DO · Doshas
DO-01: Manglik (kuja) dosha
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| POST | /v1/dosha/{name} | Doshas: manglik, kaal sarpa, pitra, or the papa count |
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POST /v1/dosha/manglik
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/dosha/manglik" \
-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"}'{
"dosha": "manglik",
"rule": "Mars occupying house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 or 12, counted separately from the ascendant, from the Moon and from Venus",
"present": true,
"by_reference": {
"natal": {
"present": true,
"mars_house_from_reference": 8,
"reference": "natal"
},
"lunar": {
"present": true,
"mars_house_from_reference": 12,
"reference": "lunar"
},
"venus": {
"present": false,
"mars_house_from_reference": 10,
"reference": "venus"
}
},
"cancellations": [
"Mars is in its own sign"
],
"cancellation_codes": [
"own_sign"
],
"note": "cancellations are reported, not applied -- weighing them is the astrologer's judgment",
"answer": {
"status": "present",
"headline": "Manglik dosha is present, counted from your ascendant and your Moon. The main checks count from your ascendant (the sign rising at your birth) and from your Moon. It is common: about three in four charts have it from one of them.",
"meaning": "Manglik is about Mars, the planet of energy and heat, sitting where it can bring clashes into married life. Astrologers read it mainly when matching two charts, where the tradition prefers both partners to have it or neither.",
"exception": "Your chart also has a classical exception: Mars is in its own sign. Whether it cancels the dosha is for an astrologer to weigh.",
"next": [
"Don't worry about it on its own. It matters mostly when two charts are matched.",
"In matching, a partner who is also Manglik balances it, which the tradition accepts.",
"If it worries you, ask an astrologer about the exceptions in your chart and the usual remedies."
],
"note": "A dosha is a tendency to keep in mind, not a fixed fate. The rest of your chart decides how much it shows."
},
"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
John Doe is manglik: Mars is in house 8 counted from his rising sign and in house 12 counted from his Moon, but not from Venus. A count from the rising sign or the Moon is enough; Venus alone gives only a partial sign (DO-05).
John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
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