Astrology

Natal Chart — Janam Kundali

Calculate a complete Vedic natal chart using Swiss Ephemeris. Returns planet positions in sidereal zodiac, house placements (whole sign), ascendant, nakshatra data, Avakahada Chakra table, and optional classical Vedic interpretation for each planet placement. Also known as Janam Kundali or Janma Kundali. Returns planets (Grahas), houses (Bhavas), ascendant (Lagna), nakshatra positions, and avakahada table.

post/v1/astro/natal

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.asterwise.com
  • URL: https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/natal
  • Auth: HTTP bearer

Request body

locationstring 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.

namestring

Person name associated with the birth record

datestring required

Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format

timestring nullable

Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. If omitted, sunrise chart is used as fallback.

latitudenumber nullable

Latitude. Required if location not provided.

longitudenumber nullable

Longitude. Required if location not provided.

timezonestring 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_offsetstring 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

include_interpretationboolean

Whether to include planet-in-house interpretation layer

Example request

{
  "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
  "date": "1985-11-12",
  "latitude": 19.055,
  "location": "Mumbai",
  "longitude": 72.8692,
  "name": "Arjun Mehta",
  "time": "06:45",
  "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
}

Response

Natal chart with planetary and house positions

successboolean

True if the request succeeded

messagestring

Human-readable status message

Example response

{
  "data": {
    "planets": [],
    "houses": [],
    "ascendant": 173.25,
    "ascendant_sign": "Virgo",
    "ayanamsa_value": 24.1,
    "ayanamsa_used": "lahiri",
    "birth_moment": {
      "utc": "1985-11-12T01:15:00Z",
      "utc_offset": "+05:30"
    },
    "birth_time_provided": true,
    "interpretation": [],
    "ascendant_sign_interpretation": {},
    "moon_sign": "Tula",
    "moon_nakshatra": "Swati",
    "moon_sign_interpretation": {},
    "moon_nakshatra_interpretation": {},
    "avakahada": {},
    "graha_drishti": {
      "Sun": {
        "4": 75,
        "7": 100
      }
    },
    "ascendant_tropical_sign": "Scorpio"
  }
}

Changes

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