Add the ceremony time, venues and guest count. The builder creates the order, adds practical buffers and leaves every event editable.
THE HAND-OFFS MATTER
One day, moving through five very different energies.
01 · ARRIVAL
Baraat
Allow for the procession route, dancing, dhol, entry logistics and a late departure.
02 · WELCOME
Milni
Family greetings and photographs need their own protected window before the mandap.
03 · ANCHOR
Pheras
Build everything around the muhurat and confirm the true ritual duration with the officiant.
04 · RESET
Portraits + change
Protect time for family groups, travel, room reset and outfit changes.
05 · FAREWELL
Vidai
Never squeeze the goodbye. Give the emotion—and the departure car—room.
Buffers aren’t wasted time. They’re what keeps the day calm.
+ 30 MINAfter the baraat.
Milni, refreshments and moving everyone inside always take longer than expected.
+ 20 MINBefore the muhurat.
Create a protected arrival window so the ceremony never begins in a rush.
+ 45 MINAfter the ceremony.
Family photographs, congratulations and an outfit change need a real block.
ONE OWNERGive the run sheet a keeper.
One coordinator or family member should manage time and vendor hand-offs.
the timing questions everyone asks eventually ↓
FAQ
Indian wedding timeline FAQs
The tool generates a single-day timeline — but you can run it once per event day. For your sangeet, set ceremony time to your sangeet start and note it in the special requests. For your wedding day, set ceremony time to the baraat or pheras start. Each run produces a day-specific schedule you can hand to vendors for that event.
A baraat with a horse, dhol players, and a full dancing procession needs 45–90 minutes just for the arrival, depending on distance from the car park to the venue entrance. If your venue has a formal gate entry or requires a specific route, add 20 minutes. Always build in time for the milni ceremony (family introductions) after the baraat arrives — this alone takes 20–30 minutes.
Hindu pheras (the seven vows around the sacred fire) typically run 60–90 minutes, but can stretch to 2–3 hours depending on the pandit, the number of additional rituals, and how many guests are invited to sit with the couple. Sikh Anand Karaj typically runs 45–60 minutes. Muslim Nikah is often the shortest, at 20–40 minutes. Specify your ceremony type in the notes field.
Many Hindu ceremonies have a muhurat — an auspicious time calculated by a pandit. If you have a muhurat, your ceremony start time is fixed, and everything else builds around it. Enter that time as your ceremony start and the timeline will work outward from there. If you don't have a muhurat, late morning to midday starts typically allow a comfortable flow through lunch, photographs, and a dinner reception.
Vidai is emotionally significant and always takes longer than planned. Block at least 30–45 minutes in the timeline. The bride says goodbye to her family, there are often tears, and guests who have travelled far want a moment. If you schedule the car departure for 10pm, tell vendors the venue must be available until 11pm. Add "vidai at [time] — allow 45 mins" in the special requests field.
Give every vendor the full timeline at least two weeks before the event. Caterers need to know when the baraat arrives so hot food is ready. Photographers need to know the muhurat time. DJ/band needs to know the vidai cue. One master timeline avoids the situation where the band starts the first dance while the pandit is still wrapping the pheras.
No. Your wedding details are used to create the timeline and the finished run sheet is saved locally on your device so you can return to it. You do not need to provide an email or create an account.
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Zane
Founder, WedClic
Indian weddings run on muhurat time, not venue time. This version accounts for that — it builds buffers based on ceremony tradition, not assumptions from a Western wedding. The pheras alone can run an hour over. Plan for it. — Zane