/v1/panchang/abhijit

Abhijit muhurta window.

What this tells you

Abhijit Muhurat is the 8th of the 15 equal daytime muhurtas, so it sits in the middle of the day. It is widely treated as auspicious for starting work or travel. The API divides sunrise-to-sunset on `date` into 15 parts and returns the 8th. Its length is one fifteenth of the daylight span (about 42 minutes in this winter example), not a fixed 48 minutes. Abhijit is not observed on Wednesday. On Wednesdays the API returns a zero-length window: `start_jd` equals `end_jd`, both set to sunrise.

`*_jd` values are Julian Days in UT. `*_local` strings are local wall-clock time in the request `tz`, formatted "YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS" with no offset. The `time` parameter does not change the result. If the Sun does not rise or set on `date` (polar day or night) the API returns 422 `data_unavailable`.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/panchang/abhijit?date=2027-01-15&tz=Asia%2FKolkata&lat=28.6139&lon=77.209" \
  -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	`2027-01-15`	Date (YYYY-MM-DD).
`tz`	yes	`Asia/Kolkata`	Timezone: IANA name (Asia/Kolkata) or UTC offset (+05:30).
`lat`	yes	`28.6139`	Latitude in decimal degrees.
`lon`	yes	`77.209`	Longitude in decimal degrees.

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": "2027-01-15",
  "location": {
    "lat": 28.6139,
    "lon": 77.209,
    "alt": 0
  },
  "tz": "Asia/Kolkata",
  "window": {
    "start_jd": 2461420.777406,
    "end_jd": 2461420.806641,
    "start_local": "2027-01-15 12:09:28",
    "end_local": "2027-01-15 12:51:34"
  }
}

Field reference

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

Field	Type	Meaning
date	string	Echo of the `date` parameter (local date). example: `"2027-01-15"`
location	object	Echo of `lat`, `lon` and `alt` (metres, default 0). example: `{ "lat": 28.6139, "lon": 77.209, "alt": 0 }`
tz	string	Echo of the `tz` parameter. The `*_local` times are in this zone. example: `"Asia/Kolkata"`
window.start_jd	number	Start of Abhijit Muhurat, as a Julian Day in UT. On Wednesdays it equals `window.end_jd` (no Abhijit). example: `2461420.777406`
window.end_jd	number	End of Abhijit Muhurat, as a Julian Day in UT. example: `2461420.806641`
window.start_local	string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)	Start in local time (request `tz`), with no offset suffix. example: `"2027-01-15 12:09:28"`
window.end_local	string (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS)	End in local time (request `tz`), with no offset suffix. example: `"2027-01-15 12:51:34"`

Usage tips

How to use it

Detect the Wednesday case
There is no separate flag for the Wednesday rule. Treat a window where `window.start_jd` equals `window.end_jd` as "no Abhijit today" and hide it.
Default auspicious window
If an app needs one auspicious time with no other inputs, Abhijit is the usual choice.
Duration is not returned
Compute it as (window.end_jd − window.start_jd) × 1440 to get minutes.

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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