Muhurta — Auspicious Timing

Finds and ranks auspicious time windows for a specific event type. Scores each Choghadiya period using Choghadiya quality, Yoga, Vara (weekday), and Tithi. Returns top N ranked windows. Supported events: marriage, travel, business, griha_pravesh, naming_ceremony.

Endpoint

POST /v1/astro/muhurta

Request parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
event_type	string	Yes	Type of event. One of: marriage, travel, business, griha_pravesh, naming_ceremony
from_date	string	Yes	Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (inclusive)
to_date	string	Yes	End date in YYYY-MM-DD format (inclusive). Maximum 30 days from from_date.
latitude	number	Yes	Location latitude
longitude	number	Yes	Location longitude
timezone	string	Yes	IANA timezone string e.g. Asia/Kolkata
ayanamsa	string	No	lahiri \| raman \| kp \| tropical
top_n	integer	No	Number of top windows to return (1-20)

Example request

curl
Python
TypeScript

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/muhurta" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"event_type":"marriage","from_date":"2026-01-01","to_date":"2026-01-07","latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209,"timezone":"Asia/Kolkata"}'

import asterwise
from asterwise.api.astrology_api import AstrologyApi
from asterwise.models.muhurta_request import MuhurtaRequest

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

request = MuhurtaRequest(
    event_type="marriage",
    from_date="2026-01-01",
    to_date="2026-01-07",
    latitude=28.6139,
    longitude=77.209,
    timezone="Asia/Kolkata",
)

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

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

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

const result = await muhurta({
  client,
  body: {
      "event_type": "marriage",
      "from_date": "2026-01-01",
      "to_date": "2026-01-07",
      "latitude": 28.6139,
      "longitude": 77.209,
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
  },
});

console.log(result.data);

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "event_type": "marriage",
    "from_date": "2026-01-01",
    "to_date": "2026-01-07",
    "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
    "total_windows_evaluated": 112,
    "top_windows": [
      {
        "date": "2026-01-01",
        "start": "05:30",
        "end": "07:12",
        "score": 100,
        "choghadiya": "Amrit",
        "choghadiya_type": "highly auspicious",
        "yoga": "Shubha",
        "vara": "Guruvar",
        "vara_number": 5,
        "tithi": "Trayodashi",
        "tithi_number": 13,
        "is_rahu_kaal": false,
        "is_abhijit": false,
        "is_amrita_siddhi": false,
        "is_sarvartha_siddhi": false,
        "reason": "Amrit Choghadiya (highly auspicious) · Shubha Yoga · Guruvar · Trayodashi Tithi"
      },
      {
        "date": "2026-01-01",
        "start": "11:05",
        "end": "12:23",
        "score": 100,
        "choghadiya": "Chal",
        "choghadiya_type": "auspicious",
        "yoga": "Shubha",
        "vara": "Guruvar",
        "vara_number": 5,
        "tithi": "Trayodashi",
        "tithi_number": 13,
        "is_rahu_kaal": false,
        "is_abhijit": true,
        "is_amrita_siddhi": false,
        "is_sarvartha_siddhi": false,
        "reason": "Chal Choghadiya (auspicious) · Shubha Yoga · Guruvar · Trayodashi Tithi"
      },
      "... and 3 more items"
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	True if the request succeeded
message	string	Human-readable status message
data	object
data.event_type	string
data.from_date	string
data.to_date	string
data.timezone	string
data.ayanamsa	string
data.total_windows_evaluated	integer
data.top_windows	array[object]
data.top_windows[].date	string
data.top_windows[].start	string
data.top_windows[].end	string
data.top_windows[].score	integer
data.top_windows[].choghadiya	string
data.top_windows[].choghadiya_type	string
data.top_windows[].yoga	string
data.top_windows[].vara	string
data.top_windows[].vara_number	integer
data.top_windows[].tithi	string
data.top_windows[].tithi_number	integer
data.top_windows[].reason	string
data.top_windows[].is_rahu_kaal	boolean
data.top_windows[].is_abhijit	boolean
data.top_windows[].is_amrita_siddhi	boolean
data.top_windows[].is_sarvartha_siddhi	boolean

Errors

Code	Description	Reference
authentication_failed	Missing or invalid API key.	authentication_failed
ephemeris_unavailable	Upstream ephemeris service error.	ephemeris_unavailable
insufficient_tier	API key tier does not include this endpoint.	insufficient_tier
internal_error	Unexpected server error.	internal_error
ip_rate_limit_exceeded	Too many requests in a short window.	ip_rate_limit_exceeded
payload_too_large	Request body exceeds the size limit.	payload_too_large
resource_not_found	Referenced resource was not found.	resource_not_found
validation_error	Request body failed schema validation.	validation_error

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