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Divisional charts (vargas)

Drekkana (D3) in Vedic astrology

Drekkana (D3) is a divisional chart that splits each sign into 3 parts of 10°. Each part is given a sign, so the planets fall into a new chart. The API lists its use as: siblings and courage. POST /v1/chart/D3 returns the sign and house of the ascendant and each planet in it.

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Drekkana: how the API computes it

The drekkana, D3, divides each sign into 3 parts of 10 degrees. Each planet falls into the first, second or third ten degrees of its sign. That part gives it a new sign.

Tradition reads this chart for brothers and sisters and for courage and effort. The API's signifies field says siblings and courage. The old texts also tie it to the 3rd house of the birth chart.

POST /v1/chart/D3 returns the ascendant (rising sign) and every planet with the sign and the house in the drekkana. The API computes this chart from the rules for all the equal-part charts (VG-02, VG-03). Each of those charts is set by the sign its first part maps to, and by a step between parts.

Do not try to guess the result by hand from the first one. Ask the API, then compare it with D1, the birth chart. A planet that stays strong in both charts is read as more dependable on this topic.

A planet that is strong in only one is read as less so.

Get it from the API

Any of the 16 divisional charts (D1 to D60). 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/chart/D3

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/chart/D3" \
  -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"}'

Where the API returns it

POST/v1/chart/{division}Any of the 16 divisional charts (D1 to D60)
GET/v1/metaSupported options and limits

Feature page: Kundli and birth charts. 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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Your first answer

John Doe, New York

POST /v1/planets200 OK
  • RisingVirgoHast
  • SunCancerAshlesha
  • MoonTaurusMrigashira
  • MarsAriesKrittika

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