POST/v1/astro/yoga

Calculate yoga combinations

Detect all classical Vedic yogas in a natal chart — Pancha Mahapurusha Yogas, Raja Yogas, Gajakesari, Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga, Budhaditya, Chandra Mangala, and more. Each detected yoga returns formation conditions, classical results, modern summary, and keywords.

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.yogas

array[object]

data.yogas[].yoga_name

string

Detected yoga name

data.yogas[].category

string

Yoga category bucket

data.yogas[].formation

string

Formation condition

data.yogas[].modern_summary

string

Modern interpretation summary

data.yogas[].keywords

array[string]

Interpretation keywords

data.birth_time_provided

boolean

Whether a precise birth time was provided. False when birth time was not supplied or treated as unknown — calculations using this field will have lagna-dependent accuracy limits.

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

• Calculate dosha report
• Ghat Chakra
• Pitru Dosha (Pitru Shapa)
• Sade Sati periods

Request

POST·application/json

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/astro/yoga" \
  -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.yoga_request import YogaRequest

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

request = YogaRequest(
    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.yogas(yoga_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

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

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

const result = await yogas({
  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": {
    "yogas": [
      {
        "yoga_name": "Neech Bhanga Raja Yoga (Sun)",
        "category": "raja_yogas",
        "formation": "",
        "modern_summary": "Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga is among the most powerful combinations in Vedic astrology precisely because it transforms weakn…",
        "keywords": [
          "weakness transformed to strength",
          "overcoming massive hurdles",
          "... and 2 more items"
        ]
      },
      {
        "yoga_name": "Neech Bhanga Raja Yoga (Jupiter)",
        "category": "raja_yogas",
        "formation": "",
        "modern_summary": "Neecha Bhanga Raja Yoga is among the most powerful combinations in Vedic astrology precisely because it transforms weakn…",
        "keywords": [
          "weakness transformed to strength",
          "overcoming massive hurdles",
          "... and 2 more items"
        ]
      },
      "... and 13 more items"
    ],
    "birth_time_provided": true
  }
}