Kaal Sarp dosha check
check_kaal_sarpDetermine if Kaal Sarp dosha is present in a birth chart, identifying the type and whether it is full or partial, with a plain explanation. Requires exact birth time.
Instructions
Returns a yes/no Kaal Sarp dosha verdict for ONE birth chart -- the condition where the seven classical grahas all fall on one side of the Rahu-Ketu axis -- plus which of the twelve named types it is (Anant, Kulik, Vasuki, Shankhpal and the rest), whether the hemming is full or partial, the houses involved, and a plain explanation of the finding. Use this for 'do I have kaal sarp dosh' questions. It is a different dosha from the Mars one (check_manglik) and from marriage-pair doshas (get_kundli_match); ask for each separately. Read-only deterministic computation (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa); no writes, no auth, at least 30 requests/min/IP per server instance, plus a shared engine budget of at least 60/min/IP across all engine-backed tools. Needs an exact birth time -- partial hemming can flip with a few minutes' error.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| place | No | Place as free text, "City, State, Country" -- e.g. "Jaipur, Rajasthan, India". Preferred input: it is geocoded to coordinates and an IANA timezone server-side, and any city worldwide works. Omit only if you pass latitude + longitude + timezone instead. | |
| latitude | No | Latitude in decimal degrees, -90 to 90, north positive (Delhi = 28.6139). Use only when `place` is omitted, and then longitude and timezone are required too. | |
| timezone | No | IANA timezone name, e.g. "Asia/Kolkata" or "America/New_York" (never an offset like "+05:30"). Required when latitude/longitude are used; ignored when `place` is given. | |
| longitude | No | Longitude in decimal degrees, -180 to 180, east positive (Delhi = 77.2090). Use only when `place` is omitted. | |
| birth_date | Yes | Birth date in the Gregorian calendar as YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 1992-03-14. Years 1200-2400 only, and it must be a real calendar date (2023-02-29 is rejected). | |
| birth_time | Yes | Birth time on the local clock at the birth place, HH:MM in 24-hour format (00:00-23:59), e.g. 06:45 or 18:20. Not UTC. Required and not defaulted: the ascendant moves about one degree every four minutes, so a guessed time gives a guessed chart. |