---
title: "Ghat Chakra"
method: POST
path: "/v1/astro/ghat-chakra"
tags: ["Astrology"]
---

# Ghat Chakra

`POST /v1/astro/ghat-chakra`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.asterwise.com`
- URL: `https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/ghat-chakra`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns the four Ghatak (inauspicious) timing parameters for a native based on their Janma Rasi (natal Moon sign). Ghat Chakra identifies the lunar month (Masa), lunar day group (Tithi), weekday (Vara), and transit nakshatra that are persistently inauspicious for that individual. When transit periods align with these Ghatak parameters, starting new ventures, surgery, travel, or auspicious ceremonies should be avoided.

## Request body

- GhatChakraRequest: Ghat Chakra request: birth details with the exact birth time.
  - `location` string, nullable: City name to resolve to lat/lon/tz automatically. Example: 'Mumbai' or 'New Delhi, India'. If provided, latitude, longitude and timezone are not required.
  - `name` string: Person name associated with the birth record
  - `date` string, required: Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format
  - `time` string, required: Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. Required: this endpoint has no sunrise fallback.
  - `latitude` number, nullable: Latitude. Required if location not provided.
  - `longitude` number, nullable: Longitude. Required if location not provided.
  - `timezone` string, nullable: IANA timezone. Required if location not provided (unless utc_offset is given). For dates before the zone adopted a standard time, the birthplace's local mean time (longitude / 15 hours) is used.
  - `utc_offset` string, nullable: Optional explicit UTC offset of the birth time, as ±HH:MM or ±HH:MM:SS (e.g. '+04:51:31' for Bombay mean time). Overrides the offset `timezone` would give. Use it when the birth record states the offset, or for historical local times the IANA database cannot represent.
  - `ayanamsa` 'lahiri' | 'raman' | 'kp' | 'tropical': Sidereal ayanamsa mode used in calculations

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseGhatChakraResponse
  - `success` boolean: True if the request succeeded
  - `message` string: Human-readable status message
  - `data` GhatChakraResponse, required
    - `birth_time_provided` boolean: True when a birth time was supplied. False when it was not: house, Ascendant and Moon-dependent results then carry the accuracy limits of an unknown birth time.
    - `janma_rasi` string, required
    - `janma_rasi_index` integer, required
    - `ghatak_parameters` GhatakParameters, required
      - `masa` GhatakMasa, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `description` string, required
      - `tithi` GhatakTithi, required
        - `group` string, required
        - `tithi_numbers` integer[], required
        - `description` string, required
      - `vara` GhatakVara, required
        - `day` string, required
        - `description` string, required
      - `nakshatra` GhatakNakshatra, required
        - `name` string, required
        - `description` string, required
    - `guidance` string, required
    - `avoidance_guidance` string[], required

## Other responses

- `401`: Authentication failed
- `403`: Authorization failed
- `404`: Resource not found
- `413`: Payload too large
- `422`: Validation error
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded
- `500`: Internal error
- `502`: Upstream provider error
- `503`: Service unavailable

---

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