PA · Panchang

PA-08: Ayana

Uttarayana is the half year after the Sun turns north, at the December solstice. Dakshinayana starts when it turns south, at the June solstice. The star-based (sidereal) reading, which turns at Makar Sankranti in mid-January, is given beside it.

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POST	/v1/panchang	Panchang at the birth moment
GET	/v1/panchang/daily	Daily panchang for a date and place, no birth data

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The call for our sample, John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York.

POST /v1/panchang

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/panchang" \
  -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

{
  "tithi": {
    "index": 25,
    "name": "Dashami",
    "paksha": "krishna",
    "completion_percent": 64.9975
  },
  "yoga": {
    "index": 14,
    "name": "Harshana",
    "completion_percent": 0.1278
  },
  "karana": {
    "index": 50,
    "name": "Vishti",
    "completion_percent": 29.9949
  },
  "vara": {
    "index": 4,
    "name": "Wednesday",
    "lord": "Mercury"
  },
  "vedic_vara": {
    "index": 4,
    "name": "Wednesday",
    "lord": "Mercury",
    "before_sunrise": false
  },
  "note": "`vara` is the civil weekday; `vedic_vara` runs sunrise to sunrise and is what the vara lord is read from",
  "nakshatra": {
    "name": "Mrigashira",
    "lord": "Mars",
    "pada": 1
  },
  "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 was born on a Wednesday, ruled by Mercury, in the Dashami tithi of the dark half. His yoga was Harshana and his karana was Vishti.

John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York

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Classification

Section: PA · Panchang
Kind: school: Traditions differ here; the API follows one stated choice.
Feature: Panchang and muhurat

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John Doe, New York

POST /v1/planets200 OK

RisingVirgoHast
SunCancerAshlesha
MoonTaurusMrigashira
MarsAriesKrittika

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