---
title: "Calculate BaZi Flow (Annual/Monthly Pillars)"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/chinese/bazi/flow"
tags: ["Chinese", "chinese"]
---

# Calculate BaZi Flow (Annual/Monthly Pillars)

`POST /api/v1/chinese/bazi/flow`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.freeastroapi.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.freeastroapi.com/api/v1/chinese/bazi/flow`
- Auth: none declared

Calculate annual and monthly flow pillars for a specific target year.
Used for professional timing and predictive analysis.

## Headers

- `x-api-key` string, nullable

## Request body

- BaziFlowRequest
  - `year` integer, required
  - `month` integer, required
  - `day` integer, required
  - `hour` integer
  - `minute` integer
  - `lat` number, nullable
  - `lng` number, nullable
  - `city` string, nullable
  - `tz_str` string, nullable
  - `sex` 'M' | 'F'
  - `time_standard` 'civil' | 'true_solar' | 'true_solar_absolute'
  - `target_year` integer
  - `target_year_end` integer, nullable
  - `include_pinyin` boolean
  - `mode` 'summary' | 'standard' | 'debug'
  - `include` union
    - string
    - string[]
  - `exclude` union
    - string
    - string[]
  - `dictionary_response` boolean
  - `lang` string

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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