KP · Krishnamurti Paddhati
KP-09: Part of Fortune
The Part of Fortune is the ascendant plus the Moon minus the Sun, for day and night births alike. Some other schools reverse it at night. For a night birth the API shows that point too, says the sources differ, and does not use it.
Endpoints that apply this rule
Each call returns the rule it used, so you can match a result to KP-09.
| POST | /v1/kp | Krishnamurti Paddhati: cusps, sub lords, significators |
Call an endpoint that applies it
The call for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.
POST /v1/kp
# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/kp" \
-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
{
"ayanamsa": {
"name": "Krishnamurti (KP)",
"value": 23.6292203,
"degree_dms": "23 : 37 : 45",
"lahiri_minus_kp": 0.0968524
},
"house_system": "Placidus",
"cusps": [
{
"cusp": 1,
"longitude": 170.0310074,
"degree_in_sign": 20.0310074,
"degree_dms": "20 : 01 : 52",
"sign": "Virgo",
"sign_number": 6,
"sign_lord": "Mercury",
"nakshatra": "Hast",
"star_lord": "Moon",
"sub_lord": "Ketu",
"sub_sub_lord": "Rahu",
"sub_number": 118
},
{
"cusp": 2,
"longitude": 197.1046796,
"degree_in_sign": 17.1046796,
"degree_dms": "17 : 06 : 17",
"sign": "Libra",
"sign_number": 7,
"sign_lord": "Venus",
"nakshatra": "Swati",
"star_lord": "Rahu",
"sub_lord": "Venus",
"sub_sub_lord": "Mercury",
"sub_number": 135
},
{
"cusp": 3,
"longitude": 228.2508656,
"degree_in_sign": 18.2508656,
"degree_dms": "18 : 15 : 03",
"sign": "Scorpio",
"sign_number": 8,
"sign_lord": "Mars",
"nakshatra": "Jyeshtha",
"star_lord": "Mercury",
"sub_lord": "Mercury",
"sub_sub_lord": "Jupiter",
"sub_number": 158
}
],
"planets": [
{
"graha": "Sun",
"longitude": 118.8721933,
"degree_in_sign": 28.8721933,
"degree_dms": "28 : 52 : 20",
"sign": "Cancer",
"sign_number": 4,
"sign_lord": "Moon",
"nakshatra": "Ashlesha",
"star_lord": "Mercury",
"sub_lord": "Saturn",
"sub_sub_lord": "Venus",
"sub_number": 83,
"house": 11,
"retrograde": false
},
{
"graha": "Moon",
"longitude": 54.6718876,
"degree_in_sign": 24.6718876,
"degree_dms": "24 : 40 : 19",
"sign": "Taurus",
"sign_number": 2,
"sign_lord": "Venus",
"nakshatra": "Mrigashira",
"star_lord": "Mars",
"sub_lord": "Rahu",
"sub_sub_lord": "Jupiter",
"sub_number": 39,
"house": 9,
"retrograde": false
},
{
"graha": "Mars",
"longitude": 27.8117852,
"degree_in_sign": 27.8117852,
"degree_dms": "27 : 48 : 42",
"sign": "Aries",
"sign_number": 1,
"sign_lord": "Mars",
"nakshatra": "Krittika",
"star_lord": "Sun",
"sub_lord": "Moon",
"sub_sub_lord": "Saturn",
"sub_number": 20,
"house": 8,
"retrograde": false
}
],
"significators": {
"by_house": {
"1": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Sun"
],
"cusp_lord": "Mercury"
},
"2": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Mercury",
"Saturn"
],
"cusp_lord": "Venus"
},
"3": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Moon"
],
"cusp_lord": "Mars"
},
"4": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Jupiter",
"Venus",
"Ketu"
],
"occupants": [
"Saturn",
"Rahu"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [],
"cusp_lord": "Jupiter"
},
"5": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Jupiter",
"Venus",
"Ketu"
],
"cusp_lord": "Saturn"
},
"6": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Jupiter",
"Venus",
"Ketu"
],
"cusp_lord": "Saturn"
},
"7": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [],
"occupants": [],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [],
"cusp_lord": "Jupiter"
},
"8": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Moon"
],
"occupants": [
"Mars"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Moon"
],
"cusp_lord": "Mars"
},
"9": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Rahu"
],
"occupants": [
"Moon"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Mercury",
"Saturn"
],
"cusp_lord": "Venus"
},
"10": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Mercury",
"Saturn"
],
"occupants": [
"Jupiter",
"Venus",
"Ketu"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Sun"
],
"cusp_lord": "Mercury"
},
"11": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Mars"
],
"occupants": [
"Sun"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Rahu"
],
"cusp_lord": "Moon"
},
"12": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
"Sun"
],
"occupants": [
"Mercury"
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
"Mars"
],
"cusp_lord": "Sun"
}
},
"by_planet": {
"Sun": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
12
],
"occupants": [
11
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
1,
10
],
"cusp_lord": [
12
],
"all": [
1,
10,
11
]
},
"Moon": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
8
],
"occupants": [
9
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
3,
8
],
"cusp_lord": [
11
],
"all": [
3,
8,
9
]
},
"Mars": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
11
],
"occupants": [
8
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
12
],
"cusp_lord": [
3,
8
],
"all": [
3,
8,
11
]
},
"Mercury": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
10
],
"occupants": [
12
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
2,
9
],
"cusp_lord": [
1,
10
],
"all": [
1,
2,
9
]
},
"Jupiter": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
4
],
"occupants": [
10
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
5,
6
],
"cusp_lord": [
4,
7
],
"all": [
4,
5,
6
]
},
"Venus": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
4
],
"occupants": [
10
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
5,
6
],
"cusp_lord": [
2,
9
],
"all": [
2,
4,
5
]
},
"Saturn": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
10
],
"occupants": [
4
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
2,
9
],
"cusp_lord": [
5,
6
],
"all": [
2,
4,
5
]
},
"Rahu": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
9
],
"occupants": [
4
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
11
],
"cusp_lord": [],
"all": [
4,
9,
11
]
},
"Ketu": {
"in_star_of_occupants": [
4
],
"occupants": [
10
],
"in_star_of_cusp_lord": [
5,
6
],
"cusp_lord": [],
"all": [
4,
5,
6
]
}
},
"levels": [
"in_star_of_occupants",
"occupants",
"in_star_of_cusp_lord"
]
},
"ruling_planets": {
"day_lord": "Mercury",
"lagna_sign_lord": "Mercury",
"lagna_star_lord": "Moon",
"lagna_sub_lord": "Ketu",
"moon_sign_lord": "Venus",
"moon_star_lord": "Mars",
"moon_sub_lord": "Rahu",
"grahas": [
"Mercury",
"Moon",
"Ketu"
],
"for": "birth moment",
"at": "1990-08-15T10:30:00"
},
"part_of_fortune": {
"point": "part_of_fortune",
"longitude": 105.8307017,
"degree_in_sign": 15.8307017,
"degree_dms": "15 : 49 : 51",
"sign": "Cancer",
"sign_number": 4,
"sign_lord": "Moon",
"nakshatra": "Pushya",
"star_lord": "Saturn",
"sub_lord": "Jupiter",
"sub_sub_lord": "Venus",
"sub_number": 74,
"house": 10,
"formula": "ascendant + moon - sun",
"sun_above_horizon": true,
"sources_agree": true,
"other_formula": {
"formula": "ascendant + sun - moon",
"used_by": "Western and Tajik practice, for night births only",
"applies_here": false
}
},
"not_computed": {
"significator_grading": "KP software often grades each house a planet signifies from \"very strong\" to \"weak\". The weights behind those grades differ between programs and none comes from Krishnamurti, so the four levels are returned as lists and not scored.",
"node_agency": "In KP, Rahu and Ketu also give the results of the sign lord and of planets joined with or aspecting them. Sources differ on which associations count, so the nodes are listed only where they themselves occupy a house or sit in a star.",
"ruling_planets_now": "The ruling planets here are for the birth moment only. For the moment a question is asked, use `POST /v1/prashna/kp`.",
"horary_numbers": "This route takes no horary number (a number from 1 to 249 chosen by the person asking). `sub_number` only says which of the 249 pieces a point falls in. For a horary number, use `POST /v1/prashna/kp`."
},
"meta": {
"ayanamsa": "krishnamurti",
"ayanamsa_value": 23.6292203,
"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
With the KP ayanamsa, John Doe's first cusp is at 20 degrees of Virgo. Its star lord is the Moon and its sub lord is Ketu. His Moon is in Mrigashira, with Mars as its star lord and Rahu as its sub lord.
John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
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- KP · Krishnamurti Paddhati
- Kind
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- Feature
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John Doe, New York
POST /v1/planets200 OK
- RisingVirgoHast
- SunCancerAshlesha
- MoonTaurusMrigashira
- MarsAriesKrittika
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