Shadbala: the six-fold strength of each of the seven planets, with the six components the total is built from.
`shadbala` is the total. `components` breaks it into sthana (positional), dig (directional), kaala (temporal), cheshta (motional), naisargika (natural) and drik (aspectual), so you can show WHY a planet scores as it does rather than only the score.
Values are in virupas; sixty virupas make one rupa, and a planet is conventionally judged strong above its own required minimum.
Note this endpoint takes `timezone`, not `timezone_as_float`, following its parent. `asc_house` is required on that parent and unused by this calculation, so it is not needed here.
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 -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
number (double)
required
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
asc_house
integer
optional
include_houses
boolean
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.