POST/v1/western/transits/daily

Western Daily Transits

Current sky positions vs natal chart. Returns all 10 planets with tropical longitudes and active aspects to natal positions using standard modern Western transit orbs: major 3°, sextile 2°, minor 1°. Defaults to today if no date given.

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

start_dateoptional

string | null

Transit reference date (YYYY-MM-DD): snapshot day for daily transits; window start for weekly (7 days) and monthly (30 days). Defaults to today.

Response fields

success

boolean

True if the request succeeded

message

string

Human-readable status message

data

object

data.date

string

data.transit_planets

array[object]

data.transit_planets[].name

string

data.transit_planets[].longitude

number

data.transit_planets[].sign

string

data.transit_planets[].sign_index

integer

data.transit_planets[].degree_in_sign

number

data.transit_planets[].is_retrograde

boolean

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal

array[object]

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].transit_planet

string

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].natal_planet

string

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].type

string

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].exact_angle

number

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].orb

number

data.transit_planets[].aspects_to_natal[].is_applying

boolean

data.aspects

array[object]

data.aspects[].transit_planet

string

data.aspects[].natal_planet

string

data.aspects[].type

string

data.aspects[].exact_angle

number

data.aspects[].orb

number

data.aspects[].is_applying

boolean

data.total_aspects

integer

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

• Western Monthly Transits
• Western Weekly Transits

Request

POST·application/json

curl

curl -X POST "https://api.asterwise.com/v1/western/transits/daily" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Arjun Mehta","date":"1985-11-12","time":"06:45","latitude":19.076,"longitude":72.8777,"timezone":"Asia/Kolkata","start_date":"2026-01-01"}'

Python

import asterwise
from asterwise.api.western_astrology_api import WesternAstrologyApi
from asterwise.models.western_transit_request import WesternTransitRequest

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

request = WesternTransitRequest(
    name="Arjun Mehta",
    date="1985-11-12",
    time="06:45",
    latitude=19.076,
    longitude=72.8777,
    timezone="Asia/Kolkata",
    start_date="2026-01-01",
)

with asterwise.ApiClient(configuration) as client:
    api = WesternAstrologyApi(client)
    result = api.western_transits_daily(western_transit_request=request)
    print(result)

TypeScript

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

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

const result = await westernTransitsDaily({
  client,
  body: {
      "name": "Arjun Mehta",
      "date": "1985-11-12",
      "time": "06:45",
      "latitude": 19.076,
      "longitude": 72.8777,
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
      "start_date": "2026-01-01"
  },
});

console.log(result.data);

Response

200 OK·application/jsonsigned

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "success",
  "data": {
    "date": "2026-01-01",
    "transit_planets": [
      {
        "name": "Sun",
        "longitude": 281.07802,
        "sign": "Capricorn",
        "sign_index": 9,
        "degree_in_sign": 11.07802,
        "is_retrograde": false,
        "aspects_to_natal": [
          {
            "transit_planet": "Sun",
            "natal_planet": "Moon",
            "type": "sextile",
            "exact_angle": 59.2397,
            "orb": 0.7603,
            "is_applying": true
          },
          {
            "transit_planet": "Sun",
            "natal_planet": "Mars",
            "type": "square",
            "exact_angle": 91.4256,
            "orb": 1.4256,
            "is_applying": false
          }
        ]
      },
      {
        "name": "Moon",
        "longitude": 74.225251,
        "sign": "Gemini",
        "sign_index": 2,
        "degree_in_sign": 14.225251,
        "is_retrograde": false,
        "aspects_to_natal": [
          {
            "transit_planet": "Moon",
            "natal_planet": "Mercury",
            "type": "opposition",
            "exact_angle": 177.9538,
            "orb": 2.0462,
            "is_applying": false
          },
          {
            "transit_planet": "Moon",
            "natal_planet": "Uranus",
            "type": "opposition",
            "exact_angle": 177.707,
            "orb": 2.293,
            "is_applying": false
          }
        ]
      },
      "... and 8 more items"
    ],
    "aspects": [
      {
        "transit_planet": "Sun",
        "natal_planet": "Moon",
        "type": "sextile",
        "exact_angle": 59.2397,
        "orb": 0.7603,
        "is_applying": true
      },
      {
        "transit_planet": "Sun",
        "natal_planet": "Mars",
        "type": "square",
        "exact_angle": 91.4256,
        "orb": 1.4256,
        "is_applying": false
      },
      "... and 16 more items"
    ],
    "total_aspects": 18
  }
}