Chandra bala in Vedic astrology

{
  "reckoned_at": "sunrise",
  "panchang": {
    "date": "2026-10-01",
    "place": {
      "latitude": 40.7128,
      "longitude": -74.006,
      "timezone": -4
    },
    "sun": {
      "rise": "2026-10-01T06:52:37-04:00",
      "set": "2026-10-01T18:37:57-04:00"
    },
    "moon": {
      "rise": "2026-10-01T21:38:37-04:00",
      "set": "2026-10-01T12:44:56-04:00"
    },
    "tithi": {
      "index": 21,
      "name": "Shashthi",
      "paksha": "krishna",
      "completion_percent": 17.4653,
      "starts": "2026-10-01T03:05:43-04:00",
      "ends": "2026-10-02T00:45:43-04:00"
    },
    "nakshatra": {
      "name": "Rohini",
      "lord": "Moon",
      "pada": 2,
      "starts": "2026-09-30T20:32:55-04:00",
      "ends": "2026-10-01T18:57:24-04:00"
    },
    "yoga": {
      "index": 16,
      "name": "Siddhi",
      "completion_percent": 76.4854,
      "starts": "2026-09-30T14:50:35-04:00",
      "ends": "2026-10-01T11:48:23-04:00"
    },
    "karana": {
      "index": 41,
      "name": "Gara",
      "completion_percent": 34.9307,
      "starts": "2026-10-01T03:05:43-04:00",
      "ends": "2026-10-01T13:55:24-04:00"
    },
    "vara": {
      "index": 5,
      "name": "Thursday",
      "lord": "Jupiter"
    },
    "masa": {
      "name": "Bhadrapada",
      "paksha": "krishna",
      "adhika": false,
      "kshaya": false,
      "convention": "amanta",
      "starts": "2026-09-10T23:27:00-04:00",
      "ends": "2026-10-10T11:50:05-04:00",
      "amanta": {
        "name": "Bhadrapada",
        "adhika": false
      },
      "purnimanta": {
        "name": "Asvina",
        "adhika": false
      },
      "rule": "a lunar month runs new moon to new moon and is named after the sankranti it contains; none makes it adhika, two make it kshaya. Purnimanta names the dark half after the following month; a leap month keeps its bounds in both"
    },
    "ritu": {
      "name": "Sharad",
      "season": "autumn"
    },
    "ritu_lunar": {
      "name": "Varsha",
      "season": "monsoon"
    },
    "samvat": {
      "shaka": 1948,
      "vikram": 2083,
      "vikram_kartikadi": 2082,
      "note": "shaka and vikram turn at Chaitra, not at the Gregorian new year; vikram_kartikadi is the Vikram year as Gujarat counts it, turning at Kartika (the day after Diwali)"
    },
    "ayana": "Dakshinayana",
    "ayana_sidereal": "Dakshinayana",
    "reckoning": {
      "ritu": "tropical Sun",
      "ayana": "tropical Sun",
      "ritu_lunar": "lunar month",
      "ayana_sidereal": "sidereal Sun",
      "note": "ritu and ayana follow the solstices and equinoxes (the tropical Sun). Festivals, vrats and the lunar month keep the lunar reckoning; their dates are unchanged."
    },
    "inauspicious": {
      "rahu_kaal": {
        "starts": "2026-10-01T14:13:27-04:00",
        "ends": "2026-10-01T15:41:37-04:00"
      },
      "yamaganda": {
        "starts": "2026-10-01T06:52:37-04:00",
        "ends": "2026-10-01T08:20:47-04:00"
      },
      "gulika_kaal": {
        "starts": "2026-10-01T09:48:57-04:00",
        "ends": "2026-10-01T11:17:07-04:00"
      }
    },
    "auspicious": {
      "abhijit_muhurta": {
        "starts": "2026-10-01T12:21:46-04:00",
        "ends": "2026-10-01T13:08:47-04:00",
        "overlaps": [],
        "clear": [
          {
            "starts": "2026-10-01T12:21:46-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T13:08:47-04:00"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "muhurta": {
      "weekday_lord": "Jupiter",
      "conflicts": [
        {
          "band": "yamaganda",
          "choghadiya": "Shubh",
          "eighth": 1,
          "note": "Shubh is reckoned benefit and auspicious beginnings, and yamaganda covers the same eighth of the day. The two tables disagree here; neither is applied over the other."
        },
        {
          "band": "rahu_kaal",
          "choghadiya": "Amrit",
          "eighth": 6,
          "note": "Amrit is reckoned the best of the eight, and rahu kaal covers the same eighth of the day. The two tables disagree here; neither is applied over the other."
        }
      ],
      "choghadiya": {
        "day": [
          {
            "graha": "Jupiter",
            "name": "Shubh",
            "quality": "auspicious",
            "signifies": "benefit and auspicious beginnings",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T06:52:37-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T08:20:47-04:00",
            "index": 1
          },
          {
            "graha": "Mars",
            "name": "Rog",
            "quality": "inauspicious",
            "signifies": "illness and conflict",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T08:20:47-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T09:48:57-04:00",
            "index": 2
          },
          {
            "graha": "Sun",
            "name": "Udveg",
            "quality": "inauspicious",
            "signifies": "anxiety and unrest",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T09:48:57-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T11:17:07-04:00",
            "index": 3
          }
        ],
        "night": [
          {
            "graha": "Moon",
            "name": "Amrit",
            "quality": "auspicious",
            "signifies": "the best of the eight",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T18:37:57-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T20:09:54-04:00",
            "index": 1
          },
          {
            "graha": "Venus",
            "name": "Char",
            "quality": "neutral",
            "signifies": "movement; good for travel",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T20:09:54-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T21:41:52-04:00",
            "index": 2
          },
          {
            "graha": "Mars",
            "name": "Rog",
            "quality": "inauspicious",
            "signifies": "illness and conflict",
            "starts": "2026-10-01T21:41:52-04:00",
            "ends": "2026-10-01T23:13:50-04:00",
            "index": 3
          }
        ]
      },
      "hora": [
        {
          "index": 1,
          "lord": "Jupiter",
          "starts": "2026-10-01T06:57:02-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-01T07:57:04-04:00"
        },
        {
          "index": 2,
          "lord": "Mars",
          "starts": "2026-10-01T07:57:04-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-01T08:57:07-04:00"
        },
        {
          "index": 3,
          "lord": "Sun",
          "starts": "2026-10-01T08:57:07-04:00",
          "ends": "2026-10-01T09:57:09-04:00"
        }
      ],
      "rule": "all three walk the descending Chaldean order -- Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, Sun, Venus, Mercury, Moon. Horas and day choghadiya start at the weekday lord and move one place at a time; night choghadiya start at the lord of the fifth weekday from…",
      "note": "day choghadiya divide daylight, night choghadiya divide the night, and horas divide sunrise to sunrise. The three do not share boundaries and are not meant to. Choghadiya and the bands run on the visible sunrise the calendars print; the…"
    },
    "reckoned_at": "sunrise",
    "meta": {
      "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
      "ayanamsa_value": 24.230763,
      "ephemeris": "JPL DE440s"
    }
  },
  "moon": {
    "id": "daily:moon",
    "title": "The Moon in the 1st from your own",
    "family": "transits",
    "text": [
      "About every 27 days, the Moon returns to your own Moon sign, your first house. It stays about two and a quarter days. The Moon rules your mood and feelings, and here it is back where it was when you were born. **So tradition counts this as…",
      "What you can do: use these two days for anything where your own read of things matters most. Right now you usually aren't detached, even if you don't notice. So these two days suit work that needs you to stay detached less well. A good…"
    ],
    "language": "en",
    "detail": "standard",
    "sign": "Taurus",
    "house_from_moon": 1,
    "result": "favorable",
    "net": "obstructed",
    "obstructed": true,
    "obstructed_by": [
      "Sun"
    ],
    "vedha_house": 5
  },
  "transits": [
    {
      "id": "daily:transit:Sun",
      "title": "Sun in the 5th from your Moon",
      "family": "transits",
      "text": [
        "Counted from your Moon sign, the fifth house covers children, learning, judgment and the things you create. The Sun brings confidence, and during its month here that is exactly the risk. **From the inside, confidence and good judgment feel…",
        "What you can do: keep your money out of speculation this month, because your confidence makes a risk look smaller than it is. If someone criticizes your idea, listen before you defend it. Creative work and teaching can still go well when…"
      ],
      "language": "en",
      "detail": "standard",
      "graha": "Sun",
      "sign": "Virgo",
      "house_from_moon": 5,
      "result": "unfavorable",
      "net": "unfavorable",
      "obstructed": false,
      "obstructed_by": []
    },
    {
      "id": "daily:transit:Mars",
      "title": "Mars in the 3rd from your Moon",
      "family": "transits",
      "text": [
        "Transits are counted from your Moon sign. The third house from it covers effort, courage, short trips and your brothers and sisters. Mars is the planet of drive and nerve, exactly what this house needs. **Its stay of about six weeks here…",
        "What you can do: this is your window for the hard push. That could be the confrontation, the deadline or the job that needs force more than skill. What you get done now often lasts after the transit ends. Leave delicate work for another…"
      ],
      "language": "en",
      "detail": "standard",
      "graha": "Mars",
      "sign": "Cancer",
      "house_from_moon": 3,
      "result": "favorable",
      "net": "favorable",
      "obstructed": false,
      "obstructed_by": []
    },
    {
      "id": "daily:transit:Mercury",
      "title": "Mercury in the 6th from your Moon",
      "family": "transits",
      "text": [
        "The sixth house, counted from your Moon sign, covers disputes, debts, daily work and health. Mercury handles all of these through detail, and right now you have the detail. **So its three to four weeks here are one of its strong transits…",
        "What you can do: bring the dispute, the debt and the health question to these weeks. Watch your tone, though, because being precise can sound like criticism. A colleague you correct now, even rightly, may remember it later."
      ],
      "language": "en",
      "detail": "standard",
      "graha": "Mercury",
      "sign": "Libra",
      "house_from_moon": 6,
      "result": "favorable",
      "net": "favorable",
      "obstructed": false,
      "obstructed_by": []
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "favorable": 4,
    "unfavorable": 4,
    "obstructed": 1
  },
  "gaps": [],
  "language": "en",
  "detail": "standard",
  "fell_back_to_en": false,
  "note": "the Moon leads because it is the only part of the chart that moves fast enough to make one day differ from the next. The slower grahas set the season the day sits in.",
  "sadesati": {
    "present": false,
    "phase": null,
    "in_break": false,
    "current": null,
    "next": {
      "starts": "2027-06-02T19:58:14",
      "ends": "2034-07-12T18:52:56",
      "complete": true,
      "phases": [
        {
          "phase": "rising",
          "sanskrit": "arohini",
          "house_from_moon": 12,
          "starts": "2027-06-02T19:58:14",
          "ends": "2027-10-19T21:42:18"
        },
        {
          "phase": "rising",
          "sanskrit": "arohini",
          "house_from_moon": 12,
          "starts": "2028-02-23T09:54:05",
          "ends": "2029-08-08T03:02:03"
        },
        {
          "phase": "peak",
          "sanskrit": "madhya",
          "house_from_moon": 1,
          "starts": "2029-08-08T03:02:03",
          "ends": "2029-10-05T07:22:54"
        }
      ],
      "breaks": [
        {
          "starts": "2027-10-19T21:42:18",
          "ends": "2028-02-23T09:54:05",
          "reason": "Saturn retrograde back out of the band"
        }
      ]
    },
    "dhaiya_present": false,
    "kantaka_present": false,
    "dhaiya_kantaka": null
  },
  "natal_moon_sign": "Taurus",
  "chandra_bala": {
    "house_from_natal_moon": 1,
    "strong": true,
    "decided_by": "house",
    "paksha": null,
    "sources_agree": true,
    "rule": "the transit Moon in the 1st, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th or 11th from the natal Moon is strong; in the 4th, 8th or 12th weak. In the 2nd, 5th or 9th it is strong in the bright half (shukla paksha) and weak in the dark half (krishna paksha)"
  },
  "date": "2026-10-01",
  "place": {
    "latitude": 40.7128,
    "longitude": -74.006,
    "timezone": -4,
    "timezone_info": {
      "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"
    }
  },
  "applies_to": "everyone whose natal Moon is in Taurus",
  "not_claimed": "a reading of one person. No ascendant, house, running dasha or ashtakavarga enters it; supply a birth chart to /v1/reading/daily for those."
}