POST/v1/astro/muhurta

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.

Request parameters

event_typerequired

string

Type of event. One of: marriage, travel, business, griha_pravesh, naming_ceremony

from_daterequired

string

Start date in YYYY-MM-DD format (inclusive)

to_daterequired

string

End date in YYYY-MM-DD format (inclusive). Maximum 30 days from from_date.

latituderequired

number

Location latitude

longituderequired

number

Location longitude

timezonerequired

string

IANA timezone string e.g. Asia/Kolkata

ayanamsaoptional

string

lahiri | raman | kp | tropical

top_noptional

integer

Number of top windows to return (1-20)

Response fields

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

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.

Related endpoints

• Gochar — Transit Analysis
• Personal Nakshatra Prediction (Tarabala)
• Planetary transits — Gochar
• Prashna (Horary Chart)
• Varshaphal — Solar Return Chart
• Varshaphal — Harsha Bala
• Varshaphal — Tajika Saham Points

Request

POST·application/json

curl

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"}'

Python

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)

TypeScript

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);

Response

200 OK·application/jsonsigned

{
  "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"
    ]
  }
}