POST/v1/astro/remedies

Personalised Remedies

Prescribes personalised Vedic remedies based on planetary dignity in the natal chart. Prioritises debilitated planets, planets in enemy signs, dusthana lords (6th/8th/12th house rulers), planets placed in those houses, and combust planets; is_dusthana_lord, in_dusthana_house and is_combust say which. Returns mantras, gemstones, colours, fasting days, and daily actions. Request JSON follows BirthInput: name, date, time, location or latitude/longitude/timezone, ayanamsa. Plus top_n (1–9) to cap how many planets receive remedy rows.

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

top_noptional

integer

Max planets to prescribe remedies for (1-9)

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.recommended_remedies

array[object]

One row per planet needing a remedy, highest priority first. Keys: planet, dignity, rashi, house, is_dusthana_lord (the planet rules the 6th, 8th or 12th sign from the lagna — lordship only), in_dusthana_house (the planet is placed in the 6th, 8th or 12th house), is_combust (within the Sun's combustion orb, from the combustion engine; a combust planet that is not strongly placed gets dusthana-level priority), reason, mantra, repetitions, deity, gemstone, colour, metal, fast_day, charity, action_daily, action_weekly.

data.planet_dignities

array[object]

Errors

api_key_invalid

Invalid API key format.

api_key_missing

API key is missing. Include it in the Authorization header as 'Bearer YOUR_KEY'.

api_key_not_found

The provided API key was not found. Verify the key in your Asterwise dashboard.

api_key_revoked

This API key has been revoked.

burst_limit_exceeded

Too many requests per minute. Please slow down.

internal_error

Something went wrong on our end. Please try again, or contact [email protected] if the problem persists. Include your request_id when contacting support.

ip_rate_limit_exceeded

Too many requests from this IP address. Please slow down.

monthly_usage_limit_exceeded

Monthly API call limit reached. Upgrade your plan to continue.

payload_too_large

Request body exceeds maximum allowed size of 64KB.

subscription_expired

Your subscription has expired. Please renew at asterwise.com/dashboard to continue.

validation_error

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

Related endpoints

• Gemstone Recommendations
• Puja Suggestions
• Rudraksha Recommendations

Request

POST·application/json

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/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.astrology_api import AstrologyApi
from asterwise.models.remedies_request import RemediesRequest

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

request = RemediesRequest(
    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.remedies(remedies_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

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

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

const result = await remedies({
  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": {
    "recommended_remedies": [
      {
        "planet": "Jupiter",
        "dignity": "debilitated",
        "rashi": "Makara",
        "house": 4,
        "is_dusthana_lord": true,
        "in_dusthana_house": false,
        "is_combust": false,
        "reason": "Planet is debilitated — weakened dignity requires strengthening. Lords a dusthana house (6th/8th/12th)",
        "mantra": "Om Graam Greem Graum Sah Gurave Namah",
        "repetitions": 108,
        "deity": "Brihaspati",
        "gemstone": "Yellow Sapphire",
        "colour": "Yellow",
        "metal": "Gold",
        "fast_day": "Thursday",
        "charity": "Chana dal and turmeric",
        "action_daily": "Read one wisdom verse and practice gratitude.",
        "action_weekly": "Guru mantra japa and banana-tree or Vishnu worship on Thursday."
      },
      {
        "planet": "Sun",
        "dignity": "debilitated",
        "rashi": "Tula",
        "house": 1,
        "is_dusthana_lord": false,
        "in_dusthana_house": false,
        "is_combust": false,
        "reason": "Planet is debilitated — weakened dignity requires strengthening",
        "mantra": "Om Hraam Hreem Hraum Sah Suryaya Namah",
        "repetitions": 108,
        "deity": "Surya",
        "gemstone": "Ruby",
        "colour": "Red",
        "metal": "Gold",
        "fast_day": "Sunday",
        "charity": "Wheat and jaggery",
        "action_daily": "Offer water to the rising Sun and recite Aditya Hridayam verse.",
        "action_weekly": "Perform Surya mantra japa on Sunday morning facing east."
      },
      "... and 3 more items"
    ],
    "planet_dignities": [
      {
        "planet": "Jupiter",
        "dignity": "debilitated",
        "rashi": "Makara",
        "house": 4
      },
      {
        "planet": "Sun",
        "dignity": "debilitated",
        "rashi": "Tula",
        "house": 1
      },
      "... and 7 more items"
    ]
  }
}