Birth charts & matching

Surya Siddhanta chart

A natal chart computed by the Surya Siddhanta method: the lagna, planetary positions and panchanga, with the ayanamsa it implies compared against the mode you choose.

Rate limit: 60 requests a minute per IP.

post/surya-siddhanta

Request

  • Base URL: https://jagannatha-hora-359167915530.europe-west1.run.app
  • URL: https://jagannatha-hora-359167915530.europe-west1.run.app/surya-siddhanta
  • Auth: none declared

Request body

datestring required

Birth date, YYYY-MM-DD. Years 1800 to 2100.

timestring required

Birth time, HH:MM:SS on a 24-hour clock.

latitudenumber required

Decimal degrees, north positive. Places beyond 66° north or south are rejected with 400.

longitudenumber required

Decimal degrees, -180 to 180, east positive.

timezonenumber required

UTC offset in hours at birth, -12 to 14 (5.5 for India). By default the API works out the historically correct offset, including daylight saving, from the coordinates and date; see timezone_mode.

placestring

Place name, echoed in the response. Coordinates decide the calculation.

elevationnumber

Metres above sea level. Echoed only.

timezone_mode'auto' | 'file'

auto works out the historical offset from the coordinates and date, falling back to timezone where no zone is known. file uses timezone exactly as sent. The response reports the offset used.

ayanamsa_mode'LAHIRI' | 'TRUE_CITRA' | 'TRUE_LAHIRI' | 'KP' | 'FAGAN' | 'RAMAN' | 'USHASHASHI' | 'YUKTESHWAR' | 'SURYASIDDHANTA' | 'SURYASIDDHANTA_MSUN' | 'ARYABHATA' | 'ARYABHATA_MSUN' | 'SS_CITRA' | 'TRUE_REVATI' | 'SS_REVATI' | 'TRUE_PUSHYA' | 'TRUE_MULA' | 'KP-SENTHIL' | 'SENTHIL' | 'SIDM_USER'

The ayanamsa to compare the Surya Siddhanta result against.

ayanamsa_valuenumber

Your own ayanamsa in degrees, -30 to 30. Required with ayanamsa_mode SIDM_USER, which is refused with 422 without it.

Response

Success

birth_detailsobject

The inputs as used, including the UTC offset applied. Keys: date, time, place, latitude, longitude, elevation, timezone, timezone_used, timezone_derived, timezone_source.

surya_siddhantaobject

The chart. Keys: method, epoch, ayanamsa, lagna, planets, panchanga.

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.