POSThttps://api.occultapi.com/api/astro/panchamsa/

Panchamsa (D5)

Request bodyJSON

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Code snippet

curl -X POST https://api.occultapi.com/api/astro/panchamsa/ \
  -H "X-API-Key: $OCCULT_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"chart_name":"string","datetime":"2026-09-01 06:00:00","latitude":26.9124,"longitude":75.7873,"ascendant_pos":"cusp","chart_style":"north","correction_direction":"add","label_style":"english","notation":"astrological","rahu":"true","render":"none","theme":"light","true_mean":"True"}'

The panchamsa, the fifth divisional chart: each sign divided into five parts of 6° each. Read for fame, authority and spiritual merit. Outside the sixteen of the shodasavarga, but long used alongside them. 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. The route pins the chart, so a `chart_name` in the body is ignored rather than honoured - this endpoint cannot return anything but this division.

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
background_color	string	optional	Hex color for the SVG background.
chart_style	string	optional	Diagram style when render='svg'. 'north' is the diamond layout with fixed houses and rotating signs; 'south' is the fixed-sign grid with rotating houses. `northsouth`
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'.
label_style	string	optional	How planets are labelled: 'english' (Su, Mo, ...), 'sanskrit' (Surya, Chandra, ...) or 'symbol' (☉, ☽, ...). `englishsanskritsymbol`
line_color	string	optional	Hex color for the chart's grid lines.
notation	string	optional	`astrologicaldegree`
nutation	boolean	optional
planet_color	string	optional	Hex color for planet labels, e.g. '#111827'. Defaults to the theme's own colour.
rahu	string	optional	Node type to include. 'true' returns true nodes only, 'mean' returns mean nodes only, 'both' returns both. `truemeanboth`
refraction	boolean	optional
render	string	optional	Set to 'svg' to also return a rendered chart diagram (see chart_style) and the geometry behind it. Omit this entirely and the response is unchanged. `nonesvg`
show_degrees	boolean	optional	Print each body's degree within its sign next to its label.
sign_color	string	optional	Hex color for sign numbers/abbreviations.
svg_size	integer	optional	Width and height of the square SVG viewBox, in pixels. min 100 · max 2000
theme	string	optional	`lightdark`
true_mean	string	optional	`TrueMean`
use_28_nakshatras	boolean	optional

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