Planet condition and strength
Debilitation (neecha) in Vedic astrology
A planet is debilitated, or neecha, in the sign opposite its exaltation sign, where tradition holds it is weakest. For example, the Sun is debilitated in Libra and Saturn in Aries. Certain other placements can cancel the weakness; this is called neecha bhanga.
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Debilitation: how the API computes it
A debilitated planet sits in the sign opposite its exaltation sign, the sign where it is strongest (CH-03). The Sun is debilitated in Libra, the Moon in Scorpio, Mars in Cancer and Mercury in Pisces. Jupiter is debilitated in Capricorn, Venus in Virgo and Saturn in Aries.
POST /v1/planets returns debilitated in the dignity field when this happens. The API checks debilitation right after exaltation and before every other state. So a weaker label never hides it.
A debilitated planet is not always weak in the end. The texts describe several ways its weakness can be cancelled, called neecha bhanga. The API checks one of them.
POST /v1/yogas lists neecha bhanga as a yoga when it forms (YG-16). So a debilitated planet can show up in both places. The dignity field itself stays debilitated.
If you show a user a weak planet, check the yogas response too. Then the page will not call a planet weak when the same chart shows its weakness cancelled.
Get it from the API
The Tajik annual chart (varshaphal) for one year. Here is the call to API for Astrology (apiforastrology.com) for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.
POST /v1/varshaphal
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/varshaphal?year=2026&latitude=40.7128&longitude=-74.006&timezone=America/New_York" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $ASTROLOGY_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"year":1990,"month":8,"day":15,"hour":10,"minute":30,"second":0,"latitude":40.7128,"longitude":-74.006,"timezone":"America/New_York"}'Answer (long lists shortened)200 OK
{
"year": 2026,
"completed_years": 36,
"varsha_pravesh": {
"utc": "2026-08-15T19:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-08-15T15:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4,
"day": true,
"next": "2027-08-15T22:08:06-04:00"
},
"place": {
"latitude": 40.7128,
"longitude": -74.006,
"basis": "given place"
},
"chart": {
"ascendant": {
"name": "Ascendant",
"longitude": 234.2481086,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"sign_number": 8,
"degree_in_sign": 24.2481086,
"degree_dms": "24 : 14 : 53",
"house": 1,
"nakshatra": "Jyeshtha",
"nakshatra_lord": "Mercury",
"pada": 3,
"speed": 0,
"retrograde": false,
"combust": false,
"dignity": "n/a",
"vargottama": false,
"pushkara": {
"navamsa": false,
"navamsa_number": 8,
"bhaga": false,
"bhaga_degree": 11,
"bhaga_by_element": false,
"bhaga_degree_by_element": 7,
"sources_agree": true,
"orb_degrees": 1
}
},
"positions": [
{
"name": "Sun",
"longitude": 118.7753409,
"sign": "Cancer",
"sign_number": 4,
"degree_in_sign": 28.7753409,
"degree_dms": "28 : 46 : 31",
"house": 9,
"nakshatra": "Ashlesha",
"nakshatra_lord": "Mercury",
"pada": 4,
"speed": 0.9612311,
"retrograde": false,
"combust": false,
"dignity": "friend",
"vargottama": false,
"pushkara": {
"navamsa": false,
"navamsa_number": 9,
"bhaga": false,
"bhaga_degree": 8,
"bhaga_by_element": false,
"bhaga_degree_by_element": 7,
"sources_agree": true,
"orb_degrees": 1
}
},
{
"name": "Moon",
"longitude": 158.8777738,
"sign": "Virgo",
"sign_number": 6,
"degree_in_sign": 8.8777738,
"degree_dms": "08 : 52 : 40",
"house": 11,
"nakshatra": "Uttara Phalguni",
"nakshatra_lord": "Sun",
"pada": 4,
"speed": 13.3333426,
"retrograde": false,
"combust": false,
"dignity": "friend",
"vargottama": false,
"pushkara": {
"navamsa": true,
"navamsa_number": 3,
"bhaga": true,
"bhaga_degree": 9,
"bhaga_by_element": false,
"bhaga_degree_by_element": 14,
"sources_agree": false,
"orb_degrees": 1
}
},
{
"name": "Mars",
"longitude": 68.721385,
"sign": "Gemini",
"sign_number": 3,
"degree_in_sign": 8.721385,
"degree_dms": "08 : 43 : 17",
"house": 8,
"nakshatra": "Ardra",
"nakshatra_lord": "Rahu",
"pada": 1,
"speed": 0.6568859,
"retrograde": false,
"combust": false,
"dignity": "neutral",
"vargottama": false,
"pushkara": {
"navamsa": false,
"navamsa_number": 3,
"bhaga": false,
"bhaga_degree": 18,
"bhaga_by_element": false,
"bhaga_degree_by_element": 24,
"sources_agree": true,
"orb_degrees": 1
}
}
]
},
"muntha": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"sign_no": 6,
"lord": "Mercury",
"house": 11,
"result": "excellent",
"house_in_birth_chart": 1
},
"office_bearers": [
{
"office": "janma_lagna_lord",
"graha": "Mercury"
},
{
"office": "varsha_lagna_lord",
"graha": "Mars"
},
{
"office": "muntha_lord",
"graha": "Mercury"
}
],
"strengths": {
"pancha_vargeeya": {
"Sun": {
"total": 8.54,
"band": "ordinary",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 15,
"hadda": 3.75,
"drekkana": 5,
"navamsa": 2.5,
"uchcha": 7.914
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Moon",
"hadda": "Saturn",
"drekkana": "Jupiter",
"navamsa": "Jupiter"
}
},
"Moon": {
"total": 5.57,
"band": "ordinary",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 7.5,
"hadda": 3.75,
"drekkana": 2.5,
"navamsa": 2.5,
"uchcha": 6.014
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Mercury",
"hadda": "Venus",
"drekkana": "Mercury",
"navamsa": "Jupiter"
}
},
"Mars": {
"total": 6.37,
"band": "ordinary",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 7.5,
"hadda": 7.5,
"drekkana": 2.5,
"navamsa": 2.5,
"uchcha": 5.475
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Mercury",
"hadda": "Jupiter",
"drekkana": "Mercury",
"navamsa": "Jupiter"
}
},
"Mercury": {
"total": 9.94,
"band": "ordinary",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 7.5,
"hadda": 15,
"drekkana": 2.5,
"navamsa": 1.25,
"uchcha": 13.511
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Moon",
"hadda": "Mercury",
"drekkana": "Mars",
"navamsa": "Mars"
}
},
"Jupiter": {
"total": 11.26,
"band": "powerful",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 15,
"hadda": 3.75,
"drekkana": 5,
"navamsa": 2.5,
"uchcha": 18.778
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Moon",
"hadda": "Mercury",
"drekkana": "Mars",
"navamsa": "Mars"
}
},
"Venus": {
"total": 10.34,
"band": "powerful",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 15,
"hadda": 15,
"drekkana": 5,
"navamsa": 5,
"uchcha": 1.372
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Mercury",
"hadda": "Venus",
"drekkana": "Saturn",
"navamsa": "Venus"
}
},
"Saturn": {
"total": 5.52,
"band": "ordinary",
"parts": {
"kshetra": 7.5,
"hadda": 3.75,
"drekkana": 2.5,
"navamsa": 5,
"uchcha": 3.313
},
"lords": {
"kshetra": "Jupiter",
"hadda": "Mars",
"drekkana": "Mars",
"navamsa": "Saturn"
}
}
},
"harsha": {
"Sun": {
"total": 10,
"band": "average",
"met": [
"house",
"day_or_night"
]
},
"Moon": {
"total": 0,
"band": "nil",
"met": []
},
"Mars": {
"total": 5,
"band": "little",
"met": [
"day_or_night"
]
},
"Mercury": {
"total": 5,
"band": "little",
"met": [
"quarter"
]
},
"Jupiter": {
"total": 10,
"band": "average",
"met": [
"own_or_exalted",
"day_or_night"
]
},
"Venus": {
"total": 0,
"band": "nil",
"met": []
},
"Saturn": {
"total": 0,
"band": "nil",
"met": []
}
}
},
"year_lord": {
"graha": "Mercury",
"aspects_lagna": true,
"basis": "strongest_aspecting",
"munthesha": "Mercury",
"min_strength": 5,
"filters": [
"aspects_lagna: a Tajik aspect (1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th, 10th or 11th) on the annual lagna",
"not_moon: the Moon is never the year lord",
"min_strength: at least 5 of 20 vishwa of pancha-vargeeya bala"
],
"ranked": [
{
"graha": "Mercury",
"strength": 9.94,
"aspects_lagna": true,
"excluded": null,
"chosen": true
},
{
"graha": "Mars",
"strength": 6.37,
"aspects_lagna": false,
"excluded": "no_aspect",
"chosen": false
},
{
"graha": "Moon",
"strength": 5.57,
"aspects_lagna": true,
"excluded": "moon",
"chosen": false
}
],
"disputed": []
},
"sahams": [
{
"name": "punya",
"longitude": 304.3505,
"sign": "Aquarius",
"degree_dms": "04 : 21 : 02",
"lord": "Saturn",
"house": 4,
"formula": "Moon - Sun + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"sensitive": false,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:punya",
"text": [
"The point of fortune and good deeds falls in your 4th house this year."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"name": "vidya",
"longitude": 194.1457,
"sign": "Libra",
"degree_dms": "14 : 08 : 44",
"lord": "Venus",
"house": 12,
"formula": "Sun - Moon + Asc",
"plus_30": false,
"sensitive": false,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:vidya",
"text": [
"The point of learning and education falls in your 12th house this year."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"name": "yashas",
"longitude": 65.8945,
"sign": "Gemini",
"degree_dms": "05 : 53 : 40",
"lord": "Mercury",
"house": 8,
"formula": "Jupiter - punya + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"sensitive": false,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:yashas",
"text": [
"The point of fame and reputation falls in your 8th house this year."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
],
"disputed_sahams": [
{
"name": "roga",
"sources_agree": false,
"sensitive": true,
"convention_a": {
"longitude": 339.6184,
"sign": "Pisces",
"degree_dms": "09 : 37 : 06",
"house": 5,
"formula": "Asc - Moon + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:roga",
"text": [
"The point of illness falls in your 5th house this year. It shows where to look after your health, but it is not a prediction."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
"convention_b": {
"longitude": 309.6184,
"sign": "Aquarius",
"degree_dms": "09 : 37 : 06",
"house": 4,
"formula": "Asc - Moon + Asc",
"plus_30": false,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:roga",
"text": [
"The point of illness falls in your 4th house this year. It shows where to look after your health, but it is not a prediction."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
},
{
"name": "paradara",
"sources_agree": true,
"sensitive": true,
"convention_a": {
"longitude": 310.1211,
"sign": "Aquarius",
"degree_dms": "10 : 07 : 16",
"house": 4,
"formula": "Venus - Sun + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:paradara",
"text": [
"The traditional point of affairs outside marriage falls in your 4th house this year. This point is read in the old texts and is not a prediction about anyone."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
"convention_b": {
"longitude": 310.1211,
"sign": "Aquarius",
"degree_dms": "10 : 07 : 16",
"house": 4,
"formula": "Venus - Sun + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:paradara",
"text": [
"The traditional point of affairs outside marriage falls in your 4th house this year. This point is read in the old texts and is not a prediction about anyone."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
},
{
"name": "vivaha",
"sources_agree": true,
"sensitive": false,
"convention_a": {
"longitude": 78.7157,
"sign": "Gemini",
"degree_dms": "18 : 42 : 56",
"house": 8,
"formula": "Venus - Saturn + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:vivaha",
"text": [
"The point of marriage falls in your 8th house this year."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
"convention_b": {
"longitude": 78.7157,
"sign": "Gemini",
"degree_dms": "18 : 42 : 56",
"house": 8,
"formula": "Venus - Saturn + Asc",
"plus_30": true,
"reading": {
"key": "saham:vivaha",
"text": [
"The point of marriage falls in your 8th house this year."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
}
],
"mudda_dasha": [
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-08-15T19:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-08-15T15:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-09-06T02:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-09-05T22:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"days": 21.29,
"house": 8,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Mars+house:8",
"text": [
"This Mars period brings energy and drive, with some risk of haste, injury or arguments. In your yearly chart it sits in the 8th house. So its effect falls mainly on sudden changes, health and hidden matters."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"lord": "Rahu",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-09-06T02:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-09-05T22:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-10-30T20:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-10-30T16:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"days": 54.75,
"house": 4,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Rahu+house:4",
"text": [
"This Rahu period can bring sudden ambitions, new contacts and some confusion, so check facts before you act. In your yearly chart it sits in the 4th house. So its effect falls mainly on home, mother, property and peace of mind."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"lord": "Jupiter",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-10-30T20:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-10-30T16:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-12-18T12:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-12-18T07:54:24-05:00",
"offset_hours": -5
},
"days": 48.67,
"house": 9,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Jupiter+house:9",
"text": [
"This Jupiter period tends to bring growth, good advice, learning and family happiness. In your yearly chart it sits in the 9th house. So its effect falls mainly on luck, faith, teachers and long journeys."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
],
"mudda_dasha_solar": [
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-08-13T19:03:36Z",
"local": "2026-08-13T15:03:36-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-09-04T13:44:35Z",
"local": "2026-09-04T09:44:34-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"sun_arc": 21,
"balance_elapsed": 0.093128,
"house": 8,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Mars+house:8",
"text": [
"This Mars period brings energy and drive, with some risk of haste, injury or arguments. In your yearly chart it sits in the 8th house. So its effect falls mainly on sudden changes, health and hidden matters."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"lord": "Rahu",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-09-04T13:44:35Z",
"local": "2026-09-04T09:44:34-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-10-29T11:23:52Z",
"local": "2026-10-29T07:23:51-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"sun_arc": 54,
"house": 4,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Rahu+house:4",
"text": [
"This Rahu period can bring sudden ambitions, new contacts and some confusion, so check facts before you act. In your yearly chart it sits in the 4th house. So its effect falls mainly on home, mother, property and peace of mind."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"lord": "Jupiter",
"start": {
"utc": "2026-10-29T11:23:52Z",
"local": "2026-10-29T07:23:51-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4
},
"end": {
"utc": "2026-12-16T00:39:47Z",
"local": "2026-12-15T19:39:47-05:00",
"offset_hours": -5
},
"sun_arc": 48,
"house": 9,
"reading": {
"key": "period:Jupiter+house:9",
"text": [
"This Jupiter period tends to bring growth, good advice, learning and family happiness. In your yearly chart it sits in the 9th house. So its effect falls mainly on luck, faith, teachers and long journeys."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
],
"mudda_conventions": {
"mudda_dasha": "365 days from the varsha pravesh, no birth balance",
"mudda_dasha_solar": "the Sun's arc, 360 degrees a year, entered with the birth nakshatra balance, so it begins before the varsha pravesh",
"sources_agree": false
},
"birth_nakshatra": "Mrigashira",
"tajaka_yogas": {
"yogas": [
{
"yoga": "ithasala",
"planets": [
"Moon",
"Mercury"
],
"aspect": "sextile",
"aspect_angle": 60,
"orb": 9.5,
"separation": 7.7185,
"motion": "applying",
"purna": false,
"retrograde": [],
"nature": "helps",
"reading": {
"key": "tajaka:ithasala",
"text": [
"The Moon is moving toward a close link with Mercury this year. Plans tied to these two planets tend to come together with steady effort."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"yoga": "ithasala",
"planets": [
"Moon",
"Jupiter"
],
"aspect": "sextile",
"aspect_angle": 60,
"orb": 10.5,
"separation": 7.1191,
"motion": "applying",
"purna": false,
"retrograde": [],
"nature": "helps",
"reading": {
"key": "tajaka:ithasala",
"text": [
"The Moon is moving toward a close link with Jupiter this year. Plans tied to these two planets tend to come together with steady effort."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
},
{
"yoga": "ithasala",
"planets": [
"Moon",
"Venus"
],
"aspect": "conjunction",
"aspect_angle": 0,
"orb": 9.5,
"separation": 5.7705,
"motion": "applying",
"purna": false,
"retrograde": [],
"nature": "helps",
"reading": {
"key": "tajaka:ithasala",
"text": [
"The Moon is moving toward a close link with Venus this year. Plans tied to these two planets tend to come together with steady effort."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
}
],
"counts": {
"ithasala": 7,
"ishrafa": 5,
"nakta": 3,
"yamaya": 0,
"manau": 6,
"kamboola": 4,
"khallasara": 0,
"radda": 5,
"duhphali_kuttha": 2,
"ikkavala": 0,
"induvara": 0,
"kuttha": 0,
"durapha": 0,
"gairi_kamboola": 0,
"tambira": 0,
"dutthottha_davira": 0
},
"deeptamsha": {
"Sun": 15,
"Moon": 12,
"Mars": 8,
"Mercury": 7,
"Jupiter": 9,
"Venus": 7,
"Saturn": 9
},
"orb_rule": "The orb of a pair is the mean of the two deeptamshas; a meeting is active when the separation from the exact Tajik angle (0, 60, 90, 120, 180) is within it.",
"motion_rule": "Applying when the gap to exact is shrinking under the two grahas' signed daily motions; a retrograde graha moves backwards, which reverses its part in the test.",
"not_computed": [],
"sources": "Tajika Neelakanthi, Samjna Tantra, as given in K. S. Charak, A Text Book of Varshaphala, ch. on the Tajika yogas; the astrologer's ruling N-18 (2026-10-31, owner-relayed)",
"review": "awaiting the astrologer (VP-13 to VP-15)"
},
"not_computed": [
"mitra (friends), sneha (love), putra (children), vyapara (business), karyasiddhi and the vocation saham: an outside report's values match no classical formula, so none is shipped until the astrologer settles which is meant",
"mrityu, paradesa, artha and labha: they read house cusps, and this service uses whole-sign houses with no quadrant cusps"
],
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "lahiri",
"ayanamsa_value": 24.22898,
"ephemeris": "JPL DE440s",
"node": "true",
"natal_sun": 118.7753409
},
"masa_pravesh": [
{
"month": 1,
"utc": "2026-08-15T19:54:24Z",
"local": "2026-08-15T15:54:24-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4,
"sun_longitude": 118.775341,
"sun_sign": "Cancer",
"day": true,
"lagna": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"sign_number": 8,
"longitude": 234.248109,
"degree_dms": "24 : 14 : 53"
}
},
{
"month": 2,
"utc": "2026-09-15T20:14:26Z",
"local": "2026-09-15T16:14:25-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4,
"sun_longitude": 148.775341,
"sun_sign": "Leo",
"day": true,
"lagna": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"sign_number": 9,
"longitude": 268.528609,
"degree_dms": "28 : 31 : 43"
}
},
{
"month": 3,
"utc": "2026-10-16T08:43:53Z",
"local": "2026-10-16T04:43:53-04:00",
"offset_hours": -4,
"sun_longitude": 178.775341,
"sun_sign": "Virgo",
"day": false,
"lagna": {
"sign": "Leo",
"sign_number": 5,
"longitude": 149.301039,
"degree_dms": "29 : 18 : 04"
}
}
],
"tri_pataki": {
"running_year": 37,
"methods": {
"three_tier": {
"source": "K. S. Charak, A Textbook of Varshaphala: Moon 9, Mars and the nodes 6, the rest 4",
"placements": [
{
"graha": "Sun",
"natal_sign": "Cancer",
"sign": "Cancer",
"cycle": 4,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 9
},
{
"graha": "Moon",
"natal_sign": "Taurus",
"sign": "Taurus",
"cycle": 9,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 7
},
{
"graha": "Mars",
"natal_sign": "Aries",
"sign": "Aries",
"cycle": 6,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 6
}
],
"points": [
{
"house": 1,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"grahas": [],
"vedha_from_houses": [
4,
7,
10
]
},
{
"house": 2,
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"grahas": [
"Saturn"
],
"vedha_from_houses": [
3,
6,
9
]
},
{
"house": 3,
"sign": "Capricorn",
"grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"vedha_from_houses": [
2,
8,
11
]
}
],
"vedha": {
"moon": {
"house": 7,
"same_point_counts": true,
"sign": "Taurus",
"grahas": [
"Mercury"
],
"benefics": [
"Mercury"
],
"malefics": [],
"same_point": [],
"evaluation": "primary"
},
"lagna": {
"house": 1,
"same_point_counts": true,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"grahas": [
"Mercury"
],
"benefics": [
"Mercury"
],
"malefics": [],
"same_point": [],
"evaluation": "secondary"
}
}
},
"neelakanthi": {
"source": "Tajika Neelakanthi: Mars counted with the four-year group",
"placements": [
{
"graha": "Sun",
"natal_sign": "Cancer",
"sign": "Cancer",
"cycle": 4,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 9
},
{
"graha": "Moon",
"natal_sign": "Taurus",
"sign": "Taurus",
"cycle": 9,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 7
},
{
"graha": "Mars",
"natal_sign": "Aries",
"sign": "Aries",
"cycle": 4,
"count": 1,
"direction": "forward",
"house": 6
}
],
"points": [
{
"house": 1,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"grahas": [],
"vedha_from_houses": [
4,
7,
10
]
},
{
"house": 2,
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"grahas": [
"Saturn"
],
"vedha_from_houses": [
3,
6,
9
]
},
{
"house": 3,
"sign": "Capricorn",
"grahas": [
"Rahu"
],
"vedha_from_houses": [
2,
8,
11
]
}
],
"vedha": {
"moon": {
"house": 7,
"same_point_counts": true,
"sign": "Taurus",
"grahas": [
"Mercury"
],
"benefics": [
"Mercury"
],
"malefics": [],
"same_point": [],
"evaluation": "primary"
},
"lagna": {
"house": 1,
"same_point_counts": true,
"sign": "Scorpio",
"grahas": [
"Mercury"
],
"benefics": [
"Mercury"
],
"malefics": [],
"same_point": [],
"evaluation": "secondary"
}
}
}
},
"sources_agree": true,
"differ_on": [],
"basis": "Natal signs moved on by the running year (completed years + 1): the remainder on dividing by each graha's cycle, zero read as the cycle, counted inclusively from the natal sign; the nodes count backwards. The annual lagna sits on the…",
"not_claimed": [
"No verdict on the year: the texts that teach this chakra say it must be read with the birth and annual charts and the dasha, and is not consistent alone",
"A graha on a target's own point is vedha on it (a direct hit), and is also named in same_point",
"The Moon is the primary target, as standard practice reads the chakra; the lagna is a secondary evaluation some astrologers use"
],
"review": "settled by the astrologer 2026-10-30 and 2026-10-31 (VP-12): a target's own point is vedha, and the Moon is target only"
},
"reading": {
"framing": {
"key": "framing",
"text": [
"Your varshaphal is a chart for one year of your life. The chart is cast for the moment the Sun returns to the exact place it held when you were born. It shows the mood of the coming year: which part of life comes forward and which planet…"
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
},
"muntha": {
"key": "muntha:11",
"text": [
"Muntha is in the 11th house this year. Gains, friends and wishes coming true are in focus. Friends and networks tend to help you."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
},
"year_lord": {
"key": "year_lord:Mercury",
"text": [
"Mercury rules your year. Learning, communication, trade and quick thinking are in focus. It suits study, writing and business, if you avoid scattering your effort."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
},
"notes": [
{
"key": "note:mudda_conventions",
"text": [
"Astrology software differs on how to measure the year for these periods. One method counts 365 days from your yearly chart, and the other follows the Sun and starts a little earlier. Both are shown."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
},
{
"key": "note:disputed_sahams",
"text": [
"For these points, two well-known programs use different rules, so both answers are shown."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
},
{
"key": "note:tendency",
"text": [
"Everything here describes tendencies to work with, not fixed events."
],
"language": "en",
"detail": "standard"
}
]
},
"gaps": []
}Where the API returns it
| POST | /v1/varshaphal | The Tajik annual chart (varshaphal) for one year |
| POST | /v1/prashna | Question chart (prashna): one question, read for the moment it is asked |
| POST | /v1/planets | Planet positions and the ascendant |
| POST | /v1/dasha/narayana | Narayana dasha: the Jaimini sign periods |
| POST | /v1/yogas | Yogas: planetary combinations found and not found |
What the API reference says
Each line is quoted from the reference page of the endpoint named above it.
- POST /v1/dasha/narayana · Narayana dasha: the Jaimini sign periodsOne year is added for an exalted ruler and taken off for a debilitated one.
- POST /v1/yogas · Yogas: planetary combinations found and not foundNeecha Bhanga is the cancellation of a planet's weak, debilitated state.
- POST /v1/yogas · Yogas: planetary combinations found and not foundOne of its routes is the debilitated planet being joined or aspected by the ruler of its sign.
Feature page: Planetary strength. Who uses it: Astrologer consultation platforms. The classical rules the API follows are in the rulebook.
How we check the numbers
Every value 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 arc seconds. An arc second is 1/3,600 of a degree. A practicing astrologer reviews the rules behind these answers. See how we test.
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