Lal Kitab Remedies

Computes personalised Lal Kitab remedies from the birth chart. Returns practical remedies (donations, items to keep/bury, actions to avoid) for each planet based on its house placement. Malefic planets in Kachcha Ghar or Neecha are marked high priority.

Endpoint

POST /v1/astro/lal-kitab/remedies

Request parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
location	string | null	No	City name to resolve to lat/lon/tz automatically. Example: 'Mumbai' or 'New Delhi, India'. If provided, latitude, longitude and timezone are not required.
name	string	No	Person name associated with the birth record
date	string	Yes	Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format
time	string | null	No	Birth time in HH:MM 24-hour format. If omitted, sunrise chart is used as fallback.
latitude	number | null	No	Latitude. Required if location not provided.
longitude	number | null	No	Longitude. Required if location not provided.
timezone	string | null	No	IANA timezone. Required if location not provided.
ayanamsa	string	No	Sidereal ayanamsa mode used in calculations

Example request

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/lal-kitab/remedies" \
  -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.lal_kitab_api import LalKitabApi
from asterwise.models.lal_kitab_request import LalKitabRequest

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

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

with asterwise.ApiClient(configuration) as client:
    api = LalKitabApi(client)
    result = api.lal_kitab_remedies(lal_kitab_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

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

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

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

console.log(result.data);

Example response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "system": "lal_kitab",
    "ayanamsa": "lahiri",
    "remedies": [
      {
        "planet": "Saturn",
        "lk_house": 8,
        "rashi": "Vrischika",
        "pucca_ghar": true,
        "kachcha_ghar": false,
        "uchcha": false,
        "neecha": false,
        "remedies": [
          {
            "type": "remedy",
            "action": "Bury a piece of black iron under the house foundation."
          },
          {
            "type": "donation",
            "action": "Donate black blankets on Saturdays."
          }
        ],
        "priority": "medium"
      },
      {
        "planet": "Rahu",
        "lk_house": 1,
        "rashi": "Mesha",
        "pucca_ghar": false,
        "kachcha_ghar": false,
        "uchcha": false,
        "neecha": false,
        "remedies": [
          {
            "type": "remedy",
            "action": "Keep a lead ball or piece of lead at home."
          },
          {
            "type": "donation",
            "action": "Donate barley or coconut on Saturdays."
          }
        ],
        "priority": "medium"
      },
      "... and 7 more items"
    ]
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	True if the request succeeded
message	string	Human-readable status message
data	object
data.system	string
data.ayanamsa	string
data.remedies	array[object]
data.remedies[].planet	string
data.remedies[].lk_house	integer
data.remedies[].rashi	string
data.remedies[].pucca_ghar	boolean
data.remedies[].kachcha_ghar	boolean
data.remedies[].uchcha	boolean
data.remedies[].neecha	boolean
data.remedies[].remedies	array[object]
data.remedies[].remedies[].type	string
data.remedies[].remedies[].action	string
data.remedies[].priority	string

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

Related endpoints

• Lal Kitab Chart