Readings
Prashna API for horary questions
The prashna API from API for Astrology (apiforastrology.com) casts a question chart (prashna kundli) for the moment and place someone asks a question, with no birth details. Send a topic such as marriage, work or a lost item, and you get a plain answer, up to three reasons and an estimate of when. The answer describes the moment and never promises an outcome.
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How the prashna API works
- 1A person picks one topic, such as marriage. The chart is cast for the moment and place they ask.
- 2The rising sign's ruler stands for the person, and the ruler of the topic's house for the matter. The API checks if the two are moving toward each other.
- 3The API returns a plain answer, its reasons and an estimate of when. The answer reads the moment and never makes a promise.
POST /v1/prashna200 OK{
"topic": "marriage",
"answer": {
"verdict": "possible_with_effort",
"label": {
"text": "Possible with effort"
},
"headline": {
"text": "For your question about marriage, it is possible, but it will take effort."
},
"why": [
{
"text": "Your planet and the planet of the marriage are moving toward each other (Mars and Venus).",
"polarity": "helps"
}
],
"timing": {
"text": "It may take about 6 days. This is an estimate from the planets, not a date.",
"count": 6,
"unit": "days",
"estimate": true
}
},
"asked_at": {
"local": "2026-10-01T12:00:00"
}
}Call the prashna API from your code
Send the details as JSON with your API key in the Authorization header. Copy the code, set ASTROLOGY_API_KEY to your key, and run it.
POST /v1/prashna
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/prashna" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ASTROLOGY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"topic":"marriage","latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.006,"timezone":"America/New_York","year":2026,"month":10,"day":1,"hour":12,"minute":0}'Response (lists shortened)200 OK
{
"topic": "marriage",
"title": "Your question: Marriage",
"answer": {
"verdict": "possible_with_effort",
"label": {
"id": "prashna:answer:label:possible_with_effort",
"text": "Possible with effort"
},
"headline": {
"id": "prashna:answer:headline:possible_with_effort",
"text": "For your question about marriage, it is possible, but it will take effort."
},
"why": [
{
"id": "prashna:answer:why:connection:applying",
"text": "Your planet and the planet of the marriage are moving toward each other (Mars and Venus).",
"reason": "lords_applying",
"slot": "connection",
"polarity": "helps"
},
{
"id": "prashna:answer:why:asker_lord:weak",
"text": "Your own planet (Mars) is weak right now: it is in its weakest sign.",
"reason": "asker_lord_weak",
"slot": "asker_lord",
"polarity": "strains"
},
{
"id": "prashna:answer:why:aspects:malefic",
"text": "A harsh planet (Moon and Sun) gets in the way of the two planets.",
"reason": "malefic_interference",
"slot": "aspects",
"polarity": "strains"
}
],
"what_helps": {
"id": "prashna:marriage:what_helps",
"text": "Talk openly about what each of you expects. Bring the families in early and kindly. Small, steady steps work better than pressure. If you are choosing a date, choose it with care rather than in a hurry."
},
"watch": {
"id": "prashna:marriage:watch",
"text": "Watch for rushing a decision just to calm your worry. Watch for old family disputes that nobody talks about. Do not treat this chart as the last word on a person. Look at the person, the facts and your own feelings too."
},
"timing": {
"id": "prashna:answer:timing:estimate",
"text": "It may take about 6 days. This is an estimate from the planets, not a date.",
"count": 6,
"unit": "days",
"method": "tajika_perfection",
"estimate": true,
"convention": true
},
"note": {
"id": "prashna:answer:note",
"text": "A question chart shows the tendency of the moment you asked, not a promise. Your effort still matters."
},
"titles": {
"why": "Why: the main reasons",
"what_helps": "What helps",
"watch": "What to watch",
"timing": "When",
"pace": "Pace",
"details": "How we read it (all the details)"
},
"reading_order": [
"contest",
"connection",
"delay"
],
"rule": "The reasons shown are the verdict's own supports and strains, taken in a fixed reading order: contest, connection, delay, matter_lord, asker_lord, aspects, moon, houses, karakas. For a question the findings that decided the answer come…"
},
"kind": "question",
"read_from": {
"asker_house": 1,
"matter_houses": [
7
],
"karya_bhava": 7,
"karakas": [
"Venus",
"Jupiter"
],
"framed_from": null,
"note": "Venus is the karaka of a spouse when a man asks and Jupiter when a woman asks. The request carries no sex, so both are judged and listed, and neither enters the verdict."
},
"ascendant": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"degree_in_sign": 13.9285,
"lagnesh": "Mars"
},
"asker": {
"graha": "Mars",
"house": 9,
"sign": "Cancer",
"dignity": "debilitated",
"combust": false,
"retrograde": false,
"tendency": "mixed",
"leans": "supports",
"outcome": "helped",
"supports": [
"tendency_rules_trine",
"tendency_in_trine",
"tendency_benefic_conjunct"
],
"strains": [
"tendency_dignity_weak"
],
"role": "asker",
"reading_id": "prashna:lord:asker:helped"
},
"quesited": [
{
"graha": "Venus",
"house": 12,
"sign": "Libra",
"dignity": "mulatrikona",
"combust": false,
"retrograde": false,
"tendency": "mixed",
"leans": "strains",
"outcome": "strained",
"supports": [
"tendency_dignity_strong",
"tendency_benefic_conjunct"
],
"strains": [
"tendency_rules_dusthana",
"tendency_in_dusthana",
"tendency_malefic_aspect"
],
"rules_house": 7,
"link": {
"kind": "one_way",
"kinds": [
"one_way"
],
"asker_lord": "Mars",
"matter_lord": "Venus",
"matter_house": 7,
"one_way": {
"graha": "Mars",
"aspects_grahas": [
"Venus"
]
},
"reading_id": "prashna:connection:one_way"
},
"reading_id": "prashna:lord:matter:strained"
}
],
"karakas": [
{
"graha": "Venus",
"house": 12,
"sign": "Libra",
"dignity": "mulatrikona",
"combust": false,
"retrograde": false,
"tendency": "mixed",
"leans": "strains",
"outcome": "strained",
"supports": [
"tendency_dignity_strong",
"tendency_benefic_conjunct"
],
"strains": [
"tendency_rules_dusthana",
"tendency_in_dusthana",
"tendency_malefic_aspect"
],
"role": "karaka",
"reading_id": "prashna:karaka:strained"
},
{
"graha": "Jupiter",
"house": 9,
"sign": "Cancer",
"dignity": "exalted",
"combust": false,
"retrograde": false,
"tendency": "mixed",
"leans": "supports",
"outcome": "helped",
"supports": [
"tendency_dignity_strong",
"tendency_rules_trine",
"tendency_in_trine"
],
"strains": [
"tendency_malefic_conjunct"
],
"role": "karaka",
"reading_id": "prashna:karaka:helped"
}
],
"connection": {
"kind": "one_way",
"kinds": [
"one_way"
],
"asker_lord": "Mars",
"matter_lord": "Venus",
"matter_house": 7,
"one_way": {
"graha": "Mars",
"aspects_grahas": [
"Venus"
]
},
"reading_id": "prashna:connection:one_way"
},
"moon": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"house": 7,
"paksha": "krishna",
"waxing": false,
"elongation": 244.9345,
"in_dusthana": false,
"state": "middling",
"links_matter_lord": false,
"rule": "The Moon's next aspect is its applying Tajika aspect within orb with the fewest degrees to exact; its last aspect is the separating one with the fewest degrees past exact (PQ-20, provisional). Kamboola: the next aspect goes to a natural…",
"next_aspect": {
"faster": "Moon",
"slower": "Jupiter",
"aspect": "sextile",
"aspect_angle": 60,
"orb": 10.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "applying",
"degrees_from_exact": 6.282,
"degrees_to_perfection": 6.282,
"degrees_past_exact": null,
"retrograde": [],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"with_graha": "Jupiter",
"with_benefic": true,
"with_matter_lord": false,
"reading_id": "prashna:moon:next_aspect"
},
"last_aspect": {
"faster": "Moon",
"slower": "Saturn",
"aspect": "sextile",
"aspect_angle": 60,
"orb": 10.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "separating",
"degrees_from_exact": 1.9023,
"degrees_to_perfection": null,
"degrees_past_exact": 1.9023,
"retrograde": [
"Saturn"
],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"with_graha": "Saturn",
"with_benefic": false,
"with_matter_lord": false,
"reading_id": "prashna:moon:last_aspect"
},
"kamboola": {
"formed": true,
"with_graha": "Jupiter",
"because": [
"benefic"
],
"provisional": true,
"open_question": "Is classical Kamboola narrower: the Moon joining the applying aspect of the two lords, rather than any next aspect to a benefic or the karya lord?",
"reading_id": "prashna:moon:kamboola"
},
"reading_id": "prashna:moon:waning"
},
"influences": [
{
"house": 1,
"occupants": [],
"aspected_by": [
"Moon",
"Jupiter"
],
"benefics": [
"Jupiter"
],
"malefics": [
"Moon"
],
"kind": "both",
"reading_id": "prashna:influence:both"
},
{
"house": 7,
"occupants": [
"Moon"
],
"aspected_by": [
"Saturn"
],
"benefics": [],
"malefics": [
"Moon",
"Saturn"
],
"kind": "malefics_only",
"reading_id": "prashna:influence:malefics_only"
}
],
"tajika": {
"asker_lord": "Mars",
"matter_lord": "Venus",
"state": "applying",
"linked": true,
"aspect": {
"faster": "Venus",
"slower": "Mars",
"aspect": "square",
"aspect_angle": 90,
"orb": 7.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "applying",
"degrees_from_exact": 6.3633,
"degrees_to_perfection": 6.3633,
"degrees_past_exact": null,
"retrograde": [],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false
},
"deeptamsha": {
"Sun": 15,
"Moon": 12,
"Mars": 8,
"Mercury": 7,
"Jupiter": 9,
"Venus": 7,
"Saturn": 9
},
"excluded": [
"Rahu",
"Ketu"
],
"rule": "Tajika aspects by sign: conjunction 0, sextile 60 (3rd and 11th), square 90 (4th and 10th), trine 120 (5th and 9th), opposition 180 (7th). Orb of a pair: the mean of the two deeptamshas (Sun 15, Moon 12, Jupiter and Saturn 9, Mars 8,…",
"reading_id": "prashna:tajika:applying"
},
"verdict": {
"verdict": "possible_with_effort",
"case": "malefic_interference",
"provisional": false,
"decided_by": [
"lords_applying",
"malefic_interference"
],
"supports": [
"lords_applying",
"benefic_aspect_on_weak_lord",
"moon_kamboola"
],
"strains": [
"asker_lord_weak",
"malefic_interference",
"malefics_on_7"
],
"precedence": [
"highly_unlikely",
"delayed",
"possible_with_effort"
],
"rule": "Precedence, first match wins. highly_unlikely: the two lords are not linked (separating, or no applying aspect) AND at least one is weak. delayed: linked, BUT the applying planet is retrograde, OR Saturn aspects either lord, OR both lords…",
"reading_id": "prashna:question:verdict:possible_with_effort"
},
"timing": {
"method": "tajika_perfection",
"convention": true,
"rule": "The number is the degrees the faster lord still has to travel to perfect its applying aspect with the other, one degree to one unit, rounded, at least one. The unit is the modality of the faster graha's sign: movable days, dual weeks,…",
"estimate": true,
"no_estimate_reason": null,
"degrees": 6.3633,
"count": 6,
"unit": "days",
"faster": "Venus",
"sign": "Libra",
"modality": "movable",
"saturn_is_a_lord": false,
"reading_id": "prashna:timing:estimate"
},
"provisional": [
{
"rule": "PQ-51",
"point": "one_question_across_routes",
"reading": "The repeat rule is applied per topic id, whichever route answered. A KP answer and a main-route answer on the same topic id count as one question."
},
{
"rule": "PQ-19",
"point": "motion",
"reading": "Applying or separating is read from the two grahas' actual daily motions, so a retrograde graha moving back toward exact applies."
},
{
"rule": "PQ-19",
"point": "faster_planet",
"reading": "The faster graha, and so the applying one, is the one earlier in the natural Tajik order: Moon, Mercury, Venus, Sun, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn."
}
],
"not_claimed": "a prashna reads the TENDENCIES OF THE MOMENT a question is asked. It is not a yes-or-no answer and not a guarantee of any outcome. It is not medical, legal or financial advice, and must not be read or written as any of these",
"refused": [
{
"method": "kp_horary_number",
"why": "KP horary asks the person for a number from 1 to 249 that fixes the ascendant by sub-lord. That is a different method on a different chart, so it has its own route, POST /v1/prashna/kp. KP nakshatra lords are not used in this route."
},
{
"method": "ashtamangala_and_number_methods",
"why": "Kerala ashtamangala prashna and other number or object methods need a ritual or a person choosing a number or an object. They are not a reading of the sky at a moment."
},
{
"method": "void_of_course_moon",
"why": "A Moon void of course is a Western horary idea. The astrologer ruled it out (PC-11): the Moon is read by its last and next Tajika aspect instead."
}
],
"not_computed": [
"repeat questions: the 72-hour rule is stated in `repeat_rule` and not enforced here. The API stores nothing and takes no user id, so your app keeps track (PQ-50)",
"chandra bala against a natal Moon: a prashna chart needs no birth chart",
"calendar dates: a question gets an estimate in days, weeks, months or years from the applying aspect (PQ-11), never a date"
],
"findings": {
"karya_bhava": 7,
"weak": {
"asker_lord": {
"graha": "Mars",
"because": [
"debilitated"
]
}
},
"delay": {
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"saturn_aspects": [],
"both_in_fixed_signs": false,
"modality": {
"Mars": "movable",
"Venus": "movable"
}
},
"interference": {
"malefics": [
"Moon",
"Sun"
],
"occupying": [
"Moon"
],
"aspecting": [
{
"faster": "Sun",
"slower": "Mars",
"aspect": "sextile",
"aspect_angle": 60,
"orb": 11.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "separating",
"degrees_from_exact": 6.4176,
"degrees_to_perfection": null,
"degrees_past_exact": 6.4176,
"retrograde": [],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"graha": "Sun",
"lord": "Mars"
}
]
},
"benefic_aspects": {
"on_asker_lord": [
{
"faster": "Mercury",
"slower": "Mars",
"aspect": "square",
"aspect_angle": 90,
"orb": 7.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "applying",
"degrees_from_exact": 0.5186,
"degrees_to_perfection": 0.5186,
"degrees_past_exact": null,
"retrograde": [],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"graha": "Mercury",
"lord": "Mars"
},
{
"faster": "Venus",
"slower": "Mars",
"aspect": "square",
"aspect_angle": 90,
"orb": 7.5,
"within_orb": true,
"motion": "applying",
"degrees_from_exact": 6.3633,
"degrees_to_perfection": 6.3633,
"degrees_past_exact": null,
"retrograde": [],
"applying_planet_retrograde": false,
"graha": "Venus",
"lord": "Mars"
}
]
}
},
"trisphuta": {
"uses": "gulika",
"source": "Prashna Marga ch. 5",
"provisional": true,
"provisional_rules": [
"PQ-45",
"PQ-46",
"PQ-47"
],
"moves_verdict": false,
"rule": "Trisphuta is the longitude of the lagna + the Moon + Gulika, reduced to 0-360. negative_or_delayed: its navamsa sign is ruled by the Sun, Mars or Saturn, or Saturn or Rahu casts whole-sign drishti on its rasi sign. Otherwise not_triggered,…",
"gulika": {
"name": "Gulika",
"method": "parashara",
"taken_at": "start",
"longitude": 198.3866417,
"sign": "Libra",
"sign_number": 7,
"degree_in_sign": 18.3866417,
"degree_dms": "18 : 23 : 12",
"nakshatra": "Swati",
"nakshatra_lord": "Rahu",
"pada": 4
},
"mandi": {
"name": "Mandi",
"method": "kalidasa",
"taken_at": "end",
"longitude": 215.5280845,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"sign_number": 8,
"degree_in_sign": 5.5280845,
"degree_dms": "05 : 31 : 41",
"nakshatra": "Anuradha",
"nakshatra_lord": "Saturn",
"pada": 1
},
"saturn_part": {
"divided": "day",
"part": 3,
"starts": "2026-10-01T09:51:09-04:00",
"ends": "2026-10-01T11:18:13-04:00"
},
"inputs": {
"lagna": 223.9284858,
"moon": 49.1953757,
"gulika": 198.3866417
},
"sum": {
"longitude": 111.5105032,
"sign": "Cancer",
"sign_number": 4,
"degree_in_sign": 21.5105032,
"degree_dms": "21 : 30 : 38",
"nakshatra": "Ashlesha",
"nakshatra_lord": "Mercury",
"pada": 2,
"house": 9,
"navamsa": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"sign_number": 10,
"ruler": "Saturn",
"malefic": true
},
"aspected_by": []
},
"fired": [
"malefic_navamsa"
],
"status": "negative_or_delayed",
"not_computed_reason": null,
"differs_from_verdict": true,
"fired_text": [
"the point falls in a navamsa (a small ninth part of a sign) ruled by a harsh planet"
],
"reading_id": "prashna:trisphuta:status:negative_or_delayed",
"text": "This check leans toward a harder or slower result, because the point falls in a navamsa (a small ninth part of a sign) ruled by a harsh planet. It shows a tendency, not a sure outcome. We do not use it to change the main answer."
},
"readings": [
{
"id": "prashna:marriage:what_helps",
"part": "what_helps",
"title": "What helps",
"text": [
"Talk openly about what each of you expects. Bring the families in early and kindly. Small, steady steps work better than pressure. If you are choosing a date, choose it with care rather than in a hurry."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard",
"group": "answer"
},
{
"id": "prashna:marriage:watch",
"part": "watch",
"title": "What to watch",
"text": [
"Watch for rushing a decision just to calm your worry. Watch for old family disputes that nobody talks about. Do not treat this chart as the last word on a person. Look at the person, the facts and your own feelings too."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard",
"group": "answer"
},
{
"id": "prashna:question:verdict:possible_with_effort",
"part": "verdict",
"title": "What the chart leans to",
"text": [
"For your question about marriage, it is possible, but it will take effort. Some signs help and some hold things back. Read the reasons below to see what needs your attention."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard",
"group": "details"
}
],
"gaps": [],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard",
"asked_at": {
"local": "2026-10-01T12:00:00",
"utc": "2026-10-01T16:00:00Z",
"utc_offset_hours": -4,
"source": "given"
},
"place": {
"latitude": 40.7128,
"longitude": -74.006
},
"repeat_rule": {
"hours": 72,
"applies_to": "same_person_and_topic",
"starts_from": "last_answered_question",
"refusals_count": false,
"enforced_by": "caller",
"text": "The same person should ask about the same topic only once in 72 hours. This is a working rule. The 72 hours start from the last question that got an answer. A refused question does not count, so the person can ask again when the moment…"
},
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "lahiri",
"ayanamsa_value": 24.2307715,
"julian_day": 2461315.167466,
"ephemeris": "JPL DE440s",
"node": "true",
"timezone": {
"source": "zone",
"offset_hours": -4,
"zone": "America/New_York",
"abbreviation": "EDT",
"dst": true,
"dst_hours": 1,
"ambiguous_resolved_by_fold": null,
"note": "read from the IANA tz database at this instant, so daylight saving and historical offset changes are included"
}
}
}What the prashna API returns
- A plain answer first: a label such as "Possible with effort", a one-line headline and up to three reasons. Then what helps, what to watch and a short note. Show the answer first and the rest as details.
- One of four answers to a question: looks good, possible with effort, delayed or highly unlikely. A stated rule picks it, and the response names the condition that decided it. Nothing is scored. Health and court questions compare two sides instead, and get favorable, mixed or unfavorable.
- The two planets behind the answer. The ruler of the rising sign stands for the person asking, and the ruler of the topic's house stands for the matter. You see how each one stands, and whether the two are moving toward each other (an applying aspect, called ithasala). The Moon's last and next aspects come too.
- Timing as an estimate, never a date, such as "about 6 days". It comes from how far the faster of the two planets still has to move. Some answers get no estimate, such as a highly unlikely one, and no_estimate_reason says why.
- For a lost item: the direction to search and the kind of place, read from the sign on the 4th house. Also whether it leans found, not found or unclear. A theft answer never says who took anything. A missing-person answer never says whether anyone is alive.
- Trisphuta, a second check made from the rising degree, the Moon and Gulika, on every topic except health and court cases. It is shown beside the answer and never changes it.
- KP horary (POST /v1/prashna/kp): the person picks a number from 1 to 249 and one of eight topics. The number sets the houses. The answer says whether the chart supports the matter, with a likely period when it finds one.
- Text in another language with lang=hi for Hindi, and longer text with detail=expanded.
Start with GET /v1/prashna/topics. It lists the 33 question topics a person can pick and the houses each one reads. It also lists the kinds of question that are refused. A question is a topic id from that list, never a sentence. A refused one, such as a lottery question, gets a 422 and no chart. The API keeps no record, so your app applies the 72-hour repeat rule.
Prashna API endpoints
POST /v1/prashnaQuestion chart (prashna): one question, read for the moment it is askedPOST /v1/prashna/kpKP horary: a question read from a number between 1 and 249GET /v1/prashna/topicsQuestion chart topics (prashna): what can be asked
What it uses from your plan
Calculations use 1 call each. Written readings use reading credits instead:
- Question chart (prashna)5 credits
- KP question chart (KP horary)5 credits
Question topics and the houses they read
Each topic is read from its own houses. The first house listed is the house of the matter. The last column says whether POST /v1/prashna/kp offers the topic too.
| Topic | Topic id | Houses read | KP route |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marriage | marriage | 7th | Yes |
| Career | career | 10th, 11th | Yes |
| Money | wealth | 2nd, 11th | Yes |
| Studies | education | 4th, 5th | Yes |
| A lost item | lost-item | 4th, 2nd, 7th | No |
| A missing child | missing-child | 5th | No |
| Buying a house | house-buy | 4th, 11th | No |
| Settling abroad | settle-abroad | 9th, 12th | No |
Real output of GET /v1/prashna/topics. The full list has 33 question topics, each with its title, houses and a short note, in the language you ask for.
The rules behind the prashna API
The ruler of the rising sign stands for the person asking, and the ruler of the topic's house for the matter (PQ-03). Two planets meet when they are 0, 60, 90, 120 or 180 degrees apart, each planet with its own range (PQ-18). The four answers are checked in a fixed order (PQ-07). Timing is an estimate, never a date (PQ-11). A rising degree under 3 or over 27 degrees of its sign is not read (PQ-16). Some questions are refused, whatever the chart shows (PQ-15). A lost item's direction comes from the sign on the 4th house (PQ-30). Trisphuta never changes the answer (PQ-48). KP horary has its own route and asks for no birth details (PQ-33).
How we check the numbers
Every answer here starts from planet positions worked out from NASA JPL planet data (DE440). We test them against NASA JPL Horizons, NASA's planet position service. On 25,571 positions from 1850 to 2149, the Sun and planets agree within 0.001 arc seconds. The Moon agrees within 0.011. On 2,000 random birth charts, the rising sign agrees with Swiss Ephemeris within 0.004. An arc second is 1/3,600 of a degree. Our tests fail if a result drifts past these figures.
A practicing astrologer reviews the rules behind these answers. Each rule has an ID you can look up in the public rulebook.
See how we test accuracyTerms used here
Who uses it
- Astrology appsCharts, dashas, daily readings and a printable report from one API. A small team can ship a full astrology app with it.
- Astrologer consultation platformsCharts, dashas and yogas for every client, with the rule behind each answer. Send a printable report after the session.
- AI assistants and chatbotsReal charts and plain answers for AI assistants and chatbots. Give the model a few endpoints as tools (function calling), so it quotes a computed result, not a guess.
Prashna API questions
All questionsDoes a question chart need birth details?
No. The chart is cast for the moment and place the question is asked. Send the topic, latitude, longitude and timezone. Leave the date and time out to use the current moment at that place. The moment used comes back in asked_at, so your app can save it.
Can people type their own question into the prashna API?
No. A person picks one topic from GET /v1/prashna/topics, such as a job offer, a lost item or buying a house. A sentence is never read, and any extra field in the request gets a 422. Show the topic titles from the list as buttons or a menu.
See the horary endpointsWhich questions does the prashna API refuse?
Questions about how long someone will live, the sex of an unborn child, lotteries, gambling and share tips. Also a medical diagnosis, whether a named person committed a crime, and a question asked only as a test. Each gets a 422 with the code topic_refused and a plain message. No chart is cast.
Read rule PQ-15How often can a person ask about the same topic?
Once in 72 hours, counted from the last question that got an answer. A refused question does not count. The API stores nothing and takes no user id, so your app keeps track: save asked_at from each answer. A KP answer and a main answer on one topic count as one question.
Read rule PQ-50How is KP horary different from the main question chart?
In KP horary, the person picks a number from 1 to 249. The number sets the houses, and the moment only places the planets. It uses KP's own setup: Placidus houses and the KP ayanamsa (the zodiac's starting point). It covers eight topics, such as marriage, career and money. It never changes the main route's answer. Places beyond 66 degrees of latitude are refused.
What KP astrology isWhy can a question chart give no answer at some moments?
Classical rules say some moments are unfit to judge. The rising degree may be under 3 or over 27 degrees of its sign. Or the Moon or the rising sign may sit where a water sign meets a fire sign (gandanta). The API then returns a 422 with the code moment_unfit and every cause. Ask again at another time.
Read rule PQ-16Astrology API
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Your first answer
John Doe, New York
POST /v1/planets200 OK
- RisingVirgoHast
- SunCancerAshlesha
- MoonTaurusMrigashira
- MarsAriesKrittika
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