/v1/chart/planets

All 9 planets with longitude/sign/nakshatra/pada/house.

What this tells you

This is the base endpoint for a birth chart. It returns all 9 grahas with sidereal longitude, sign, nakshatra and pada, whole-sign house, daily speed and retrograde flag. Rahu is the mean node and Ketu is exactly opposite. The ascendant is not part of this response: call /v1/chart/ascendant for it, or /v1/chart/astro-details to get planets and ascendant in one call.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/chart/planets?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",
  "planets": [
    {
      "id": "sun",
      "name": "Sun",
      "sidereal_lon": 271.063319,
      "sign_index": 9,
      "deg_in_sign": 1.063319,
      "dms_in_sign": "01°03'47\"",
      "house": 12,
      "nakshatra_idx": 20,
      "pada": 2,
      "nak_lord": "Sun",
      "speed": 1.018256,
      "is_retro": false,
      "ecl_lat": -0.000088
    },
    {
      "id": "moon",
      "name": "Moon",
      "sidereal_lon": 140.127289,
      "sign_index": 4,
      "deg_in_sign": 20.127289,
      "dms_in_sign": "20°07'38\"",
      "house": 7,
      "nakshatra_idx": 10,
      "pada": 3,
      "nak_lord": "Venus",
      "speed": 12.579355,
      "is_retro": false,
      "ecl_lat": -2.411875
    }
  ]
}

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. Planet `house` numbers here are always whole-sign. example: `"whole_sign"`
planets[]	array of 9 objects	The 9 grahas, always in this order: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu. example: `[{ "id": "sun", "name": "Sun", … }, …]`
planets[].id	string	Stable lowercase English key. It does not change with `locale`, so use it to match planets in code. example: `"sun"`
planets[].name	string	Planet name. Translated when you pass `locale` (e.g. `?locale=hi`). example: `"Sun"`
planets[].sidereal_lon	number (0–360)	Sidereal longitude in degrees, with the chosen ayanamsa applied. Use this for your own chart math. example: `271.063319`
planets[].sign_index	integer (0–11)	Sign: 0=Aries, 1=Taurus, …, 11=Pisces. No sign name is returned; map the index yourself. example: `9`
planets[].deg_in_sign	number (0–30)	Degrees inside the sign. example: `1.063319`
planets[].dms_in_sign	string	Degrees, minutes and seconds inside the sign, for display. example: `"01°03'47\""`
planets[].house	integer (1–12)	Whole-sign house counted from the ascendant sign. Always whole-sign, even if you pass `house_system`. example: `12`
planets[].nakshatra_idx	integer (0–26)	Nakshatra: 0=Ashwini, 1=Bharani, …, 26=Revati. example: `20`
planets[].pada	integer (1–4)	Quarter (pada) of the nakshatra. example: `2`
planets[].nak_lord	string	Vimshottari lord of the nakshatra. Translated with `locale`. example: `"Sun"` Jyotish: The Moon's nak_lord is the lord of the first Vimshottari mahadasha.
planets[].speed	number	Daily motion in longitude, in degrees per day. Negative means retrograde. example: `1.018256`
planets[].is_retro	boolean	True when `speed` is negative. Rahu and Ketu (mean node) are always true. example: `false`
planets[].ecl_lat	number	Geocentric ecliptic latitude in degrees (north positive). Decides a graha yuddha: the planet further north wins. Left out for Rahu and Ketu, which sit on the ecliptic. example: `-0.000088`

Usage tips

How to use it

Cache forever per user
Birth data doesn't change. Hash date, time, tz, lat and lon (plus `ayanamsa` and `locale` if you send them) and cache the response.
Rendering a chart
North Indian diamond: the houses are fixed, so place each planet by `house` (1–12). South Indian square: the signs are fixed, so place each planet by `sign_index` and mark the ascendant sign from /v1/chart/ascendant.
Retrograde symbol
Show a small "℞" next to planets where `is_retro` is true. Rahu and Ketu always come back retrograde.
Names and locale
The response has `sign_index` and `nakshatra_idx` but no sign or nakshatra names; map them in your app. `?locale=hi` (also mr, ta, te, kn, ml, bn, gu, pa) translates `name` and `nak_lord`. `id` always stays English.
Topocentric Moon
The Moon is geocentric by default. Pass `topocentric_moon=true` to compute it as seen from the birth location.

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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