---
title: "Lal Kitab: Planet-in-house effect"
method: POST
path: "/vedic/lal-kitab/planet-house-effect"
tags: ["Vedic"]
---

# Lal Kitab: Planet-in-house effect

`POST /vedic/lal-kitab/planet-house-effect`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.astroway.info/v1`
- URL: `https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/lal-kitab/planet-house-effect`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`

Short summary of a (planet, house) placement per LK. Caller passes `planet` (0..6, 11=Rahu, 100=Ketu) and `house` (1..12). Currently Sun-only full data; remaining 8 planets are placeholder text; the full 144-cell reading database is a Phase 3 content task.

## Query parameters

- `fields` string
- `precision` integer

## Request body

- PlanetHouseEffect
  - `planet` integer, required
  - `house` integer, required

## Response `200`

Successful calculation

- object
  - `ok` boolean
  - `data` object
    - `planet` number, nullable
    - `house` number, nullable
    - `effect` string, nullable
    - `pakkaGhar` boolean, nullable
    - `disclaimer` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key

## Changes

- **2026-09-21** `b64222844186`: 2 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `fields`
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `precision`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/astroway/apis/astroway-calculation-api/changes/vedic/lal-kitab/planet-house-effect/post.md)

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