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Divisional charts (vargas)

Khavedamsa (D40) in Vedic astrology

Khavedamsa (D40) cuts every sign into 40 equal parts of 45′ each. It maps each part to a sign of its own, building a separate chart from the same birth moment. It is one of the 16 divisional charts, and the API names its use as: auspicious and inauspicious effects.

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Khavedamsa: how the API computes it

The khavedamsa, D40, splits each sign into 40 parts of 45 arc minutes. An arc minute is 1/60 of a degree. Its signifies field reads auspicious and inauspicious effects. That means the general good and bad in a life, as the old texts use this chart.

POST /v1/chart/D40 returns the sign and house of the ascendant (rising sign) and each planet. They are counted the way VG-02 and VG-03 set out. Its parts are very small, each less than a degree wide.

The Moon crosses a part in about an hour and a half. The ascendant crosses one in about three minutes. So the chart is only reliable with an exact birth time, such as one taken from a birth record.

Your app may collect birth times from users who remember them roughly. Then leave this chart out, or show it with a clear note. A chart with parts this small, read from a guessed time, gives a sure-sounding answer with little behind it.

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/D40

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/chart/D40" \
  -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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