Get birth chart (D1 Rashi chart) - Kundli Calculator API
post_vedic_astrology_birth_chartCalculate complete Vedic birth chart (Janam Kundli, natal chart) with all 9 planetary positions (Sun through Ketu) plus Ascendant (Lagna). Kundli calculator API for astrology apps, matrimonial sites. Returns accurate graha positions grouped by zodiac signs (rashis) with nakshatra details and pada. Perfect for kundli generation, horoscope matching, and Vedic astrology software integration.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | Yes | Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Date determines planetary positions and nakshatra calculations for Vedic kundli (janam patri). Accurate birth date is essential for dashas, yoga calculations, and divisional charts (vargas). | |
| 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 |
| time | Yes | Birth time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format. Time is CRITICAL for Lagna (Ascendant) calculation and house divisions. It changes every two hours roughly. Even minutes matter for accurate nakshatra pada and divisional chart (D9, D10) calculations. Without exact time, Lagna and house-based predictions will be incorrect. | |
| focus | No | Which signification vocabulary the houseThemes map returns. "general" gives the classical bhava significations (self, wealth, siblings, home, and so on). "finance" gives the money reading of the same twelve bhavas, so house 2 returns income and savings, 5 speculation and risk appetite, 8 sudden money and leverage, 11 gains and profits, and 12 expenses and capital outflow. Use "finance" for wealth, income, business and market timing questions in Krishnamurti Paddhati, where the significator house groups 2, 6, 10, 11 for earned income and 5, 8, 11 for speculation are read against a running dasha. Defaults to "general". | general |
| 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. | |
| ayanamsa | No | Sidereal frame (ayanamsa) the chart is cast in. "lahiri" is Lahiri/Chitrapaksha, the traditional Vedic standard used by most software, and is the default. "raman" is the B.V. Raman ayanamsa from Hindu Predictive Astrology, about 1.45 degrees below Lahiri. "kp-newcomb" and "kp-old" are the two Krishnamurti Paddhati frames. "custom" takes your own value in degrees via ayanamsaValue, for reconciling exactly against a specific reference program. The frame rotates the whole zodiac, so a graha sitting within 1.45 degrees of a boundary can change rashi or nakshatra when you switch: pick the one your reference software uses and keep it. | lahiri |
| latitude | Yes | Birth location latitude in decimal degrees. Location determines local sidereal time for Lagna calculation and affects bhava (house) cusps. Example: Delhi 28.6139, Mumbai 19.0760, Kathmandu 27.7172. | |
| timezone | No | Timezone: IANA name (e.g. "America/New_York", "Europe/London") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 1 for CET). IANA strings are resolved to the DST-correct offset for the given date, so you can pass `cities[0].timezone` from /location/search directly. Defaults to 5.5. | |
| longitude | Yes | Birth location longitude in decimal degrees. Affects local time calculations and ayanamsha adjustments. Example: Delhi 77.2090, Mumbai 72.8777, Kathmandu 85.3240. | |
| avasthaInfo | No | Set true to include a localized meaning and one-sentence classical interpretation beside each graha avastha state, under avasthaInfo on that graha in meta. Defaults to false, so an existing integration is byte-identical until it opts in. Saves a second call to GET /avasthas and the client-side join that would otherwise be needed to turn Yuva or Swapna into readable text. | |
| ayanamsaValue | No | Custom ayanamsa value in degrees. When provided, overrides the computed ayanamsa from the selected type. Use for testing with specific ayanamsa values or matching a particular reference source. | |
| modernPlanets | No | Set true to also return Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, under the Sanskrit names Arun, Varun and Yam that Indian software prints for them. They arrive in a separate modernPlanets array, NOT inside meta, because classical Jyotish is defined over nine grahas: the moderns rule no sign, so they have no dignity, avastha, combustion or aspect strength and it would be fabrication to report one. Each carries longitude, rashi, degree in sign, nakshatra with pada and lord, and retrograde status. Defaults to false, so an existing integration is byte-identical until it opts in. |