/api/astro/bhinnashtakavarga/1 creditBhinnashtakavarga
Bhinnashtakavarga: one row per contributor, twelve numbers each, scored 0 to 8. Rows are Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn and an eighth labelled `Rahu`; the twelve values run Aries to Pisces. Row `Sun` value 3 means the Sun's varga gives Aries three points. This is the table most readings start from. `pindas` comes with it: the three final weightings, seven numbers each, one per planet. Sodhya pinda is the single figure classical texts judge a planet's overall strength by. For the twelve totals alone, /api/astro/sarvashtakavarga/ is the smaller call.
https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/bhinnashtakavarga/Authentication
Send your key in the X-API-Key header. Keys are server-side credentials — never put one in browser JavaScript or a mobile app.
X-API-Key: yt_live_a1b2c3d4_…
Content-Type: application/jsonRequest fields
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| date_time | string (date-time) | required | The moment to calculate for, ISO 8601. ALWAYS include an offset or a trailing Z - a value with no zone is read as Asia/Kolkata (UTC+05:30), not UTC, and can return the previous day's result with a 200. '2026-09-01T06:00:00Z' and '2026-09-01 06:00:00' are different instants and give different answers. |
| latitude | number (double) | required | Latitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Positive is north, negative is south. Example: 26.9124 for Jaipur, 40.7128 for New York. Minutes and seconds are not accepted - convert first. min -89.9 · max 89.9 |
| longitude | number (double) | required | Longitude of the place, in decimal degrees. Positive is east, negative is west. Example: 75.7873 for Jaipur, -74.0060 for New York. Note the sign: a missing minus puts New York in China. min -180 · max 180 |
| timezone_as_float | number (double) | required | UTC offset of the place, in hours, as a decimal. Example: 5.5 for India (UTC+05:30), -5 for New York in winter, 5.75 for Nepal. This is NOT validated against date_time - if the two disagree you get a successful response for the wrong moment, so derive both from the same source. Use the offset in force on that date, not today's: a summer birth in a country with daylight saving needs the summer offset. min -12 · max 14 |
| apply_ekadhipatya_reductions | boolean | optional | |
| chart_name | string | optional | |
| keys | array | optional | Which calculations to return, as a list of names. See the key table for this endpoint; an unrecognised name rejects the whole request. One call costs one credit however many keys you ask for, so request everything you need at once rather than making several calls. |
| use_eight_ashtakavargas_in_sav | boolean | optional |
Example request
curl -X POST https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/bhinnashtakavarga/ \
-H "X-API-Key: $OCCULT_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"date_time":"2026-09-01T06:00:00+05:30","timezone_as_float":5.5,"latitude":26.9124,"longitude":75.7873}'Response
{
"data": {
"bhinnashtakavarga": {
"Sun": [
4,
4,
6,
3,
2,
4,
3,
4,
4,
5,
4,
5
],
"Moon": [
3,
6,
5,
4,
4,
1,
6,
3,
3,
6,
4,
4
],
"Mars": [
3,
3,
7,
2,
2,
3,
4,
1,
5,
5,
2,
2
],
"Mercury": [
5,
5,
6,
5,
2,
5,
3,
4,
6,
7,
3,
3
],
"Jupiter": [
5,
7,
5,
4,
6,
5,
4,
3,
4,
5,
6,
2
],
"Venus": [
6,
5,
6,
4,
3,
3,
4,
6,
5,
3,
3,
4
],
"Saturn": [
2,
6,
5,
3,
5,
2,
2,
4,
1,
3,
3,
3
],
"Rahu": [
3,
6,
6,
2,
4,
3,
4,
5,
3,
7,
1,
5
]
},
"pindas": {
"raasi_pindas": [
80,
93,
96,
99,
85,
80,
111
],
"graha_pindas": [
44,
33,
60,
59,
53,
39,
69
],
"sodhya_pindas": [
124,
126,
156,
158,
138,
119,
180
]
}
},
"status": 200,
"is_error": false,
"message": "successful"
}Captured from a real call using the exact request above. Results sit under data.
Errors
Metering errors return { "error": "…", "message": "<code>", "is_error": true }. Show error to people and branch on message. See the error reference.