). The bells are scheduled on the browser’s audio clock, so they ring on time even when the page is in the background, and the screen is kept on while the timer runs where the browser allows it (Screen Wake Lock). Press Start after the page has loaded: browsers play sound only after a press. A sitting that ends adds its minutes to today; a sitting you stop early asks before adding the minutes done.
The weekly sadhana card
One A4 or US Letter page for a week (a second page when you track more than 14 practices): every practice by day (the five prayers as small squares — filled for on time or late, crossed for missed), the week’s totals, the streaks (today’s on this week’s card, those at the end of the week on an earlier week’s card), your notes, the qada count, and a box for a teacher’s remarks with a signature line. Download it as a PDF to print, send or file.
Reminders and moving to another device
Give a practice a check-in time and download the calendar file (.ics, the iCalendar standard): your phone’s calendar then reminds you every day at that time, even with this page closed. For prayer times themselves, which change every day, use Prayer Times. The backup file holds everything; restore it in another browser to carry on there.
Limitations
- Your record is kept only in this browser on this device and does not sync. Clearing the site’s data deletes it: keep a backup file.
- The tracker gives no rulings: it does not say which prayers, banis or fasts are required or how qada is to be made up. Ask your own teacher or scholar.
- It does not block apps, play recitations or connect you with others: it is a private log.
- Bells need the page open; on some phones a locked screen pauses all sound from web pages.
Privacy
Everything you mark — prayers, qada counts, banis, rounds, minutes, fasts and notes — is saved in this browser’s local storage on this device and is never uploaded. The PDF, CSV, backup and calendar files are made in your browser. Delete all data removes everything this page has saved.
Frequently asked questions
How does the qada count work?
Enter the number of prayers you have to make up. Each day, add the qada prayers you made up, and prayers you mark as missed are added to the count (you can switch that off). The page shows what is still to make up. It keeps only the number you give it and gives no ruling on how qada should be counted.
Can I track only some of the five prayers, or other prayers?
The five daily prayers are tracked together, so a day is complete when all five are prayed. For other prayers — tahajjud, a rosary, a puja — add a yes/no practice or a list of your own.
Which banis are in the Nitnem list?
It starts with Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Rehras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila, as the Sikh Rehat Maryada names them; Chaupai Sahib and Anand Sahib can be added. Edit the list to match what you read, in English or Gurmukhi.
How do I count my jap rounds?
Set a daily target of rounds and press + after each round, or type the number. To count the beads of a round, use the Tally Counter with a target of 108 (a mala) or 33 (a tasbih).
Does the meditation timer work with the screen off?
The page asks the browser to keep the screen on while the timer runs. If the screen locks anyway, many phones pause sound from web pages until you unlock it; the time is still counted correctly when you come back.
Can my teacher see my record?
Only if you show it: download the weekly sadhana card (PDF) and print it or send it. Nothing is shared or uploaded by the tracker itself.