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Chestha Bala part in Shad Bala

Calculate Cheshta Bala (motional strength), one of the six components of Shadbala in Vedic astrology. Explore how planetary motion contributes to planetary strength and integrate this component into detailed horoscope analysis and planetary strength reports.

/shadbala/cheshta-bala

Method

POST

Format

JSON

Auth

API Key

Credits

Overview

The Cheshta Bala API focuses on motional strength, one of the six components of the traditional Vedic astrology Shadbala system. Cheshta Bala evaluates planetary strength associated with planetary motion, including the apparent movement of planets as observed from Earth.

In traditional Vedic astrology, Cheshta Bala is particularly relevant to the assessment of planetary motion and is commonly considered for the five non-luminary classical planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. Developers can use this strength component alongside other Shadbala measures to present detailed planetary strength analysis in horoscope applications and astrology reports.

Use the birth details and configuration parameters specified in the endpoint documentation to request Cheshta Bala calculations. The API returns structured JSON data 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"
`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"

Request Example

{
  "year": 1993,
  "month": 1,
  "date": 22,
  "hours": 13,
  "minutes": 20,
  "seconds": 0,
  "latitude": 30.37,
  "longitude": 75.86,
  "timezone": 5.5,
  "config": {
    "observation_point": "geocentric",
    "ayanamsha": "sayana"
  }
}

Response Examples

Example responses returned by this API.

Response

{
    "statusCode": 200,
    "output": {
        "Sun": {
            "chesta_bala": 10.768,
            "rupas": 0.18
        },
        "Moon": {
            "chesta_bala": 1.648,
            "rupas": 0.03
        },
        "Mars": {
            "chesta_bala": 58.089,
            "rupas": 0.97
        },
        "Mercury": {
            "chesta_bala": 5.668,
            "rupas": 0.09
        },
        "Jupiter": {
            "chesta_bala": 33.358,
            "rupas": 0.56
        },
        "Venus": {
            "chesta_bala": 44.593,
            "rupas": 0.74
        },
        "Saturn": {
            "chesta_bala": 10.319,
            "rupas": 0.17
        }
    }
}

Code Examples

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

PHP Code

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://json.freeastrologyapi.com/shadbala/cheshta-bala',
  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": 1993,
  "month": 1,
  "date": 22,
  "hours": 13,
  "minutes": 20,
  "seconds": 0,
  "latitude": 30.37,
  "longitude": 75.86,
  "timezone": 5.5,
  "config": {
    "observation_point": "geocentric",
    "ayanamsha": "sayana"
  }
}',
  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/shadbala/cheshta-bala"

payload = json.dumps({
  "year": 1993,
  "month": 1,
  "date": 22,
  "hours": 13,
  "minutes": 20,
  "seconds": 0,
  "latitude": 30.37,
  "longitude": 75.86,
  "timezone": 5.5,
  "config": {
    "observation_point": "geocentric",
    "ayanamsha": "sayana"
  }
})
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/shadbala/cheshta-bala',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "year": 1993,
    "month": 1,
    "date": 22,
    "hours": 13,
    "minutes": 20,
    "seconds": 0,
    "latitude": 30.37,
    "longitude": 75.86,
    "timezone": 5.5,
    "config": {
      "observation_point": "geocentric",
      "ayanamsha": "sayana"
    }
  })

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