/v1/chart/ashtakvarga

Sarva + 8 Bhinna Ashtakavarga charts.

What this tells you

Ashtakavarga assigns "bindus" (points) to each sign, based on the positions of the 7 planets relative to each other and the ascendant. High bindus in a sign = that sign receives favorable energy. Used heavily for transit predictions ("when Jupiter transits a sign with 6 bindus, good events"). The Sarva grand total of 337 is a classical invariant — validates calculation correctness.

Request

All requests require an Authorization header with your dv_live_* API key.

example request

curl "https://api.divyastroapi.com/v1/chart/ashtakvarga?date=2026-04-19&time=06%3A30&tz=%2B05%3A30&lat=28.61&lon=77.21" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer dv_live_0123456789abcdef0123456789abcdef"

Response (200 OK)

Successful requests return a JSON body. Field names are stable across versions.

200 response

{
  "sarva": [27, 29, 31, 34, 26, 28, 30, 32, 29, 25, 27, 29],
  "sarva_total": 347,
  "bhinna": {
    "Sun":     [3, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 5, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3],
    "Moon":    [4, 5, 3, 5, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 4, 5],
    "Mars":    [3, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4, 5, 3, 2, 2],
    "Mercury": [4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 3, 4, 5, 4, 4, 5, 3],
    "Jupiter": [5, 4, 6, 7, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5],
    "Venus":   [4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 3, 5],
    "Saturn":  [4, 4, 4, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 6]
  },
  "grand_total": 337
}

Field reference

Every field in the response, with its type, a real example, and what it means.

Field	Type	Meaning
sarva	integer[12]	Sarva Ashtakavarga — sum of all 7 Bhinna scores per sign. Index 0 = Aries, index 11 = Pisces. example: `[27, 29, 31, …]`
sarva_total	integer	Sum of all 12 sarva values. Classical grand total should be 337. example: `347`
bhinna	object	Per-planet Bhinna Ashtakavarga. Each planet has 12 values (one per sign), summing to a specific classical total. example: `…`
bhinna[planet]	integer[12]	Bindus per sign. Classical totals per planet: Sun=48, Moon=49, Mars=39, Mercury=54, Jupiter=56, Venus=52, Saturn=39. Grand total: 337. example: `[3, 4, 5, 4, …]`
grand_total	integer	Sum across all 7 bhinnas. Should always equal 337 — if not, calculation error. example: `337`

Usage tips

How to use it

Transit scoring
Pair with /v1/transit/positions to check "is the transiting planet in a high-bindu sign?" — high = favorable transit.
Heat-map visualization
Render the 12-sign sarva array as a horizontal bar chart, colored from red (low) to green (high).

Errors

Every error follows the same envelope. Use the error.code field (not the message) for conditional logic in your integration.

401 Unauthorized

{
  "error": {
    "code": "unauthorized",
    "message": "missing or invalid API key",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

402 Payment Required

{
  "error": {
    "code": "trial_exhausted",
    "message": "your free trial credits are exhausted — pick a plan to continue",
    "top_up_url": "https://divyastroapi.com/pricing",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "rate limit exceeded; retry after 12 seconds",
    "request_id": "req_01hqy7k8c3e7m1n"
  }
}

Try it

Get a dv_live_* key from your dashboard and paste into the cURL snippet above. New accounts get 500 free credits. Sign up.