Yogas and doshas
Nabhasa yoga in Vedic astrology
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Nabhasa yoga: how the API computes it
The API checks all 32 nabhasa yogas on every chart (YG-33 to YG-64). Rahu and Ketu are not counted. The last seven are the simplest to follow. They count how many signs the seven planets fill.
Seven signs is Vallaki yoga, five signs is Pasha yoga (YG-60), and a single sign is Gola yoga. Others look at shape. In Kamala yoga, for example, the planets fill the four kendras and nothing else (YG-45).
The kendras are houses 1, 4, 7 and 10. POST /v1/yogas lists any nabhasa yoga it finds under formed. It gives the category nabhasa, the rule, and the signs involved.
Most charts form at least one of these patterns. So show them as background to a reading, not as headline results.
Nabhasa yoga in a real API answer
POST /v1/yogas200 OK{
"formed": [
{
"name": "Pasha",
"category": "nabhasa",
"rule": "the seven grahas occupy 5 signs",
"detail": "Aries, Taurus, Cancer, Leo, Sagittarius"
}
]
}Get it from the API
POST /v1/yogas
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/yogas" \
-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"}'{
"formed": [
{
"name": "Sarala",
"category": "vipareeta raja",
"rule": "lord of house 8 placed in a dusthana (6,8,12); free of conjunction or aspect from a natural benefic or a kendra/trikona lord (1,4,5,7,9,10), and the lagna lord stronger in shadbala",
"detail": "Mars in house 8, unafflicted; lagna lord Mercury stronger in shadbala (532.98 vs 526.26 virupas)"
},
{
"name": "Anapha",
"category": "lunar",
"rule": "a graha other than the Sun and the nodes in the 12th from the Moon",
"detail": "Mars"
},
{
"name": "Vesi",
"category": "solar",
"rule": "a graha other than the Moon and the nodes in the 2nd from the Sun",
"detail": "Mercury"
}
],
"not_formed": [
{
"name": "Ruchaka",
"rule": "Mars in its own or exaltation sign AND in a kendra (1,4,7,10)",
"reason": "Mars is dignified but house 8 is not a kendra"
},
{
"name": "Hamsa",
"rule": "Jupiter in its own or exaltation sign AND in a kendra (1,4,7,10)",
"reason": "Jupiter is dignified but house 11 is not a kendra"
},
{
"name": "Harsha",
"rule": "lord of house 6 placed in a dusthana (6,8,12); free of conjunction or aspect from a natural benefic or a kendra/trikona lord (1,4,5,7,9,10), and the lagna lord stronger in shadbala",
"reason": "Saturn is in house 4"
}
],
"neecha_bhanga": [],
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "lahiri",
"ayanamsa_value": 23.7260727,
"julian_day": 2448119.10483,
"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"
}
},
"lagnesh": "Mercury",
"yogakaraka": null,
"kartari": {
"by_house": {
"1": {
"sign": "Virgo",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Mercury"
],
"in_second": []
},
"2": {
"sign": "Libra",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": []
},
"3": {
"sign": "Scorpio",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Saturn"
]
},
"4": {
"sign": "Sagittarius",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Rahu"
]
},
"5": {
"sign": "Capricorn",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Saturn"
],
"in_second": []
},
"6": {
"sign": "Aquarius",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Rahu"
],
"in_second": []
},
"7": {
"sign": "Pisces",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mars"
]
},
"8": {
"sign": "Aries",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Moon"
]
},
"9": {
"sign": "Taurus",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Mars"
],
"in_second": []
},
"10": {
"sign": "Gemini",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Moon"
],
"in_second": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
]
},
"11": {
"sign": "Cancer",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mercury"
]
},
"12": {
"sign": "Leo",
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
],
"in_second": []
}
},
"by_graha": {
"Sun": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mercury"
]
},
"Moon": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Mars"
],
"in_second": []
},
"Mars": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Moon"
]
},
"Mercury": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Sun",
"Jupiter",
"Venus"
],
"in_second": []
},
"Jupiter": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mercury"
]
},
"Venus": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mercury"
]
},
"Saturn": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Rahu"
]
},
"Rahu": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [
"Saturn"
],
"in_second": []
},
"Ketu": {
"state": "none",
"in_twelfth": [],
"in_second": [
"Mercury"
]
}
},
"rule": "Hemmed by occupation only: grahas in both the 12th and the 2nd sign from the house or graha. papa = malefics on both sides and no benefic; shubha = the reverse; none otherwise. The Moon by paksha, Mercury by its company. Aspects never form…"
}
}Where the API returns it
| POST | /v1/yogas | Yogas: planetary combinations found and not found |
Feature page: Yogas and doshas. 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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