POST/api/astro/varga-bala/1 credit

Varga and positional strength

Strength across the divisional charts, plus the positional strengths Shadbala does not break out. Sapthavargaja bala scores a planet over the seven vargas and dwadhasa vargeeya over the twelve — how well a planet sits not just in the rasi chart but across the divisions, which is where Vedic strength assessment differs most from Western practice. Also returns kendra bala, ojayugama bala and dreshkon bala, which sthana bala rolls up.

https://yogataraapi.prahlad.app/api/astro/varga-bala/

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.
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 -90 · max 90
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
asc_house	integer	optional	Ascendant house number. Defaults to 1. min 1 · max 12
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.
timezone	number (double)	optional	UTC offset of the place, in hours, as a decimal. Example: 5.5 for India (UTC+05:30). Identical in meaning to timezone_as_float, which other endpoints call the same thing by a different name. min -12 · max 14
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/varga-bala/ \
  -H "X-API-Key: $OCCULT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date_time":"1990-05-10T19:55:00+05:30","latitude":26.9124,"longitude":75.7873,"timezone":5.5,"asc_house":1}'

Response

{
  "data": {
    "varga_strength": [
      {
        "bala": "sapthavargaja_bala",
        "measures": "Strength across the seven vargas",
        "by_planet": {
          "Sun": 97.5,
          "Moon": 105,
          "Mars": 127.5,
          "Mercury": 63.75,
          "Jupiter": 112.5,
          "Venus": 48.75,
          "Saturn": 93.75
        }
      },
      {
        "bala": "dwadhasa_vargeeya_bala",
        "measures": "Strength across the twelve vargas",
        "by_planet": {
          "Sun": 4,
          "Moon": 4,
          "Mars": 4,
          "Mercury": 8,
          "Jupiter": 7,
          "Venus": 4,
          "Saturn": 0
        }
      }
    ],
    "positional_strength": [
      {
        "bala": "kendra_bala",
        "measures": "Strength by angular, succedent or cadent house",
        "by_planet": {
          "Sun": 60,
          "Moon": 30,
          "Mars": 60,
          "Mercury": 15,
          "Jupiter": 30,
          "Venus": 15,
          "Saturn": 60
        }
      },
      {
        "bala": "ojayugama_bala",
        "measures": "Odd/even sign and navamsa strength",
        "by_planet": {
          "Sun": 15,
          "Moon": 15,
          "Mars": 30,
          "Mercury": 15,
          "Jupiter": 30,
          "Venus": 0,
          "Saturn": 0
        }
      },
      {
        "bala": "dreshkon_bala",
        "measures": "Strength by decanate and sex of the planet",
        "by_planet": {
          "Sun": 0,
          "Moon": 0,
          "Mars": 0,
          "Mercury": 15,
          "Jupiter": 0,
          "Venus": 0,
          "Saturn": 0
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "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.