POST/v1/astro/atmakaraka

Jaimini Charakarakas

Computes all 8 Jaimini Charakarakas from the natal chart: Atmakaraka, Amatyakaraka, Bhratrikaraka, Matrikaraka, Pitrikaraka, Putrakaraka, Gnatikaraka, and Darakaraka. The planet with the highest degree in its sign becomes the Atmakaraka. 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

timeoptional

string | null

Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. If omitted, sunrise chart is used as 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.

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.karaka_to_planet

object

data.planet_to_karaka

object

data.atmakaraka

string

data.atmakaraka_sign

string

data.atmakaraka_nakshatra

string | null

data.details

object

Errors

authentication_failed

Missing or invalid API key.

ephemeris_unavailable

Upstream ephemeris service error.

insufficient_tier

API key tier does not include this endpoint.

internal_error

Unexpected server error.

ip_rate_limit_exceeded

Too many requests in a short window.

payload_too_large

Request body exceeds the size limit.

resource_not_found

Referenced resource was not found.

validation_error

Request body failed schema validation.

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• Ashtakavarga
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Request

POST·application/json

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/atmakaraka" \
  -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.atmakaraka_request import AtmakarakaRequest

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

request = AtmakarakaRequest(
    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.atmakaraka(atmakaraka_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

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

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

const result = await atmakaraka({
  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": {
    "karaka_to_planet": {
      "Atmakaraka": "Sun",
      "Amatyakaraka": "Mercury",
      "Bhratrikaraka": "Moon",
      "Matrikaraka": "Mars",
      "Pitrikaraka": "Jupiter",
      "Putrakaraka": "Rahu",
      "Gnatikaraka": "Venus",
      "Darakaraka": "Saturn"
    },
    "planet_to_karaka": {
      "Sun": "Atmakaraka",
      "Mercury": "Amatyakaraka",
      "Moon": "Bhratrikaraka",
      "Mars": "Matrikaraka",
      "Jupiter": "Pitrikaraka",
      "Rahu": "Putrakaraka",
      "Venus": "Gnatikaraka",
      "Saturn": "Darakaraka"
    },
    "atmakaraka": "Sun",
    "atmakaraka_sign": "Tula",
    "atmakaraka_nakshatra": "Vishakha",
    "details": {
      "Atmakaraka": {
        "planet": "Sun",
        "rashi": "Tula",
        "nakshatra": "Vishakha",
        "longitude": 205.9371
      },
      "Amatyakaraka": {
        "planet": "Mercury",
        "rashi": "Vrischika",
        "nakshatra": "Jyeshtha",
        "longitude": 228.5195
      },
      "Bhratrikaraka": {
        "planet": "Moon",
        "rashi": "Tula",
        "nakshatra": "Swati",
        "longitude": 198.1787
      },
      "Matrikaraka": {
        "planet": "Mars",
        "rashi": "Kanya",
        "nakshatra": "Hasta",
        "longitude": 165.9928
      },
      "Pitrikaraka": {
        "planet": "Jupiter",
        "rashi": "Makara",
        "nakshatra": "Shravana",
        "longitude": 285.9563
      },
      "Putrakaraka": {
        "planet": "Rahu",
        "rashi": "Mesha",
        "nakshatra": "Bharani",
        "longitude": 14.8056
      },
      "Gnatikaraka": {
        "planet": "Venus",
        "rashi": "Tula",
        "nakshatra": "Swati",
        "longitude": 189.3724
      },
      "Darakaraka": {
        "planet": "Saturn",
        "rashi": "Vrischika",
        "nakshatra": "Anuradha",
        "longitude": 215.7437
      }
    }
  }
}