Vedic

Dashas: Chara Mahadasha

Chara Dasha (Jaimini rasi-dasha: Mahadasha lord = sign, not planet). 12 Mahadashas of variable duration starting at lagna sign. Direction = forward for movable+dual signs (Aries/Cancer/Libra/Capricorn/Gemini/Virgo/Sagittarius/Pisces); reverse for fixed (Taurus/Leo/Scorpio/Aquarius). Per-sign duration = inclusive count from sign to its lord (in direction) minus 1; lord-in-own-sign → 12 years. Co-lord rule for Scorpio (Mars+Ketu) and Aquarius (Saturn+Rahu): pick the OTHER if exactly one is in the sign, else higher absolute longitude. Default variant = K.N. Rao (matches PyJHora chart_method=1 + JHora default + AstroSage).

post/vedic/dashas/chara/maha

Request body

datestring required

timestring required

timezoneOffsetnumber nullable

Hours from UTC at the given moment, not minutes. Fractional zones are hours too: 5.5 for India, 5.75 for Nepal, -3.5 for Newfoundland. Defaults to 0, meaning UTC.

latitudenumber required

longitudenumber required

houseSystemstring

namestring

citystring

zodiacType'tropical' | 'sidereal'

ayanamsaIdnumber nullable

Sidereal school by name. Lahiri when omitted. Equivalent to ayanamsaId; send either.

cosmogramboolean

targetDatestring

targetTimestring

targetTzOffsetnumber nullable

Response

Successful calculation

okboolean

Example response

{
  "ok": true
}

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