POST/v1/astro/ishta-devta

Ishta Devta — Personal Deity

Computes Ishta Devta (personal deity) from the 12th house lord of the Navamsa (D9) chart per Jaimini-tradition rules. Returns the ruling planet, associated deity, and D9 positions. Request JSON follows BirthInput: name (optional, default Chart), date (YYYY-MM-DD), time (HH:MM, required), either location or latitude/longitude/timezone, optional ayanamsa (lahiri|raman|kp|tropical).

Request parameters

locationoptional

string | null

City name to resolve to lat/lon/tz automatically. Example: 'Mumbai' or 'New Delhi, India'. If provided, latitude, longitude and timezone are not required.

nameoptional

string

Person name associated with the birth record

daterequired

string

Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format

timerequired

string

Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. Required: this endpoint has no sunrise fallback.

latitudeoptional

number | null

Latitude. Required if location not provided.

longitudeoptional

number | null

Longitude. Required if location not provided.

timezoneoptional

string | null

IANA timezone. Required if location not provided (unless utc_offset is given). For dates before the zone adopted a standard time, the birthplace's local mean time (longitude / 15 hours) is used.

utc_offsetoptional

string | null

Optional explicit UTC offset of the birth time, as ±HH:MM or ±HH:MM:SS (e.g. '+04:51:31' for Bombay mean time). Overrides the offset timezone would give. Use it when the birth record states the offset, or for historical local times the IANA database cannot represent.

ayanamsaoptional

string

Sidereal ayanamsa mode used in calculations

Response fields

success

boolean

True if the request succeeded

message

string

Human-readable status message

data

object

data.birth_time_provided

boolean

True when a birth time was supplied. False when it was not: house, Ascendant and Moon-dependent results then carry the accuracy limits of an unknown birth time.

data.atmakaraka

string

data.karakamsha_lagna

string

data.karakamsha_lagna_index

integer

data.jivanmuktamsa_planet

string | null

data.navamsa_lagna

string

data.navamsa_lagna_index

integer

data.twelfth_house_sign

string

data.twelfth_house_index

integer

data.planets_in_12th

array[string]

data.ishta_devta_planet

string

data.deity

string

data.description

string

data.method

string

data.d9_positions

object

Errors

api_key_invalid

Invalid API key format.

api_key_missing

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api_key_not_found

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api_key_revoked

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burst_limit_exceeded

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payload_too_large

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subscription_expired

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validation_error

The request couldn't be processed. See the 'details' field for specific field-level issues.

Related endpoints

• Ashtakavarga
• Divisional charts — Varga
• Jaimini Charakarakas
• Calculate planetary strength suite

Request

POST·application/json

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/ishta-devta" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date":"1985-11-12","time":"06:45","latitude":19.076,"longitude":72.8777,"timezone":"Asia/Kolkata"}'

Python

import asterwise
from asterwise.api.astrology_api import AstrologyApi
from asterwise.models.ishta_devta_request import IshtaDevtaRequest

configuration = asterwise.Configuration(
    host="https://api.asterwise.com",
    access_token="YOUR_API_KEY",
)

request = IshtaDevtaRequest(
    date="1985-11-12",
    time="06:45",
    latitude=19.076,
    longitude=72.8777,
    timezone="Asia/Kolkata",
)

with asterwise.ApiClient(configuration) as client:
    api = AstrologyApi(client)
    result = api.ishta_devata(ishta_devta_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

import { createClient, createConfig, ishtaDevata } from 'asterwise';

const client = createClient(createConfig({
  baseUrl: 'https://api.asterwise.com',
  headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' },
}));

const result = await ishtaDevata({
  client,
  body: {
      "date": "1985-11-12",
      "time": "06:45",
      "latitude": 19.076,
      "longitude": 72.8777,
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
  },
});

console.log(result.data);

Response

200 OK·application/jsonsigned

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "atmakaraka": "Sun",
    "karakamsha_lagna": "Vrishabha",
    "karakamsha_lagna_index": 1,
    "jivanmuktamsa_planet": null,
    "navamsa_lagna": "Vrishabha",
    "navamsa_lagna_index": 1,
    "twelfth_house_sign": "Mesha",
    "twelfth_house_index": 0,
    "planets_in_12th": [],
    "ishta_devta_planet": "Mars",
    "deity": "Lord Skanda (Kartikeya)",
    "description": "Lord Skanda (Kartikeya) — courage, strength, discipline",
    "method": "strongest_in_karakamsha_d9",
    "d9_positions": {
      "Sun": {
        "sign": "Vrishabha",
        "sign_num": 1
      },
      "Moon": {
        "sign": "Meena",
        "sign_num": 11
      },
      "Mars": {
        "sign": "Vrishabha",
        "sign_num": 1
      },
      "Mercury": {
        "sign": "Dhanu",
        "sign_num": 8
      },
      "Jupiter": {
        "sign": "Vrishabha",
        "sign_num": 1
      },
      "Venus": {
        "sign": "Dhanu",
        "sign_num": 8
      },
      "Saturn": {
        "sign": "Simha",
        "sign_num": 4
      },
      "Rahu": {
        "sign": "Simha",
        "sign_num": 4
      },
      "Ketu": {
        "sign": "Kumbha",
        "sign_num": 10
      }
    }
  }
}