POST/api/astro/lunar/mansions/1 credit

Lunar mansions

Which of the twenty-eight manazil the Moon occupies. Twenty-eight divisions of the ecliptic of 12°51'26" each, used throughout medieval Western electional and magical astrology. NOT the Vedic nakshatras, which are twenty-SEVEN and are served by /api/astro/nakshatra/. The two traditions divide the same circle differently and a mansion never lines up with a nakshatra except by coincidence, so using one where the other is meant is a real error rather than a naming preference. These are tropical; the nakshatras are sidereal. Returns the current mansion with progress through it, when the Moon enters the next, and the full table of twenty-eight for reference.

https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/lunar/mansions/

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
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.
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.
latitude	number (double)	optional	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.
longitude	number (double)	optional	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.
orb_factor	number (double)	optional	Scale every aspect orb. 0.5 halves them, 2 doubles them. min 0.1 · max 2
timezone_as_float	number (double)	optional	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

Example request

curl -X POST https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/lunar/mansions/ \
  -H "X-API-Key: $OCCULT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date_time":"1990-08-15T10:30:00+05:30","latitude":26.9124,"longitude":75.7873,"timezone_as_float":5.5}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "zodiac": "tropical",
    "as_of": "1990-08-15T05:00:00+00:00",
    "moon": {
      "longitude": 72.660043,
      "speed": 14.262958,
      "sign": "Gemini",
      "sign_index": 3,
      "degree_in_sign": 12.66,
      "formatted": "12°39' Gemini"
    },
    "mansion": {
      "number": 6,
      "name": "Al Hana",
      "from_degree": 64.285714,
      "to_degree": 77.142857,
      "degrees_into": 8.374328,
      "percent_through": 65.1337
    },
    "next_mansion": {
      "number": 7,
      "name": "Al Dhira",
      "enters_at": "1990-08-15T12:32:37+00:00"
    },
    "mansion_arc_degrees": 12.857143,
    "mansions": [
      {
        "number": 1,
        "name": "Al Sharatain",
        "from_degree": 0,
        "to_degree": 12.8571
      },
      {
        "number": 2,
        "name": "Al Butain",
        "from_degree": 12.8571,
        "to_degree": 25.7143
      },
      {
        "number": 3,
        "name": "Al Thurayya",
        "from_degree": 25.7143,
        "to_degree": 38.5714
      },
      {
        "number": 4,
        "name": "Al Dabaran",
        "from_degree": 38.5714,
        "to_degree": 51.4286
      },
      {
        "number": 5,
        "name": "Al Haqa",
        "from_degree": 51.4286,
        "to_degree": 64.2857
      },
      {
        "number": 6,
        "name": "Al Hana",
        "from_degree": 64.2857,
        "to_degree": 77.1429
      },
      {
        "number": 7,
        "name": "Al Dhira",
        "from_degree": 77.1429,
        "to_degree": 90
      },
      {
        "number": 8,
        "name": "Al Nathra",
        "from_degree": 90,
        "to_degree": 102.8571
      },
      {
        "number": 9,
        "name": "Al Tarf",
        "from_degree": 102.8571,
        "to_degree": 115.7143
      },
      {
        "number": 10,
        "name": "Al Jabhah",
        "from_degree": 115.7143,
        "to_degree": 128.5714
      },
      {
        "number": 11,
        "name": "Al Zubrah",
        "from_degree": 128.5714,
        "to_degree": 141.4286
      },
      {
        "number": 12,
        "name": "Al Sarfah",
        "from_degree": 141.4286,
        "to_degree": 154.2857
      },
      {
        "number": 13,
        "name": "Al Awwa",
        "from_degree": 154.2857,
        "to_degree": 167.1429
      },
      {
        "number": 14,
        "name": "Al Simak",
        "from_degree": 167.1429,
        "to_degree": 180
      },
      {
        "number": 15,
        "name": "Al Ghafr",
        "from_degree": 180,
        "to_degree": 192.8571
      },
      {
        "number": 16,
        "name": "Al Jubana",
        "from_degree": 192.8571,
        "to_degree": 205.7143
      },
      {
        "number": 17,
        "name": "Iklil al Jabhah",
        "from_degree": 205.7143,
        "to_degree": 218.5714
      },
      {
        "number": 18,
        "name": "Al Qalb",
        "from_degree": 218.5714,
        "to_degree": 231.4286
      },
      {
        "number": 19,
        "name": "Al Shaulah",
        "from_degree": 231.4286,
        "to_degree": 244.2857
      },
      {
        "number": 20,
        "name": "Al Naaim",
        "from_degree": 244.2857,
        "to_degree": 257.1429
      },
      {
        "number": 21,
        "name": "Al Baldah",
        "from_degree": 257.1429,
        "to_degree": 270
      },
      {
        "number": 22,
        "name": "Saad al Dhabih",
        "from_degree": 270,
        "to_degree": 282.8571
      },
      {
        "number": 23,
        "name": "Saad Bula",
        "from_degree": 282.8571,
        "to_degree": 295.7143
      },
      {
        "number": 24,
        "name": "Saad al Suud",
        "from_degree": 295.7143,
        "to_degree": 308.5714
      },
      {
        "number": 25,
        "name": "Saad al Akhbiyah",
        "from_degree": 308.5714,
        "to_degree": 321.4286
      },
      {
        "number": 26,
        "name": "Al Fargh al Mukdim",
        "from_degree": 321.4286,
        "to_degree": 334.2857
      },
      {
        "number": 27,
        "name": "Al Fargh al Thani",
        "from_degree": 334.2857,
        "to_degree": 347.1429
      },
      {
        "number": 28,
        "name": "Batn al Hut",
        "from_degree": 347.1429,
        "to_degree": 360
      }
    ],
    "note": "Twenty-eight Arabic manazil, not the twenty-seven Vedic nakshatras — see /api/astro/nakshatra/ for those. These are tropical; the nakshatras are sidereal."
  },
  "status": 200,
  "is_error": false,
  "message": "successful"
}

Captured from a real call using the exact request above. Results sit under data.

Errors

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