TR · Transits (gochar)

TR-03: Which house blocks each good transit

Vedha: a good transit is blocked when another transiting planet sits in the house that blocks it. The response names the blocking planet. Houses count from the birth Moon, and "3 by 9" means a good transit of the 3rd house is blocked by a planet in the 9th. Sun: 3 by 9, 6 by 12, 10 by 4, 11 by 5. Moon: 1 by 5, 3 by 9, 6 by 12, 7 by 2, 10 by 4, 11 by 8. Mars: 3 by 12, 6 by 9, 11 by 5. Mercury: 2 by 5, 4 by 3, 6 by 9, 8 by 1, 10 by 7, 11 by 12. Jupiter: 2 by 12, 5 by 4, 7 by 3, 9 by 10, 11 by 8. Venus: 1 by 8, 2 by 7, 3 by 1, 4 by 10, 5 by 9, 8 by 5, 9 by 11, 11 by 6, 12 by 3. Saturn: 3 by 12, 6 by 9, 11 by 5. Texts differ over some of these pairs. This is the table the API uses.

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POST	/v1/transits	Current transits read against a chart
POST	/v1/transits/forecast	Upcoming transit periods for a chart

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

POST /v1/transits

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/transits?as_of=2026-10-01" \
  -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

{
  "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"
    }
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-01T00:00:00",
  "natal_moon_sign": "Taurus",
  "ascendant_sign": "Virgo",
  "transits": [
    {
      "graha": "Sun",
      "sign": "Virgo",
      "sign_number": 6,
      "house_from_moon": 5,
      "house_from_ascendant": 1,
      "result": "unfavorable",
      "vedha_house": null,
      "obstructed_by": [],
      "obstructed": false,
      "net": "unfavorable",
      "speed": 0.9827528302048448,
      "retrograde": false
    },
    {
      "graha": "Moon",
      "sign": "Taurus",
      "sign_number": 2,
      "house_from_moon": 1,
      "house_from_ascendant": 9,
      "result": "favorable",
      "vedha_house": 5,
      "obstructed_by": [
        "Sun"
      ],
      "obstructed": true,
      "net": "obstructed",
      "speed": 14.283114921087416,
      "retrograde": false
    },
    {
      "graha": "Mars",
      "sign": "Cancer",
      "sign_number": 4,
      "house_from_moon": 3,
      "house_from_ascendant": 11,
      "result": "favorable",
      "vedha_house": 12,
      "obstructed_by": [],
      "obstructed": false,
      "net": "favorable",
      "speed": 0.5825257867134042,
      "retrograde": false
    }
  ],
  "summary": {
    "favorable": 4,
    "unfavorable": 4,
    "obstructed": 1
  },
  "rule": "house counted from the natal Moon; favorable houses per graha from the classical gochara table, obstructed where another transiting graha occupies the vedha house"
}

The rule in John Doe's chart

Applies

On Oct 1, 2026 the transiting Sun is in Virgo, house 5 from John Doe's Moon, which the rule rates unfavorable. The transiting Moon is in his own Moon sign, Taurus, which is favorable but obstructed by the Sun.

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

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Classification

Section: TR · Transits (gochar)
Kind: school: Traditions differ here; the API follows one stated choice.
Feature: Transits and forecasts

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John Doe, New York

POST /v1/planets200 OK

RisingVirgoHast
SunCancerAshlesha
MoonTaurusMrigashira
MarsAriesKrittika

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