---
title: "Prashna: number to sign"
method: POST
path: "/vedic/prashna/number"
tags: ["Vedic"]
---

# Prashna: number to sign

`POST /vedic/prashna/number`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.astroway.info/v1`
- URL: `https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/prashna/number`
- Auth: API key in header `X-Api-Key`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/astroway/apis/astroway-calculation-api/docs/vedic/prashna/number/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

A querent's number read as a sign. `system` navamsa108 (default): 1-108 as the navamsas from 0 Aries, the sign and its navamsa. ashtamangala: the three-digit Prasna Marga number (digits 1-8) with each digit's planet and parity and the tithi, nakshatra, weekday, rasi and bhuta from its remainders. Numbers above 108 point at /vedic/kp/horary (KP 1-249).

## Query parameters

- `fields` string
- `precision` integer

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- PrashnaNumberInput: A number given by the querent and the system to read it in.
  - `system` 'navamsa108' | 'ashtamangala': navamsa108 (default): a number 1-108 read as the navamsas of the zodiac from 0 Aries. ashtamangala: the three-digit Prasna Marga number, each digit 1-8. KP numbers 1-249 are /v1/vedic/kp/horary.
  - `number` integer, required

## Response `200`

Successful calculation

- object
  - `ok` boolean
  - `data` object
    - `system` string, nullable
    - `number` number, nullable
    - `sign` number, nullable
    - `signName` string, nullable
    - `navamsaInSign` number, nullable
    - `navamsaSign` number, nullable
    - `navamsaSignName` string, nullable
    - `span` object, nullable
      - `start` number, nullable
      - `end` number, nullable
    - `arudha` string, nullable
    - `kpNumbers` string, nullable
    - `sources` object, nullable
      - `navamsa108` object, nullable
        - `text` string, nullable
        - `ref` string, nullable
        - `status` string, nullable

## Other responses

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

## Changes

- **2026-11-07** `bf266b2e6703`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/astroway/apis/astroway-calculation-api/changes/vedic/prashna/number/post.md)

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