Monthly Planetary Aspects - Major and minor aspect events for a month
post_vedic_astrology_aspects_monthlyCalculate all planetary aspect events (excluding Moon) for a given month. Detects 22 aspect types. 5 major (conjunction, opposition, trine, square, sextile) and 17 minor (vigintile, semi-sextile, undecile, semi-quintile, novile, semi-square, septile, quintile, binovile, centile, biseptile, tredecile, sesqui-square, bi-quintile, quincunx, triseptile, quadranovile). Returns exact date and time of closest approach using ternary search refinement. Uses degree-based aspect methodology on sidereal positions (Lahiri ayanamsa). Omit year and month to get the month in progress, so a published aspect calendar stays current without a redeploy. For Moon-specific aspects, use the /aspects/lunar endpoint. Essential for transit timing, muhurta selection, and monthly astrological forecasting. Monthly planetary aspects API, graha drishti calendar, mutual aspect ephemeris, minor aspects.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| lang | No | Response language (BCP 47). Supported: en, tr, de, es, hi, pt, fr, ru, zh-Hans, zh-Hant. Defaults to en. Coverage varies by domain, and a field with no translation in the requested language returns English. | en |
| year | No | Year for monthly analysis (1900-2100). Defaults to the current year (UTC). | |
| month | No | Month number (1-12). Defaults to the current month (UTC). | |
| compact | No | Set true for the same data in a compact shape: arrays of same-shaped objects arrive columnar as {"__cols":[names],"__rows":[[values]]}. Lossless, typically 40 to 52 percent fewer tokens. | |
| timezone | No | Timezone offset from UTC in hours. Output times are converted to this timezone. Defaults to 0 (UTC). | |
| coordinateSystem | No | Coordinate system for longitude output. "sidereal" (Nirayana) uses Lahiri ayanamsa - standard for Vedic astrology. "tropical" (Sayana) uses raw ecliptic longitude matching Western astrology. Defaults to "sidereal". | sidereal |