Plan a multi-day Indian wedding
Indian wedding planner app
Duva is a free, self-serve app for planning a multi-day Indian wedding — a checklist that spans your whole sequence from roka to reception, a budget that splits by side of the family, a vendor tracker, and guest management for every function. Not a planner-for-hire; the tool that does the organizing.
- Tradition
- aware tasks
- Per-side
- budget split
- $49
- Planner Pro
- Free
- to start
An Indian wedding planner app organizes a multi-day, multi-ceremony celebration in one place instead of across a stack of spreadsheets. Duva is a free, self-serve version — not a human planner you hire — that gives you a tradition-aware checklist spanning the full sequence (engagement or roka, haldi, mehndi, sangeet, the ceremony, and the reception), a budget tracker that splits costs between both sides of the family, a vendor tracker where booking a vendor updates your checklist and budget in one tap, guest management for every event, and a countdown to the big day. It builds itself from the ceremonies and guests you enter, comes with every Duva account at no cost, and an optional one-time Planner Pro upgrade adds seating charts, an AI assistant, and a daily email digest. Duva supports weddings of every religion and culture; the Indian multi-day format is one of many it adapts to.
A planning app, not a planner-for-hire
First, what this is and is not: Duva is a self-serve planning app, not a hired Indian wedding planner or a day-of coordinator. No person is running your wedding for you. Instead you get software that does the organizing legwork a planner would otherwise chase — assembling the checklist, keeping the budget honest across two families, tracking who is booked, and holding every guest list in one place.
That makes it a fit whether you are planning entirely on your own, leaning on family, or working alongside a professional planner who wants a shared, always-current view. And because Duva is a general guest, RSVP, website, and planning engine that adapts to your celebration — not a rigid template — you name your own functions and it tracks them, whatever the tradition or combination of traditions in your family.
- Software does the legwork. The organizing a coordinator would chase — checklist, budget, vendors, guests — handled in one app.
- Plan solo or with a pro. Works on your own or as a shared, live view for a professional planner and both families.
- You name the functions. Duva adapts to your events rather than forcing a fixed template — for any tradition.
An Indian wedding planning checklist across every function
A generic wedding checklist assumes one Saturday ceremony. An Indian wedding is a sequence — often an engagement or roka months ahead, then haldi, mehndi, and sangeet in the days before, the ceremony itself, and a reception after. Each of those has its own tasks, its own vendors, and its own timeline, and a single flat to-do list falls apart fast.
Duva builds your checklist from the functions and guests you actually entered, so a multi-day celebration gets tasks organized by event, with sensible due dates and a progress bar that fills as you go. Add a mehndi and the mehndi tasks appear; add a sangeet and its own line items show up. You are pruning nothing — the list is your wedding, not a template written for someone else.
- Built from your events. Enter roka, haldi, mehndi, sangeet, ceremony, and reception and each gets the tasks it needs.
- Due dates by function. Tasks are sorted into categories with timing, so you always know what is next for which event.
- Progress at a glance. One progress bar shows how much of the whole multi-day plan is done.
A budget tracker that splits by side of the family
Indian weddings are frequently funded from more than one household — the bride’s side, the groom’s side, and sometimes contributions from extended family — and the money question is rarely just "what is the total." It is "who is covering what." Duva’s budget tracker is built for that: set a total and it lays out estimated versus actual spend across every category, and it can split costs between both sides of the family so each side sees its own share clearly.
As you book vendors and log real numbers, estimates turn into actuals and the running total updates itself. The top-line figure is editable and scale-to-fit, so when a grandparent adds to the sangeet budget or the guest count grows, you change one number and Duva rebalances the plan around it instead of making you redo every line. Costs also roll up per function, so you can see what the mehndi is really running versus the reception.
- Estimated vs. actual. Track what you planned to spend against what you actually spent, category by category.
- Two-family split. Divide costs between both sides of the family so each household sees its own share.
- Scale-to-fit total. Edit the top-line budget and the whole plan rebalances around the new number.
Track every vendor for every event
A multi-day Indian wedding runs on a long roster of vendors — a caterer and a mandap decorator for the ceremony, a mehndi artist, a DJ and choreographer for the sangeet, a photographer and videographer across all of it, plus florists, a priest or officiant, transport, and more. Each comes with its own quote, deposit, contact, and the event it belongs to. Duva’s vendor tracker keeps them all in one list so nothing lives in a stray WhatsApp thread or a note on someone’s phone.
The tracker is wired into the rest of the toolkit: when you book a vendor, that single tap checks off the related task on your checklist and drops the cost into the right budget category and family split at the same time. One action, everything in sync — no double entry, no reconciling three lists the week of the wedding.
- Every vendor, one list. Quotes, deposits, contacts, and the event each vendor serves, all in one place.
- Booking syncs everything. Marking a vendor booked updates your checklist and budget in a single tap.
- No double entry. Log a decision once and every tool reflects it — nothing to reconcile later.
Guest management across every ceremony
Planning is only half the job — you also have to know who is coming to what. Duva keeps one master guest list and lets you assign each guest to the specific functions they are invited to, so the whole family is on the reception list while the mehndi stays close, and each event carries its own headcount. That same list feeds your Indian wedding website and your RSVP flow, so the guests you plan around are the exact guests who reply.
Because it is one shared foundation, RSVP replies feed your counts and, in Planner Pro, seed a seating chart from the guests who actually confirmed. Import your list by CSV or add people by hand, invite family or a planner to help manage it, and let elders respond in English, Hindi, or Gujarati — the plan and the guest list are never out of sync.
- One list, many events. Assign each guest to the functions they are invited to; every event keeps its own headcount.
- Feeds site and RSVP. The guests you plan around are the same guests on your website and RSVP flow.
- Multilingual. Manage and respond in English, Hindi, or Gujarati.
A timeline and countdown to the big day
When the celebration is spread across several days and months of preparation, it helps to see the runway. Duva’s checklist due dates and progress bar act as a working timeline — what is done, what is coming up, and how much time is left before each function — so nothing sneaks up on you in the final stretch.
Enter your dates once and the plan orients itself around them: tasks fall due ahead of the events they belong to, and the progress bar gives you an honest read on where you stand across the whole wedding. For couples who want a daily nudge, the optional Planner Pro upgrade adds a once-a-day email digest of the tasks coming due.
- Working timeline. Due dates and a progress bar show what is next and how much runway is left.
- Oriented to your dates. Enter your event dates and tasks fall due ahead of the functions they belong to.
- Optional daily digest. Planner Pro emails you the tasks coming due, once a day.
Planner Pro: seating charts, an AI assistant, and a daily digest
Planner Pro is a one-time $49 upgrade for couples who want more automation in the home stretch. It adds a seating chart that auto-seeds from the guests who RSVP’d yes, so you start arranging tables for the reception from a real, confirmed headcount instead of a blank grid — a genuine help when the list runs into the hundreds.
It also adds an AI assistant that suggests your next steps and drafts thank-you notes, plus the once-a-day email digest of upcoming tasks. It is a single purchase, not a subscription, and everything in the core planner stays free with or without it.
- Seating charts. Auto-seeded from guests who RSVP’d yes, so you seat the reception from a real headcount.
- AI assistant. Suggests next steps and drafts thank-you notes to save you the blank page.
- Daily task digest. A once-a-day email of what is coming due keeps deadlines from slipping.
What it costs
The full planning toolkit — the tradition-aware checklist across every function, the two-family budget tracker, the vendor tracker, and guest management — is free on every Duva account, alongside your free Indian wedding website, guest list, RSVP collection, and the RSVP invitations and reminders you send by SMS and WhatsApp. There is no subscription and no per-guest fee.
Credits, which every account gets 50 of to start, are only for extra messages you broadcast to guests yourself — a day-of "the baraat leaves at 4" announcement or a venue update — at one credit per recipient; one-time packs ($40, $99, or $165) never expire. The only planning add-on is Planner Pro, a one-time $49 upgrade for seating charts, the AI assistant, and the daily digest. Everything else in the planner costs nothing.
- Free planning toolkit. Checklist, budget, vendors, and guest management are free on every account.
- Planner Pro $49 one-time. Optional upgrade for seating charts, an AI assistant, and a daily email digest.
- Credits only for broadcasts. RSVP invites and reminders are free; credits only cover your own day-of announcements.
Your whole multi-day wedding, organized
Connected tools that update each other, free on every account.
Self-building checklist
Tasks across roka, haldi, mehndi, sangeet, ceremony, and reception.
Two-family budget
Estimated vs. actual, split between both sides, with an editable total.
Vendor tracker
Every vendor in one place; booking syncs your checklist and budget.
Guest management
One list assigned across every function, feeding your site and RSVP.
Timeline & countdown
Due dates and a progress bar keep the runway to each event clear.
Planner Pro seating
Auto-seeds tables from the guests who RSVP’d yes.
Frequently asked questions
Is Duva an Indian wedding planner, as in a person, or an app?
It is a self-serve app, not a hired human planner or a day-of coordinator. No one manages your wedding for you; instead the software does the organizing legwork — building your checklist across every function, tracking a two-family budget, keeping vendors straight, and managing guests. It works whether you plan on your own, with family, or alongside a professional planner who wants a shared, live view.
Does the checklist cover the whole multi-day sequence?
Yes. It builds itself from the functions you enter — engagement or roka, haldi, mehndi, sangeet, the ceremony, and the reception — and gives each event its own tasks, due dates, and category, with a progress bar across the whole wedding. You are not trimming a generic template; the list reflects the celebration you actually described.
Can I split the wedding budget between both families?
Yes. The budget tracker shows estimated versus actual spend by category and can split costs between both sides of the family so each household sees its own share. The total is editable and scale-to-fit, so if a contribution or the guest count changes you edit one number and Duva rebalances the plan around it.
How does the vendor tracker work with the rest of the planner?
Every vendor — caterer, decorator, mehndi artist, DJ, photographer, priest, transport — lives in one list with its quote, deposit, contact, and event. When you mark a vendor booked, that single tap checks off the related checklist task and drops the cost into the right budget category and family split, so there is no double entry.
Does the planner connect to my guest list and RSVPs?
Yes. The planning tools share one account with your Indian wedding website, guest list, and RSVP collection. You keep one master list, assign guests to the functions they are invited to, and those same guests power your RSVP flow — and in Planner Pro, the guests who RSVP’d yes auto-seed your reception seating chart.
What does Planner Pro add, and is it free?
The core planner — checklist, budget, vendors, and guest management — is free on every account. Planner Pro is an optional one-time $49 upgrade (not a subscription) that adds a seating chart auto-seeded from confirmed guests, an AI assistant that suggests next steps and drafts thank-you notes, and a once-a-day email digest of upcoming tasks.
Is Duva only for Indian weddings?
No. Duva supports weddings of every religion and culture — the Indian multi-day format is one of many it adapts to. Because you name your own functions and Duva tracks them, the same checklist, budget, vendor, and guest tools work for a single-day ceremony or a week-long celebration in any tradition.
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Last updated July 14, 2026