AD · Ashtottari dasha
AD-04: Three levels, the first shown whole
Ashtottari is returned to three levels: periods, sub-periods and the level below. The period running at birth is shown in full, with the part left at birth beside it.
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| POST | /v1/dasha/ashtottari | Ashtottari dasha periods (a 108-year cycle) |
Call an endpoint that applies it
The call for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.
POST /v1/dasha/ashtottari
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/dasha/ashtottari" \
-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": "ashtottari",
"total_years": 108,
"year_length_days": 365.25,
"balance_method": "time",
"moon_nakshatra_index": 5,
"nakshatra_fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
"moon_star": "Mrigashira",
"star_fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
"star_group": {
"lord": "Venus",
"position": 3,
"of": 3
},
"starting_lord": "Venus",
"balance_at_birth_years": 6.348728,
"levels": 3,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Venus",
"years": 21,
"start": "1975-12-21T01:27:09.380502",
"end": "1996-12-20T07:27:09.380502",
"partial_at_birth": true,
"balance_years": 6.348728,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Venus",
"start": "1975-12-21T01:27:09.380502",
"end": "1980-01-20T11:57:09.380502",
"years": 4.083333,
"elapsed": true,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Venus",
"start": "1975-12-21T01:27:09.380502",
"end": "1976-10-06T01:29:39.380502",
"years": 0.793981,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Sun",
"start": "1976-10-06T01:29:39.380502",
"end": "1976-12-27T22:04:39.380502",
"years": 0.226852,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1976-12-27T22:04:39.380502",
"end": "1977-07-23T01:32:09.380502",
"years": 0.56713,
"elapsed": true
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Sun",
"start": "1980-01-20T11:57:09.380502",
"end": "1981-03-21T14:57:09.380502",
"years": 1.166667,
"elapsed": true,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Sun",
"start": "1980-01-20T11:57:09.380502",
"end": "1980-02-13T04:07:09.380502",
"years": 0.064815,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1980-02-13T04:07:09.380502",
"end": "1980-04-12T08:32:09.380502",
"years": 0.162037,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1980-04-12T08:32:09.380502",
"end": "1980-05-13T22:05:29.380502",
"years": 0.08642,
"elapsed": true
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1981-03-21T14:57:09.380502",
"end": "1984-02-19T22:27:09.380502",
"years": 2.916667,
"elapsed": true,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1981-03-21T14:57:09.380502",
"end": "1981-08-16T13:59:39.380502",
"years": 0.405093,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1981-08-16T13:59:39.380502",
"end": "1981-11-03T11:52:59.380502",
"years": 0.216049,
"elapsed": true
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "1981-11-03T11:52:59.380502",
"end": "1982-04-20T04:23:49.380502",
"years": 0.459105,
"elapsed": true
}
]
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Sun",
"years": 6,
"start": "1996-12-20T07:27:09.380502",
"end": "2002-12-20T19:27:09.380502",
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Sun",
"start": "1996-12-20T07:27:09.380502",
"end": "1997-04-21T01:27:09.380502",
"years": 0.333333,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Sun",
"start": "1996-12-20T07:27:09.380502",
"end": "1996-12-27T01:47:09.380502",
"years": 0.018519
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1996-12-27T01:47:09.380502",
"end": "1997-01-12T23:37:09.380502",
"years": 0.046296
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1997-01-12T23:37:09.380502",
"end": "1997-01-22T00:03:49.380502",
"years": 0.024691
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1997-04-21T01:27:09.380502",
"end": "1998-02-19T10:27:09.380502",
"years": 0.833333,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "1997-04-21T01:27:09.380502",
"end": "1997-06-02T08:02:09.380502",
"years": 0.115741
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1997-06-02T08:02:09.380502",
"end": "1997-06-24T21:08:49.380502",
"years": 0.061728
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "1997-06-24T21:08:49.380502",
"end": "1997-08-11T19:00:29.380502",
"years": 0.131173
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1998-02-19T10:27:09.380502",
"end": "1998-07-31T18:27:09.380502",
"years": 0.444444,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "1998-02-19T10:27:09.380502",
"end": "1998-03-03T11:02:42.713835",
"years": 0.032922
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "1998-03-03T11:02:42.713835",
"end": "1998-03-29T00:18:16.047168",
"years": 0.069959
},
{
"lord": "Saturn",
"start": "1998-03-29T00:18:16.047168",
"end": "1998-04-13T01:02:42.713835",
"years": 0.041152
}
]
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Moon",
"years": 15,
"start": "2002-12-20T19:27:09.380502",
"end": "2017-12-20T13:27:09.380502",
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "2002-12-20T19:27:09.380502",
"end": "2005-01-19T17:57:09.380502",
"years": 2.083333,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Moon",
"start": "2002-12-20T19:27:09.380502",
"end": "2003-04-05T11:54:39.380502",
"years": 0.289352
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "2003-04-05T11:54:39.380502",
"end": "2003-05-31T20:41:19.380502",
"years": 0.154321
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "2003-05-31T20:41:19.380502",
"end": "2003-09-28T15:20:29.380502",
"years": 0.327932
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "2005-01-19T17:57:09.380502",
"end": "2006-03-01T13:57:09.380502",
"years": 1.111111,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Mars",
"start": "2005-01-19T17:57:09.380502",
"end": "2005-02-18T19:26:02.713835",
"years": 0.082305
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "2005-02-18T19:26:02.713835",
"end": "2005-04-23T16:34:56.047168",
"years": 0.174897
},
{
"lord": "Saturn",
"start": "2005-04-23T16:34:56.047168",
"end": "2005-05-31T06:26:02.713835",
"years": 0.102881
}
]
},
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "2006-03-01T13:57:09.380502",
"end": "2008-07-10T23:27:09.380502",
"years": 2.361111,
"periods": [
{
"lord": "Mercury",
"start": "2006-03-01T13:57:09.380502",
"end": "2006-07-15T07:53:32.713835",
"years": 0.371656
},
{
"lord": "Saturn",
"start": "2006-07-15T07:53:32.713835",
"end": "2006-10-03T04:19:39.380502",
"years": 0.218621
},
{
"lord": "Jupiter",
"start": "2006-10-03T04:19:39.380502",
"end": "2007-03-03T21:33:16.047169",
"years": 0.415381
}
]
}
]
}
],
"balance_conventions": {
"longitude": {
"fraction_elapsed": 0.69770921,
"balance_years": 6.348107,
"first_period_ends": "1996-12-20T02:00:06.412309"
},
"time": {
"fraction_elapsed": 0.6976796,
"balance_years": 6.348728,
"first_period_ends": "1996-12-20T07:27:09.380502"
},
"used": "time",
"other": "longitude",
"shift_days": 0.2271,
"sources_agree": true,
"note": "longitude measures how far the Moon has moved through its star; time measures how long it has been there (bhayat over bhabhog), the astrologer's N-26 boundaries for the three Abhijit-adjusted stars. Every later date moves by the same shift."
},
"applicability": {
"applicable": true,
"both_conditions_met": false,
"sources_agree": false,
"conditions": {
"rahu": {
"met": false,
"lagna_lord": "Mercury",
"rahu_house": 5,
"rahu_from_lagna_lord": 6,
"in_kendra_or_trikona_from_lagna_lord": false,
"in_lagna": false
},
"paksha": {
"met": true,
"paksha": "krishna",
"born_by_day": true
}
},
"rule": "BPHS chapter 46: Rahu in a kendra or trikona from the lagna lord, not in the lagna. Or: birth in krishna paksha by day or shukla paksha by night. `applicable` reads the two as either, `both_conditions_met` as both."
},
"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"
}
}
}The rule in John Doe's chart
Applies
John Doe's Ashtottari dasha starts with Venus, a period of 21 years. About 6.35 years of it were left at birth, so it ended on Dec 20, 1996. It applies to his chart by one condition, birth by day in the waning half of the month, but not by the Rahu condition.
John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
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Classification
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- AD · Ashtottari dasha
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- Feature
- Dashas (planetary periods)
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