/v1/milan/ashtakoota/{koota}

Single koota score (varna/vashya/tara/yoni/graha-maitri/gana/bhakoot/nadi).

What this tells you

Single-koota lookup. Same data as one entry of /v1/milan/ashtakoota, for one factor at a time. Useful when your UI drills down into one koota.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/milan/ashtakoota/varna?boy.date=1990-01-15&boy.tz=Asia%2FKolkata&girl.date=1992-03-20&girl.tz=Asia%2FKolkata&boy.time=10%3A30&girl.time=08%3A15" \
  -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
`boy.date`	yes	`1990-01-15`	Boy's birth date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`boy.tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Boy's birth place timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`girl.date`	yes	`1992-03-20`	Girl's birth date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`girl.tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Girl's birth place timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`boy.time`	no	`10:30`	Boy's birth time (HH:MM, 24-hour, local). Defaults to 12:00.
`girl.time`	no	`08:15`	Girl's birth time (HH:MM, 24-hour, local). Defaults to 12:00.
`person1.date`	no	—
`person1.tz`	no	—
`person2.date`	no	—
`person2.tz`	no	—
`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

{
  "koota": "varna",
  "result": {
    "score": 1,
    "max": 1,
    "details": {
      "boy": "Kshatriya",
      "girl": "Vaishya"
    }
  }
}

Field reference

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

Field	Type	Meaning
koota	string	Koota that was computed. Hyphens in the path come back as underscores (graha-maitri → "graha_maitri"). example: `"varna"`
result	object	Same object as kootas.<koota> in /v1/milan/ashtakoota. example: `{ score, max, details }`
result.score	number	Points awarded for this koota. example: `1`
result.max	number	Maximum for this koota: varna 1, vashya 2, tara 3, yoni 4, graha_maitri 5, gana 6, bhakoot 7, nadi 8. example: `1`
result.details	object	Koota-specific details. Keys differ by koota: boy/girl for varna, vashya, yoni and gana; boy/girl/dosha for nadi; boy_lord/girl_lord/relationship for graha_maitri; distance/dosha for bhakoot; distance_nakshatras/cycle_position for tara. example: `{ "boy": "Kshatriya", "girl": "Vaishya" }`
result.details.boy, result.details.girl	string	For varna: the varna of each partner's Moon sign (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya or Shudra). example: `"Kshatriya", "Vaishya"`

Usage tips

How to use it

Path values
varna, vashya, tara, yoni, graha-maitri (or graha_maitri), gana, bhakoot, nadi. Case does not matter. Any other value returns 400.
Parameters
Same as /v1/milan/ashtakoota: boy.date, boy.time, boy.tz and girl.date, girl.time, girl.tz.
Many kootas? Use the full call
If you need more than three kootas, one /v1/milan/ashtakoota call costs less than separate single-koota calls.

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"
  }
}

Try it

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