YD · Yogini dasha

YD-01: Eight yoginis, thirty-six years, and it repeats

Yogini dasha has eight periods, each named for a yogini and linked to a planet. They are Mangala (Moon, 1 year), Pingala (Sun, 2), Dhanya (Jupiter, 3) and Bhramari (Mars, 4). Then come Bhadrika (Mercury, 5), Ulka (Saturn, 6), Siddha (Venus, 7) and Sankata (Rahu, 8). Together they make 36 years, and then the cycle repeats.

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Endpoints that apply this rule

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POST	/v1/dasha/yogini	Yogini dasha periods (a 36-year cycle)
POST	/v1/dasha/vimshottari	Vimshottari dasha periods with dates

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/yogini

# John Doe, born Aug 15, 1990, 10:30 AM, New York
curl -X POST "https://apiforastrology.com/api/astrology/v1/dasha/yogini" \
  -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": "yogini",
  "total_years": 36,
  "year_length_days": 365.25,
  "moon_nakshatra_index": 5,
  "nakshatra_fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
  "starting_yogini": "Sankata",
  "balance_at_birth_years": 7.25569,
  "balance_method": "time",
  "levels": 2,
  "periods": [
    {
      "yogini": "Sankata",
      "lord": "Rahu",
      "years": 8,
      "start": "1989-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Sankata",
          "lord": "Rahu",
          "start": "1989-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1991-08-27T21:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Mangala",
          "lord": "Moon",
          "start": "1991-08-27T21:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1991-11-17T01:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1991-11-17T01:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1992-04-27T09:52:27.863431"
        }
      ],
      "partial_at_birth": true,
      "balance_years": 7.25569
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Mangala",
      "lord": "Moon",
      "years": 1,
      "start": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
      "end": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Mangala",
          "lord": "Moon",
          "start": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1997-11-26T17:22:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1997-11-26T17:22:27.863431",
          "end": "1997-12-17T00:22:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Dhanya",
          "lord": "Jupiter",
          "start": "1997-12-17T00:22:27.863431",
          "end": "1998-01-16T10:52:27.863431"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "yogini": "Pingala",
      "lord": "Sun",
      "years": 2,
      "start": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
      "end": "2000-11-16T07:52:27.863431",
      "periods": [
        {
          "yogini": "Pingala",
          "lord": "Sun",
          "start": "1998-11-16T19:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1998-12-27T09:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Dhanya",
          "lord": "Jupiter",
          "start": "1998-12-27T09:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1999-02-26T06:52:27.863431"
        },
        {
          "yogini": "Bhramari",
          "lord": "Mars",
          "start": "1999-02-26T06:52:27.863431",
          "end": "1999-05-18T10:52:27.863431"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "balance_conventions": {
    "longitude": {
      "fraction_elapsed": 0.09312764,
      "balance_years": 7.254979,
      "first_period_ends": "1997-11-16T07:38:41.614067"
    },
    "time": {
      "fraction_elapsed": 0.09303881,
      "balance_years": 7.25569,
      "first_period_ends": "1997-11-16T13:52:27.863431"
    },
    "used": "time",
    "other": "longitude",
    "shift_days": 0.2596,
    "sources_agree": true,
    "note": "longitude measures how far the Moon has moved through its birth nakshatra; time measures how long it has been there (bhayat over bhabhog), as a desktop program does. Every later date moves by the same shift."
  },
  "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 Moon is in Mrigashira, so his yogini dasha starts with Sankata, a Rahu period of 8 years. About 7.25 years of it were left at birth.

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

Related glossary terms

Classification

Section: YD · Yogini dasha
Kind: classical: The major traditions of Vedic astrology agree on this rule.
Feature: Dashas (planetary periods)

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POST /v1/planets200 OK

RisingVirgoHast
SunCancerAshlesha
MoonTaurusMrigashira
MarsAriesKrittika

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