POST/api/astro/drekkana/1 credit

Drekkana (D3)

The drekkana, the third divisional chart: each sign divided into three parts of 10° each. Read for siblings, courage and self-driven effort. One of the oldest divisions in use and among the least sensitive to small birth-time errors, since each division spans a full ten degrees. Returns the same flat shape as /api/astro/planet-positions/: the planets as a list in traditional order with `name`, longitude, sign, nakshatra, pada and house on each, plus the ascendant and the ayanamsa applied. Send a date and a place; `ayanamsa` defaults to LAHIRI and all 48 are accepted. The chart is fixed by the route, so a `chart_name` in the body is ignored - this endpoint cannot return anything but the chart it is named for. /api/astro/chart/ is where to go for the other 24 divisions.

https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/drekkana/

Test Request

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/json

Request fields

Field	Type	Required	Notes
chart_name	string	required
datetime	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. Same meaning as date_time, which other endpoints call the same thing by a different name.
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
aberration	boolean	optional
apply_correction	boolean	optional
ascendant_pos	string	optional	`cuspstartend`
ayanamsa	string	optional
correction_deg	integer	optional	min 0
correction_direction	string	optional	`addsubtract`
correction_min	integer	optional	min 0 · max 59
correction_sec	integer	optional	min 0 · max 59
extended_bodies	array	optional	Body groups to include: 'asteroids', 'planetary_moons', 'fictitious_bodies'.
notation	string	optional	`astrologicaldegree`
nutation	boolean	optional
rahu	string	optional	Node type to include. 'true' returns true nodes only, 'mean' returns mean nodes only, 'both' returns both. `truemeanboth`
refraction	boolean	optional
true_mean	string	optional	`TrueMean`
use_28_nakshatras	boolean	optional

Example request

curl -X POST https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/drekkana/ \
  -H "X-API-Key: $OCCULT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"datetime":"2026-09-01T06:00:00+05:30","timezone_as_float":5.5,"latitude":26.9124,"longitude":75.7873,"ayanamsa":"LAHIRI"}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "planets": [
      {
        "name": "sun",
        "longitude": 253.1425,
        "latitude": 0,
        "nakshatra": "Poorva Phalguni",
        "pada": 1,
        "kakshya": "sun",
        "zodiac_name": "Sagittarius",
        "house": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "moon",
        "longitude": 4.433333333333334,
        "latitude": 4.37,
        "nakshatra": "Ashwini",
        "pada": 1,
        "kakshya": "saturn",
        "zodiac_name": "Aries",
        "house": 5
      },
      {
        "name": "mars",
        "longitude": 207.52416666666667,
        "latitude": 0.535,
        "nakshatra": "Aardra",
        "pada": 4,
        "kakshya": "Mercury",
        "zodiac_name": "Libra",
        "house": 11
      },
      {
        "name": "mercury",
        "longitude": 265.5233333333333,
        "latitude": 1.574,
        "nakshatra": "Poorva Phalguni",
        "pada": 2,
        "kakshya": "venus",
        "zodiac_name": "Sagittarius",
        "house": 1
      },
      {
        "name": "jupiter",
        "longitude": 238.41583333333332,
        "latitude": 0.529,
        "nakshatra": "Aasresha",
        "pada": 1,
        "kakshya": "Mercury",
        "zodiac_name": "Scorpio",
        "house": 12
      },
      {
        "name": "venus",
        "longitude": 56.86749999999999,
        "latitude": -3.391,
        "nakshatra": "Chitra",
        "pada": 2,
        "kakshya": "ascendant",
        "zodiac_name": "Taurus",
        "house": 6
      },
      {
        "name": "saturn",
        "longitude": 118.34083333333334,
        "latitude": -2.651,
        "nakshatra": "Revati",
        "pada": 1,
        "kakshya": "Mercury",
        "zodiac_name": "Cancer",
        "house": 8
      },
      {
        "name": "northtruenode",
        "longitude": 316.6975,
        "latitude": 0,
        "nakshatra": "Dhanishtha",
        "pada": 4,
        "kakshya": "jupiter",
        "zodiac_name": "Aquarius",
        "house": 3
      },
      {
        "name": "southtruenode",
        "longitude": 136.6975,
        "latitude": 0,
        "nakshatra": "Makha",
        "pada": 2,
        "kakshya": "jupiter",
        "zodiac_name": "Leo",
        "house": 9
      },
      {
        "name": "uranus",
        "longitude": 154.27166666666665,
        "latitude": -0.154,
        "nakshatra": "Rohini",
        "pada": 1,
        "kakshya": "sun",
        "zodiac_name": "Virgo",
        "house": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "neptune",
        "longitude": 358.29833333333335,
        "latitude": -1.412,
        "nakshatra": "Uttaraabhaadra",
        "pada": 2,
        "kakshya": "mars",
        "zodiac_name": "Pisces",
        "house": 4
      },
      {
        "name": "pluto",
        "longitude": 297.83666666666664,
        "latitude": -4.3,
        "nakshatra": "Uttaraashaadha",
        "pada": 4,
        "kakshya": "mars",
        "zodiac_name": "Capricorn",
        "house": 2
      }
    ],
    "ascendant": {
      "longitude": 246.56333333333333,
      "zodiac_name": "Sagittarius",
      "nakshatra": "Makha",
      "pada": 4
    },
    "ayanamsa": {
      "name": "LAHIRI",
      "corrected": false,
      "value_degrees": 24.229599,
      "formatted": "24°13'47\""
    }
  },
  "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.