/v1/varshaphal/muntha

Muntha position for varshaphal.

What this tells you

Muntha is a point that starts in the natal ascendant sign at birth and moves forward one sign each year. Its sign in a given year shows the life area the year emphasises. This endpoint returns only the Muntha sign and its house from the natal ascendant. The same values are inside /v1/varshaphal/chart.

Birth details are unprefixed: `date`, `time`, `tz`, `lat`, `lon` (time defaults to 12:00 when omitted). `year` is the target year (1800–2200). `birth.*` parameters are not read by this endpoint.

Request

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

example request

curl "https://api.lifeastroapi.com/v1/varshaphal/muntha?date=1990-01-15&tz=Asia%2FKolkata&lat=19.076&lon=72.8777&year=2026&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.
`year`	yes	`2026`	Year (YYYY).
`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

{
  "natal_date": "1990-01-15",
  "target_year": 2026,
  "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
  "muntha": {
    "rashi_index": 10,
    "house": 1
  }
}

Field reference

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

Field	Type	Meaning
natal_date	string (YYYY-MM-DD)	Birth date (`date` parameter), echoed. example: `"1990-01-15"`
target_year	integer	Year of the solar return (`year` parameter). example: `2026`
ayanamsa	string	Ayanamsa used (default lahiri). example: `"lahiri"`
muntha.rashi_index	integer (0–11)	Muntha sign (0 = Aries … 11 = Pisces): the natal ascendant sign moved forward one sign for each completed year of age (one sign per solar return). example: `10`
muntha.house	integer (1–12)	House of the Muntha counted from the natal ascendant sign (1 = natal lagna sign). It is not counted from the annual ascendant. example: `1` Jyotish: Tajika texts judge the Muntha house from the annual ascendant: the 9th, 10th and 11th are read as a good year, the 6th, 8th and 12th as a hard one.

Usage tips

How to use it

House from the annual ascendant
To read the Muntha house the Tajika way, get `chart.ascendant.sign_index` from /v1/varshaphal/chart and compute ((rashi_index − ascendant sign_index + 12) mod 12) + 1.
Headline metric
The Muntha sign is one of the most quoted data points in a yearly reading. Map `rashi_index` to a sign name in your app.

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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