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Yogini Dasha

Computes Yogini Dasha periods for a given birth chart.

What is Yogini Dasha? Yogini Dasha is a Nakshatra-based dasha system using 8 Yoginis, each ruled by a planet. The total cycle is 36 years. It is considered highly accurate for timing events in the near term and is widely used alongside Vimshottari.

Timeline: the opening Yogini runs from birth for its balance, then three full 36-year cycles follow (past age 108). The first row carries dasha_start_date (when the full period began, before birth) and balance_years; its antardashas are the tail of the full period.

Antardashas: each lasts MD years × AD Yogini years / 36, starting from the Mahadasha's own Yogini (the published proportional rule).

The 8 Yoginis and their durations:

  • Mangala (Moon) — 1 year
  • Pingala (Sun) — 2 years
  • Dhanya (Jupiter) — 3 years
  • Bhramari (Mars) — 4 years
  • Bhadrika (Mercury) — 5 years
  • Ulka (Saturn) — 6 years
  • Siddha (Venus) — 7 years
  • Sankata (Rahu) — 8 years

Starting Yogini is determined by the Moon's Nakshatra at birth.

Levels:

  • levels: 1 — returns Maha Dasha periods only
  • levels: 2 — returns Maha Dasha with Antar Dasha sub-periods (default)

Date format: All dates are returned in DD/MM/YYYY format.

Ayanamsa: Default is Lahiri; the request's ayanamsa is applied.

post/v1/astro/yogini

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.asterwise.com
  • URL: https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/yogini
  • 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

levelsinteger

Depth of sub-periods to return. 1 returns Maha Dashas only. 2 returns Maha and Antar Dashas. Maximum is 2.

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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