/v1/chart/bhavabala

Bhava strength for all 12 houses.

What this tells you

Bhavabala measures the strength of each of the 12 houses (bhavas) from three parts: the strength of the house lord, the directional strength of the house, and the aspects it receives. A strong house delivers its significations (career, marriage, wealth etc.) reliably. A weak house needs supportive yogas or remedies to activate. All values are in virupas (60 virupas = 1 rupa).

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/chart/bhavabala?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",
  "shadbala_version": "v2_bphs",
  "bhavabala": [
    {
      "house": 1,
      "bhavadhipati": 284.56,
      "bhava_dig_bala": 60,
      "bhava_drsti": 35.21,
      "total": 379.77
    },
    {
      "house": 2,
      "bhavadhipati": 458.53,
      "bhava_dig_bala": 40,
      "bhava_drsti": 35.66,
      "total": 534.19
    }
  ]
}

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"`
shadbala_version	string	Version tag of the Shadbala method used for the house-lord strength. example: `"v2_bphs"`
bhavabala[]	array of 12 objects	Houses 1 to 12, in order. example: `[{ "house": 1, "bhavadhipati": 284.56, … }, …]`
bhavabala[].house	integer (1–12)	House number. example: `1`
bhavabala[].bhavadhipati	number	Bhavadhipati Bala: the full Shadbala total (virupas) of the house lord. The lord is taken from the sign of the bhava madhya (house mid-point in the bhava chalit chart), so it can differ from the whole-sign lord. example: `284.56`
bhavabala[].bhava_dig_bala	number (0–60)	Bhava Dig Bala in virupas, in steps of 10. Depends on the kind of sign at the house mid-point: human signs are strongest in the 1st house, water signs in the 4th, insect signs in the 7th, four-footed signs in the 10th; it drops by 10 for each house away. example: `60`
bhavabala[].bhava_drsti	number	Bhava Drishti Bala in virupas: aspects on the house mid-point. Benefic aspects add and malefic aspects subtract, so it can be negative. example: `35.21`
bhavabala[].total	number	Sum of the three components, in virupas. Divide by 60 for rupas. example: `379.77`

Usage tips

How to use it

Pair with Shadbala
Bhavabala complements Shadbala — one tells you about planets, the other about houses. Both together give a complete strength map.
No rupa field
Divide `total` by 60 if you want rupas, for example to show it next to `rupas` from /v1/chart/shadbala.

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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