Ashtamsa(D8) Chart Info - Free Astrology API

Overview

The Ashtamsa (D8) Chart Info API calculates planetary placements in the Ashtamsa divisional chart using a person's birth date, time, and geographical location. In traditional Vedic astrology, the D8 chart is used for specialized astrological interpretations and provides an additional perspective alongside the main birth chart (D1).

The API returns the Ascendant and planetary placements in the D8 chart, including each body's zodiac sign number, house number, and retrograde status. The response includes the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, Saturn, Rahu, Ketu, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. Developers can use this information to display Ashtamsa chart placements and support further Vedic astrology analysis.

To calculate Ashtamsa chart information, provide the birth year, month, date, time, latitude, longitude, and timezone. Optional configuration settings allow you to select the Ayanamsha, such as Lahiri or Sayana, and choose a geocentric or topocentric observation point. The API returns the chart information in JSON format for integration into websites, mobile applications, and Vedic astrology software.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description	Example
`year`	integer	Yes	Year number, eg: 2023	2023
`month`	integer	Yes	Month number,with no leading zero	7
`date`	integer	Yes	Day number,with no leading zero	5
`hours`	integer	Yes	Hours number,with no leading zero	1
`minutes`	integer	Yes	Minutes number,with no leading zero	1
`seconds`	integer	Yes	Seconds number, with no leading zero	0
`latitude`	float	Yes	Latitude number, in the range from -90 to 90	12.86
`longitude`	float	Yes	Longitude number, in the range from -180 to 180	123.5
`timezone`	float	Yes	Timezone of birth location, eg: 5.5	5.5
📦 `config`	object	No	Contains optional configuration values
`ayanamsha`	string	No	Either "tropical" or "sayana" or "lahiri"	Either "tropical" or "sayana" or "lahiri"
`language`	string	No	Valid 2 letter ISO 639-1 language code	Either "en" For English or "te" for Telugu or "hi" for Hindi or "ta" for Tamil or "kn" for Kannada or "ml" for Malayalam or "or" for Odia or "gu" for Gujarati or "pa" for Punjabi or "bn" for Bengali or "mr" for Marathi or "as" for Assamese or "ur" for Urdu or "ne" for Nepali
`observation_point`	string	No	Geocentric positions are calculated with respect to the center of Earth. Topocentric positions are calculated with respect to the actual given place	Either "topocentric" or "geocentric"

Supported Languages

This API endpoint supports the following languages. Use the corresponding 2-letter language code in the language parameter when making your request.

Language	Code
English	`en`
Telugu	`te`
Hindi	`hi`
Tamil	`ta`
Kannada	`kn`
Malayalam	`ml`
Odia	`or`
Gujarati	`gu`
Punjabi	`pa`
Bengali	`bn`
Marathi	`mr`
Assamese	`as`
Urdu	`ur`
Nepali	`ne`

Example

To request the response in Telugu, use te as the language code:

{
    "language": "te"
}

Request Example

{
    "year": 1987,
    "month": 4,
    "date": 7,
    "hours": 0,
    "minutes": 7,
    "seconds": 0,
    "latitude": 17.385,
    "longitude": 78.4867,
    "timezone": 5.5,
    "config": {
        "observation_point": "topocentric", 
        "ayanamsha": "lahiri",
        "language": "te"
    }
}

Response Examples

Example responses returned by this API.

English Response

{
    "statusCode": 200,
    "output": {
        "0": {
            "name": "Ascendant",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 10,
            "house_number": 1
        },
        "1": {
            "name": "Sun",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 3,
            "house_number": 6
        },
        "2": {
            "name": "Moon",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 8,
            "house_number": 11
        },
        "3": {
            "name": "Mars",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 6,
            "house_number": 9
        },
        "4": {
            "name": "Mercury",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 10,
            "house_number": 1
        },
        "5": {
            "name": "Jupiter",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 7,
            "house_number": 10
        },
        "6": {
            "name": "Venus",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 3,
            "house_number": 6
        },
        "7": {
            "name": "Saturn",
            "isRetro": "false",
            "current_sign": 2,
            "house_number": 5
        },
        "8": {
            "name": "Rahu",
            "isRetro": "true",
            "current_sign": 5,
            "house_number": 8
        },
        "9": {
            "name": "Ketu",
            "isRetro": "true",
            "current_sign": 5,
            "house_number": 8
        },
        "10": {
            "name": "Uranus",
            "isRetro": "true",
            "current_sign": 3,
            "house_number": 6
        },
        "11": {
            "name": "Neptune",
            "isRetro": "true",
            "current_sign": 2,
            "house_number": 5
        },
        "12": {
            "name": "Pluto",
            "isRetro": "true",
            "current_sign": 9,
            "house_number": 12
        }
    }
}

Code Examples

Use the following examples to integrate this API into your application.

PHP Code


        $curl = curl_init();

        curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
        CURLOPT_URL => 'https://json.freeastrologyapi.com/d8-chart-info',
        CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
        CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
        CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
        CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
        CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
        CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
        CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
        CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS =>'{
            "year": 2022,
            "month": 8,
            "date": 11,
            "hours": 6,
            "minutes": 0,
            "seconds": 0,
            "latitude": 17.38333,
            "longitude": 78.4666,
            "timezone": 5.5,
            "config": {
                "observation_point": "topocentric",
                "ayanamsha": "lahiri"
            }
        }',
        CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
            'Content-Type: application/json',
            'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
        ),
        ));

        $response = curl_exec($curl);

        curl_close($curl);
        echo $response;

Python Code


        import requests
        import json

        url = "https://json.freeastrologyapi.com/d8-chart-info"

        payload = json.dumps({
        "year": 2022,
        "month": 8,
        "date": 11,
        "hours": 6,
        "minutes": 0,
        "seconds": 0,
        "latitude": 17.38333,
        "longitude": 78.4666,
        "timezone": 5.5,
        "config": {
            "observation_point": "topocentric",
            "ayanamsha": "lahiri"
        }
        })
        headers = {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
        }

        response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

        print(response.text)

Node JS Code


        var request = require('request');
        var options = {
        'method': 'POST',
        'url': 'https://json.freeastrologyapi.com/d8-chart-info',
        'headers': {
            'Content-Type': 'application/json',
            'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
            "year": 2022,
            "month": 8,
            "date": 11,
            "hours": 6,
            "minutes": 0,
            "seconds": 0,
            "latitude": 17.38333,
            "longitude": 78.4666,
            "timezone": 5.5,
            "config": {
            "observation_point": "topocentric",
            "ayanamsha": "lahiri"
            }
        })

        };
        request(options, function (error, response) {
        if (error) throw new Error(error);
        console.log(response.body);
        });