Astrology

Varshaphal — Tajika Saham Points

Computes all 10 Tajika Saham (sensitive points) for a Varshaphal chart. Sahams are the Tajika equivalent of Arabic Parts — mathematically derived points that focus on specific life themes for the year. Formula: A - B + C, plus 30° when C is not on the arc from B forward to A (Tajika Neelakanthi). C is the Varsha ascendant except for Mitra (Venus) and Santapa (the 6th house, ascendant + 150°). For a night return A and B swap, except Vyapara. Day formulas: Punya Moon-Sun, Vidya Sun-Moon, Yashas Jupiter-Punya, Mitra Jupiter-Punya+Venus, Mahatmya Punya-Mars, Asha Saturn-Mars, Karmakarya Mars-Mercury, Vyapara Mars-Saturn, Vivaha Venus-Saturn, Santapa Saturn-Moon+6th house. Yashas, Mitra and Mahatmya use Punya Saham as an operand — computed first.

post/v1/astro/varshaphal/saham

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.asterwise.com
  • URL: https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/varshaphal/saham
  • 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 required

Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. Required: this endpoint has no sunrise 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

target_yearinteger required

Varshaphal year, e.g. 2026: the solar return nearest the birthday in this year (in UT it can fall the day before or after the birthday, or on 31 December for a 1 January birthday). Each year gives a different return. Must not be before the birth year.

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

Successful Response

successboolean

True if the request succeeded

messagestring

Human-readable status message

Changes

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