/v1/chart/ashtakvarga

Sarva + 7 Bhinna Ashtakavarga charts.

What this tells you

Ashtakavarga assigns "bindus" (points) to each sign, based on the positions of the 7 planets and the ascendant relative to each other. High bindus in a sign = that sign receives favorable energy. Used heavily for transit predictions ("when Jupiter transits a sign with 6 bindus, good events"). The Sarva total of 337 is a classical invariant. The values here are before any reduction (sodhana).

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/chart/ashtakvarga?date=1990-01-15&tz=Asia%2FKolkata&lat=19.076&lon=72.8777&time=10%3A30" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Query parameters

Checked against the API: a parameter is marked required when the request fails without it.

Name	Required	Example	Description
`date`	yes	`1990-01-15`	Birth date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Birth place timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`lat`	yes	`19.076`	Birth place latitude in decimal degrees.
`lon`	yes	`72.8777`	Birth place longitude in decimal degrees.
`time`	no	`10:30`	Birth time (HH:MM, 24-hour, local). Defaults to 12:00.
`ayanamsa`	no	—	Ayanamsa (sidereal offset) to use. Defaults to lahiri.

Response (200 OK)

The real response to the example request above, generated from the API itself. Long arrays are trimmed to their first two items. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "date": "1990-01-15",
  "time": "10:30",
  "location": {
    "lat": 19.076,
    "lon": 72.8777,
    "alt": 0
  },
  "tz": "Asia/Kolkata",
  "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
  "ayanamsa_value": 23.71795,
  "house_system": "whole_sign",
  "ashtakvarga": {
    "bav": [
      {
        "planet": "Sun",
        "bindus": [
          4,
          4
        ],
        "total": 48
      },
      {
        "planet": "Moon",
        "bindus": [
          6,
          4
        ],
        "total": 49
      }
    ],
    "sav": [
      33,
      31
    ],
    "sav_total": 337
  }
}

Field reference

Every field in the response, with its type, a real example, and what it means.

Field	Type	Meaning
date	string	Birth date you sent (YYYY-MM-DD), echoed back. example: `"1990-01-15"`
time	string	Birth time you sent, echoed back. "12:00" when you leave `time` out. example: `"10:30"`
tz	string	Timezone you sent (IANA name or fixed offset such as +05:30), echoed back. example: `"Asia/Kolkata"`
location	object	Birth coordinates used. `alt` is in metres and is 0 unless you send `alt`. example: `{ "lat": 19.076, "lon": 72.8777, "alt": 0 }`
ayanamsa	string	Ayanamsa used. Default lahiri; set it with the `ayanamsa` parameter (lahiri, raman, krishnamurti, fagan, yukteshwar, true_chitrapaksha). example: `"lahiri"`
ayanamsa_value	number	Ayanamsa in degrees at the birth moment. Sidereal longitude = tropical longitude − this value. example: `23.71795`
house_system	string	Echo of the optional `house_system` parameter (default whole_sign). This endpoint does not use it, so you never need to send it; only /v1/chart/houses changes with it. example: `"whole_sign"`
ashtakvarga	object	Bhinna and Sarva Ashtakavarga for the chart. example: `{ "bav": […], "sav": […], "sav_total": 337 }`
ashtakvarga.bav[]	array of 7 objects	Bhinna Ashtakavarga for Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn. Rahu and Ketu are not part of Ashtakavarga. example: `[{ "planet": "Sun", "bindus": […], "total": 48 }, …]`
ashtakvarga.bav[].planet	string	Planet name. Translated with `locale`. example: `"Sun"`
ashtakvarga.bav[].bindus	integer[12]	Bindus per sign. Index 0 = Aries, index 11 = Pisces — by sign, not by house. example: `[4, 4, …]`
ashtakvarga.bav[].total	integer	Sum of the 12 values. Fixed per planet: Sun 48, Moon 49, Mars 39, Mercury 54, Jupiter 56, Venus 52, Saturn 39. example: `48`
ashtakvarga.sav	integer[12]	Sarva Ashtakavarga: the 7 `bindus` arrays added sign by sign. Index 0 = Aries, index 11 = Pisces. example: `[33, 31, …]`
ashtakvarga.sav_total	integer	Sum of the 12 `sav` values. Always 337. example: `337`

Usage tips

How to use it

Transit scoring
Look up the sign a planet is transiting in `sav` (or in that planet's own `bindus`) — high = favorable transit. /v1/ashtakavarga/transit-score does this for you: send the birth chart as `birth.date`, `birth.time`, `birth.tz`, `birth.lat`, `birth.lon` and the transit day as `date` and `tz`.
Heat-map visualization
Render the 12 `sav` values (index 0 = Aries) as a bar chart, colored from red (low) to green (high).
Reductions (sodhana)
For trikona and ekadhipatya reductions, call /v1/ashtakavarga/sarva. It reads the birth chart from `birth.date`, `birth.time`, `birth.tz`, `birth.lat`, `birth.lon`.

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://lifeastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

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