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Dashas (planetary periods)

Yogini dasha in Vedic astrology

Yogini dasha is a second dasha system with a 36-year cycle of eight periods. Each period is named after a yogini and linked to a planet, and they last 1 to 8 years. Like Vimshottari, the first period is set by the Moon's nakshatra at birth.

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Yogini dasha: how the API computes it

Yogini dasha has eight periods named after eight yoginis, goddess figures in Hindu tradition. Each is linked to a planet. Mangala (Moon) lasts 1 year, Pingala (Sun) 2, Dhanya (Jupiter) 3 and Bhramari (Mars) 4.

Bhadrika (Mercury) lasts 5, Ulka (Saturn) 6, Siddha (Venus) 7 and Sankata (Rahu) 8. Together they make 36 years, and then the cycle repeats (YD-01). The first period comes from the birth nakshatra (birth star).

Count it from Ashwini, add three and divide by eight (YD-02). The Moon's progress through that nakshatra sets how much of the first period was over at birth. Vimshottari uses the same balance (YD-03).

POST /v1/dasha/yogini returns each period and its sub-periods with calendar dates. A third level is not returned, because it would last only days (YD-04). Use it beside Vimshottari, not instead of it.

The API does not rank one above the other (YD-05).

Yogini dasha in a real API answer

POST /v1/dasha/yogini200 OK
{
  "total_years": 36,
  "starting_yogini": "Sankata",
  "periods": [
    {
      "yogini": "Sankata",
      "lord": "Rahu",
      "years": 8,
      "start": "1989-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431"
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Mangala",
      "lord": "Moon",
      "years": 1,
      "start": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431"
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Pingala",
      "lord": "Sun",
      "years": 2,
      "start": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
      "end": "2000-11-16T07:52:27.863431"
    }
  ]
}
John Doe's first three yogini periods: the yogini, the planet linked to it, its length in years, and its dates. Real output for John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.

Get it from the API

Yogini dasha periods (a 36-year cycle). 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/dasha/yogini

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/dasha/yogini" \
  -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
{
  "system": "yogini",
  "total_years": 36,
  "year_length_days": 365.25,
  "moon_nakshatra_index": 5,
  "nakshatra_fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
  "starting_yogini": "Sankata",
  "balance_at_birth_years": 7.25569,
  "balance_method": "time",
  "levels": 2,
  "periods": [
    {
      "yogini": "Sankata",
      "lord": "Rahu",
      "years": 8,
      "start": "1989-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Sankata",
          "lord": "Rahu",
          "start": "1989-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1991-08-27T21:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Mangala",
          "lord": "Moon",
          "start": "1991-08-27T21:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1991-11-17T01:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1991-11-17T01:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1992-04-27T09:52:27.863431"
        }
      ],
      "partial_at_birth": true,
      "balance_years": 7.25569
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Mangala",
      "lord": "Moon",
      "years": 1,
      "start": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Mangala",
          "lord": "Moon",
          "start": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1997-11-26T17:22:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1997-11-26T17:22:27.863431",
          "end": "1997-12-17T00:22:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Dhanya",
          "lord": "Jupiter",
          "start": "1997-12-17T00:22:27.863431",
          "end": "1998-01-16T10:52:27.863431"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Pingala",
      "lord": "Sun",
      "years": 2,
      "start": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
      "end": "2000-11-16T07:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1998-12-27T09:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Dhanya",
          "lord": "Jupiter",
          "start": "1998-12-27T09:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1999-02-26T06:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Bhramari",
          "lord": "Mars",
          "start": "1999-02-26T06:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1999-05-18T10:52:27.863431"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "balance_conventions": {
    "longitude": {
      "fraction_elapsed": 0.09312764,
      "balance_years": 7.254979,
      "first_period_ends": "1997-11-16T07:38:41.614067"
    },
    "time": {
      "fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
      "balance_years": 7.25569,
      "first_period_ends": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431"
    },
    "used": "time",
    "other": "longitude",
    "shift_days": 0.2596,
    "sources_agree": true,
    "note": "longitude measures how far the Moon has moved through its birth nakshatra; time measures how long it has been there (bhayat over bhabhog), as a desktop program does. Every later date moves by the same shift."
  },
  "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"
    }
  }
}

Where the API returns it

POST/v1/dasha/yoginiYogini dasha periods (a 36-year cycle)
POST/v1/dasha/ashtottariAshtottari dasha periods (a 108-year cycle)
POST/v1/reading/section/{section_id}One section of a reading

What the API reference says

Each line is quoted from the reference page of the endpoint named above it.

  • POST /v1/dasha/yogini · Yogini dasha periods (a 36-year cycle)Returns the Yogini dasha timeline, a second system of dashas (planetary periods) next to Vimshottari.
  • POST /v1/dasha/ashtottari · Ashtottari dasha periods (a 108-year cycle)Returns the Ashtottari dasha timeline, a third system of dashas (planetary periods) next to Vimshottari and Yogini.
  • POST /v1/reading/section/{section_id} · One section of a readingOther ids include signature, birth-details, tensions, dasha, yogini, forecast:month and forecast:year.
  • dasha endpointsYogini is a second system of 36 years.

The eight yoginis

Feature page: Dashas (planetary periods). Who uses it: Astrology apps. See dasha periods in a full reading in the sample report. 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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John Doe, New York

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

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