About
Liveness, not listings
Why we exist
A listing says a place has hours. Hours are a schedule someone typed in once, and after dark they are often out of date. A kitchen closes early, a counter stops taking orders, a “24 hours” tag was never revisited. People end up walking to a shuttered shop at 1 AM.
We track liveness instead. A place shows as Open only when its owner has paid for tonight and confirmed it tonight, and every Open badge shows when it was last confirmed. That timestamp is the whole idea.
How status works
Times are Indian Standard Time. The night window runs from 9 PM to 7 AM. A night is named by the date it starts, so 1:30 AM on 14 November belongs to the night of 13 November. Status is worked out from the facts each time you look, so nothing stays green by accident. The table below describes each state in plain words.
| State | When | What you see |
|---|---|---|
| Not checked in tonight | Outside 9 PM to 7 AM, or the place has no pass for the current night. | Not in results. The place page says it has not checked in tonight. |
| Paid, not checked in yet | The owner has paid for tonight but has not tapped I’m open yet. | Not in results. |
| Open | The owner checked in tonight and last confirmed less than 3 hours ago. | A green badge with the time, such as “Confirmed 12:40 AM”. |
| Open, unconfirmed | The owner checked in tonight, but the last confirmation was 3 or more hours ago. | An amber badge with the older time, “Last confirmed 11:10 PM”. Still listed. |
| Closed for tonight | The owner tapped Closed for tonight. | Hidden until 7 AM, then back to not checked in. |
Anyone can tap “Was it closed?” on a place page during the window. Repeated reports on the same night are shown on the place, and a listing that keeps getting reports is suspended for review.
Fairness
There is no paid ranking, no ads and no bidding. Results are filtered by distance, then shuffled, and the order changes every 10 minutes. Paying for a night buys the right to show as open. It does not buy a better position.
Contact
Questions, corrections or a listing you think is wrong? Write to hello@openatnight.shop.