---
title: "Explain sampled electional feasibility and minimal observed rule relaxations"
method: POST
path: "/api/astro/electional-feasibility-audit"
tags: ["Calculations"]
---

# Explain sampled electional feasibility and minimal observed rule relaxations

`POST /api/astro/electional-feasibility-audit`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.cosmicephemeris.com`
- URL: `https://api.cosmicephemeris.com/api/astro/electional-feasibility-audit`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Evaluates the caller's existing electional predicates on a fixed 15, 30, or 60 minute UTC grid spanning at most seven days. It returns every sample's exact passed and failed criterion IDs, per-rule match/blocking ratios, every observed blocking signature, and inclusion-minimal failed-rule sets with witness samples. Minimal means set inclusion over observed evaluable samples; it does not recommend which rule to remove or assign weights. Unavailable geometry is explicit and excluded from feasibility. This is sampled evidence, not continuous-time proof, causal diagnosis, statistical confidence, interpretation, prediction, ranking, or advice. One standard quota unit per admitted request; failed or timed-out admitted attempts are not refunded. Do not automatically retry.
Historical mode uses an explicit BCE/CE date object and UT1 conventions. Its response is the versioned historical envelope, not the modern UTC envelope. Read result for calculation fields and metadata for limits and uncertainty.

## Headers

- `X-Cosmic-Ephemeris-Receipt` 'v1'

## Request body

- union
  - ElectionalFeasibilityAuditRequest
    - `start_utc` string, date-time, required
    - `end_utc` string, date-time, required
    - `location` GeographicLocation, required: Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees. The server rejects exactly -90 and +90 latitude because angles and houses are undefined at the poles.
      - `lat` union, required: WGS84 decimal latitude. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted by the current engine, then checked for finiteness/range. Exact poles and undefined Ascendant geometry return 400; supported successful latitude is strictly between -90 and 90. Boolean/null/object/array coordinates are invalid.
        - number
        - string
      - `lon` union, required: WGS84 decimal longitude, east positive, within [-180,180]. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted then checked for finiteness/range.
        - number
        - string
    - `profile` union, required
      - object
        - `zodiac` 'tropical', required
      - object
        - `zodiac` 'sidereal', required
        - `ayanamsa` 'lahiri' | 'raman' | 'krishnamurti' | 'fagan_bradley' | 'yukteshwar' | 'sassanian' | 'true_chitra' | 'true_revati' | 'true_pushya' | 'galactic_center_0_sagittarius' | 'galactic_alignment_mardyks', required
    - `filters` ElectionalFilters, required
      - `moon_signs` ElectionalSignName[]
      - `moon_phase_sectors` MoonPhaseSector[]
      - `mercury_motion` 'direct' | 'retrograde'
      - `ascendant_signs` ElectionalSignName[]
      - `aspects` ElectionalAspectFilter[]
        - `body_a` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
        - `body_b` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
        - `aspect` 'conjunction' | 'sextile' | 'square' | 'trine' | 'opposition', required
        - `max_orb_degrees` number, required
    - `sample_minutes` 15 | 30 | 60, required
  - HistoricalElectionalFeasibilityAuditRequest: Explicit historical mode, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD). No year zero, implicit calendar, UTC or IANA zone. Preserve tool-specific mathematical, geographic and search limits; calendar/time conventions and estimated Delta-T are not certified historical accuracy.
    - `location` object, required: Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees. The server rejects exactly -90 and +90 latitude because angles and houses are undefined at the poles.
      - `lat` union, required: WGS84 decimal latitude. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted by the current engine, then checked for finiteness/range. Exact poles and undefined Ascendant geometry return 400; supported successful latitude is strictly between -90 and 90. Boolean/null/object/array coordinates are invalid.
        - number
        - string
      - `lon` union, required: WGS84 decimal longitude, east positive, within [-180,180]. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted then checked for finiteness/range.
        - number
        - string
    - `profile` union, required
      - object
        - `zodiac` 'tropical', required
      - object
        - `zodiac` 'sidereal', required
        - `ayanamsa` 'lahiri' | 'raman' | 'krishnamurti' | 'fagan_bradley' | 'yukteshwar' | 'sassanian' | 'true_chitra' | 'true_revati' | 'true_pushya' | 'galactic_center_0_sagittarius' | 'galactic_alignment_mardyks', required
    - `filters` object, required
      - `moon_signs` string[]
      - `moon_phase_sectors` string[]
      - `mercury_motion` 'direct' | 'retrograde'
      - `ascendant_signs` string[]
      - `aspects` object[]
        - `body_a` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
        - `body_b` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
        - `aspect` 'conjunction' | 'sextile' | 'square' | 'trine' | 'opposition', required
        - `max_orb_degrees` number, required
    - `sample_minutes` 15 | 30 | 60, required
    - `start` HistoricalDateTime, required: Shared historical input contract; parsing alone does not enable a calculation route. Derived calculation records can include fractional seconds and are not this input type.
      - `date` HistoricalDate, required: Explicit civil date, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD); no year zero. Calendar validity is checked by the server. Available only on documented connected historical operations, with explicit UT1/fixed-offset conventions.
        - `year` integer, required
        - `era` 'BCE' | 'CE', required: Display BCE (BC) / CE (AD); API values remain BCE / CE. No year zero.
        - `month` integer, required
        - `day` integer, required
        - `calendar` 'proleptic_gregorian' | 'proleptic_julian', required: Explicit choice; applies the selected calendar rules throughout history without a regional adoption switch.
      - `time` string, required: Explicit HH:MM[:SS]; whole seconds only, no leap seconds. Normalized helper output includes seconds.
      - `timezone` string, required: Explicit UT1 or fixed offset UT1+/-HH:MM[:SS], within 14 hours. Local clock minus offset yields UT1, not UTC. No IANA timezone inference. Original offset spelling is preserved.
    - `end` HistoricalDateTime, required: Shared historical input contract; parsing alone does not enable a calculation route. Derived calculation records can include fractional seconds and are not this input type.
      - `date` HistoricalDate, required: Explicit civil date, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD); no year zero. Calendar validity is checked by the server. Available only on documented connected historical operations, with explicit UT1/fixed-offset conventions.
        - `year` integer, required
        - `era` 'BCE' | 'CE', required: Display BCE (BC) / CE (AD); API values remain BCE / CE. No year zero.
        - `month` integer, required
        - `day` integer, required
        - `calendar` 'proleptic_gregorian' | 'proleptic_julian', required: Explicit choice; applies the selected calendar rules throughout history without a regional adoption switch.
      - `time` string, required: Explicit HH:MM[:SS]; whole seconds only, no leap seconds. Normalized helper output includes seconds.
      - `timezone` string, required: Explicit UT1 or fixed offset UT1+/-HH:MM[:SS], within 14 hours. Local clock minus offset yields UT1, not UTC. No IANA timezone inference. Original offset spelling is preserved.

## Response `200`

Bounded sampled feasibility and conflict evidence

- union
  - ElectionalFeasibilityAuditResponse
    - `type` 'electional_feasibility_audit', required
    - `status` 'current', required
    - `input` object, required
      - `start_utc` string, date-time, required
      - `end_utc` string, date-time, required
      - `location` GeographicLocation, required: Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees. The server rejects exactly -90 and +90 latitude because angles and houses are undefined at the poles.
        - `lat` union, required: WGS84 decimal latitude. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted by the current engine, then checked for finiteness/range. Exact poles and undefined Ascendant geometry return 400; supported successful latitude is strictly between -90 and 90. Boolean/null/object/array coordinates are invalid.
          - number
          - string
        - `lon` union, required: WGS84 decimal longitude, east positive, within [-180,180]. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted then checked for finiteness/range.
          - number
          - string
      - `profile` union, required
        - object
          - `zodiac` 'tropical', required
        - object
          - `zodiac` 'sidereal', required
          - `ayanamsa` 'lahiri' | 'raman' | 'krishnamurti' | 'fagan_bradley' | 'yukteshwar' | 'sassanian' | 'true_chitra' | 'true_revati' | 'true_pushya' | 'galactic_center_0_sagittarius' | 'galactic_alignment_mardyks', required
      - `filters` ElectionalFilters, required
        - `moon_signs` ElectionalSignName[]
        - `moon_phase_sectors` MoonPhaseSector[]
        - `mercury_motion` 'direct' | 'retrograde'
        - `ascendant_signs` ElectionalSignName[]
        - `aspects` ElectionalAspectFilter[]
          - `body_a` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
          - `body_b` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
          - `aspect` 'conjunction' | 'sextile' | 'square' | 'trine' | 'opposition', required
          - `max_orb_degrees` number, required
      - `sample_minutes` 15 | 30 | 60, required
    - `feasibility` 'feasible_without_relaxation' | 'infeasible_across_evaluable_samples' | 'indeterminate_no_evaluable_samples', required
    - `samples` ElectionalFeasibilityAuditSample[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `utc` string, date-time, required: Normalized UTC timestamp; fractional seconds may be present.
      - `status` 'available' | 'unavailable', required
      - `reason_code` 'undefined_for_input_geometry', nullable, required
      - `matches_all` boolean, nullable, required
      - `matched_criterion_ids` string[], nullable, required
      - `failed_criterion_ids` string[], nullable, required
      - `criteria` ElectionalRobustnessAuditEvaluation[], nullable, required
        - `id` string, required
        - `kind` 'moon_signs' | 'moon_phase_sectors' | 'mercury_motion' | 'ascendant_signs' | 'aspect', required
        - `matched` boolean, required
        - `observed` union, required
          - 'Aries' | 'Taurus' | 'Gemini' | 'Cancer' | 'Leo' | 'Virgo' | 'Libra' | 'Scorpio' | 'Sagittarius' | 'Capricorn' | 'Aquarius' | 'Pisces'
          - 'new_moon' | 'waxing_crescent' | 'first_quarter' | 'waxing_gibbous' | 'full_moon' | 'waning_gibbous' | 'last_quarter' | 'waning_crescent'
          - 'direct' | 'retrograde' | 'stationary'
          - number
    - `criteria` ElectionalFeasibilityAuditCriterion[], required
      - `id` string, required
      - `kind` 'moon_signs' | 'moon_phase_sectors' | 'mercury_motion' | 'ascendant_signs' | 'aspect', required
      - `available_sample_count` integer, required
      - `matching_sample_count` integer, required
      - `failing_sample_count` integer, required
      - `matching_ratio` number, nullable, required
      - `blocking_ratio` number, nullable, required
      - `ever_matches` boolean, required
      - `always_matches_when_evaluable` boolean, required
    - `blocking_signatures` ElectionalFeasibilityBlockingSignature[], required
      - `failed_criterion_ids` string[], required
      - `sample_count` integer, required
      - `sample_ids` string[], required
      - `first_sample_utc` string, date-time, required: Normalized UTC timestamp; fractional seconds may be present.
      - `last_sample_utc` string, date-time, required: Normalized UTC timestamp; fractional seconds may be present.
    - `minimal_relaxation_sets` ElectionalFeasibilityMinimalRelaxationSet[], required
      - `criterion_ids` string[], required
      - `criterion_count` integer, required
      - `witness_sample_count` integer, required
      - `witness_sample_ids` string[], required
      - `first_witness_utc` string, date-time, required: Normalized UTC timestamp; fractional seconds may be present.
    - `summary` object, required
      - `sample_count` integer, required
      - `available_sample_count` integer, required
      - `unavailable_sample_count` integer, required
      - `matching_sample_count` integer, required
      - `failing_sample_count` integer, required
      - `criterion_count` integer, required
      - `blocking_signature_count` integer, required
      - `minimal_relaxation_set_count` integer, required
    - `fallback` object, required
      - `performed` unknown, required
      - `selected_system` unknown, required
    - `metadata` object, required
      - `model` 'cosmicephemeris-electional-feasibility-audit-v1', required
      - `ephemeris` 'JPL-DE440', required
      - `sampling_method` 'fixed_utc_grid', required
      - `interval` 'start_inclusive_end_exclusive', required
      - `maximum_interval_days` 7, required
      - `maximum_sample_count` 672, required
      - `maximum_criterion_count` 8, required
      - `maximum_criterion_evaluations` 5376, required
      - `filter_logic` 'all_selected_filters_must_match', required
      - `relaxation_semantics` 'inclusion_minimal_failed_criterion_sets_observed_at_one_or_more_evaluable_samples', required
      - `unavailable_samples_excluded_from_feasibility` unknown, required
      - `continuous_time_guarantee` unknown, required
      - `unsampled_instants_evaluated` unknown, required
      - `causal_conflict_claim` unknown, required
      - `ranking` unknown, required
      - `recommendations` unknown, required
      - `interpretations` unknown, required
      - `predictions` unknown, required
      - `statistical_confidence` unknown, required
      - `request_time_network` unknown, required
      - `sample_interval_minutes` 15 | 30 | 60, required
    - `receipt` CalculationReceipt
      - `schema` 'cosmicephemeris-calculation-receipt-v1', required
      - `kid` string, required
      - `algorithm` 'Ed25519', required
      - `canonicalization` 'cosmicephemeris-canonical-data-v1', required
      - `input_normalization` 'public-request-canonical-data-v1', required
      - `route` string, required
      - `release` string, required
      - `issued_at` string, date-time, required
      - `normalized_input_sha256` string, required
      - `result_sha256` string, required
      - `calculation_profile` object, required
      - `service_dataset_versions` object, required
      - `calculation_fingerprint` string, required
      - `verification_uri` string, required
      - `signature` string, required
  - HistoricalElectionalFeasibilityAuditElectionalFeasibilityAuditResponse
    - `schema` 'cosmicephemeris-historical-calculation-v1', required
    - `status` 'historical', required
    - `type` 'electional-feasibility-audit', required
    - `input` HistoricalElectionalFeasibilityAuditRequest, required: Explicit historical mode, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD). No year zero, implicit calendar, UTC or IANA zone. Preserve tool-specific mathematical, geographic and search limits; calendar/time conventions and estimated Delta-T are not certified historical accuracy.
      - `location` object, required: Geographic coordinates in decimal degrees. The server rejects exactly -90 and +90 latitude because angles and houses are undefined at the poles.
        - `lat` union, required: WGS84 decimal latitude. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted by the current engine, then checked for finiteness/range. Exact poles and undefined Ascendant geometry return 400; supported successful latitude is strictly between -90 and 90. Boolean/null/object/array coordinates are invalid.
          - number
          - string
        - `lon` union, required: WGS84 decimal longitude, east positive, within [-180,180]. JSON numbers are recommended; numeric strings are accepted then checked for finiteness/range.
          - number
          - string
      - `profile` union, required
        - object
          - `zodiac` 'tropical', required
        - object
          - `zodiac` 'sidereal', required
          - `ayanamsa` 'lahiri' | 'raman' | 'krishnamurti' | 'fagan_bradley' | 'yukteshwar' | 'sassanian' | 'true_chitra' | 'true_revati' | 'true_pushya' | 'galactic_center_0_sagittarius' | 'galactic_alignment_mardyks', required
      - `filters` object, required
        - `moon_signs` string[]
        - `moon_phase_sectors` string[]
        - `mercury_motion` 'direct' | 'retrograde'
        - `ascendant_signs` string[]
        - `aspects` object[]
          - `body_a` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
          - `body_b` 'sun' | 'moon' | 'mercury' | 'venus' | 'mars' | 'jupiter' | 'saturn' | 'uranus' | 'neptune' | 'pluto', required
          - `aspect` 'conjunction' | 'sextile' | 'square' | 'trine' | 'opposition', required
          - `max_orb_degrees` number, required
      - `sample_minutes` 15 | 30 | 60, required
      - `start` HistoricalDateTime, required: Shared historical input contract; parsing alone does not enable a calculation route. Derived calculation records can include fractional seconds and are not this input type.
        - `date` HistoricalDate, required: Explicit civil date, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD); no year zero. Calendar validity is checked by the server. Available only on documented connected historical operations, with explicit UT1/fixed-offset conventions.
          - `year` integer, required
          - `era` 'BCE' | 'CE', required: Display BCE (BC) / CE (AD); API values remain BCE / CE. No year zero.
          - `month` integer, required
          - `day` integer, required
          - `calendar` 'proleptic_gregorian' | 'proleptic_julian', required: Explicit choice; applies the selected calendar rules throughout history without a regional adoption switch.
        - `time` string, required: Explicit HH:MM[:SS]; whole seconds only, no leap seconds. Normalized helper output includes seconds.
        - `timezone` string, required: Explicit UT1 or fixed offset UT1+/-HH:MM[:SS], within 14 hours. Local clock minus offset yields UT1, not UTC. No IANA timezone inference. Original offset spelling is preserved.
      - `end` HistoricalDateTime, required: Shared historical input contract; parsing alone does not enable a calculation route. Derived calculation records can include fractional seconds and are not this input type.
        - `date` HistoricalDate, required: Explicit civil date, 1000 BCE (BC)–2500 CE (AD); no year zero. Calendar validity is checked by the server. Available only on documented connected historical operations, with explicit UT1/fixed-offset conventions.
          - `year` integer, required
          - `era` 'BCE' | 'CE', required: Display BCE (BC) / CE (AD); API values remain BCE / CE. No year zero.
          - `month` integer, required
          - `day` integer, required
          - `calendar` 'proleptic_gregorian' | 'proleptic_julian', required: Explicit choice; applies the selected calendar rules throughout history without a regional adoption switch.
        - `time` string, required: Explicit HH:MM[:SS]; whole seconds only, no leap seconds. Normalized helper output includes seconds.
        - `timezone` string, required: Explicit UT1 or fixed offset UT1+/-HH:MM[:SS], within 14 hours. Local clock minus offset yields UT1, not UTC. No IANA timezone inference. Original offset spelling is preserved.
    - `result` object, required: Complete historical calculation adapter result. Times are explicit UT1 date records, never UTC strings; derived times may include fractional seconds and years outside the input range.
    - `metadata` object, required
      - `time_standard` 'UT1', required
      - `historical_accuracy_certified` unknown, required
      - `warnings` string[], required

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request, malformed JSON, out-of-range date/location, unknown model, invalid timezone or ambiguous/nonexistent clock-change time. Invalid attempts reaching quota reservation consume one unit.
- `401`: Missing, invalid, revoked API key or unavailable activated key owner. Dashboard cookies do not authenticate calculation routes.
- `403`: Origin not allowed by production CORS policy. Server-to-server requests can omit Origin.
- `429`: Monthly quota exhausted, per-user two-request concurrency reached, or nginx rate/connection admission refused. Retry-After: 2 is sent for application per-user concurrency only, not a promise that monthly quota resets in two seconds.
- `502`: Engine unavailable, unsuccessful internal server response or invalid upstream JSON. No engine internals are exposed.
- `503`: Four-request global calculation pool full (Retry-After: 2), maintenance or upstream service unavailable.
- `504`: Application engine timeout: 15 seconds normally; planetary events, house ingresses, aspect windows, event calendar, eclipse geometry, electional search, and event-rule search use 30 seconds; Nakshatra Timeline plus the explicitly enumerated readiness, robustness, location, uncertainty, and electional-audit family use 60 seconds. Timer includes response-body parsing; an admitted timeout consumes quota.

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