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Dig Bala part in Shad Bala

Calculate Dig Bala (directional strength), one of the six components of Shadbala in Vedic astrology. Evaluate how planetary positions contribute to directional strength and integrate this component into detailed planetary strength analysis and horoscope applications.

/shadbala/dig-bala

Method

POST

Format

JSON

Auth

API Key

Credits

Overview

The Dig Bala API focuses on directional strength, one of the six components of the traditional Vedic astrology Shadbala system. Dig Bala evaluates a planet's strength based on its position in the chart relative to the directions associated with planetary strength.

In traditional Vedic astrology, Dig Bala is assessed for the seven classical planets: Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn. This strength component helps developers present directional strength alongside other Shadbala measures in planetary strength tables, horoscope analysis tools, and detailed astrology reports.

Use the birth details and configuration parameters specified in the endpoint documentation to request Dig 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": {
            "dig_bala": 50.904,
            "rupas": 0.85
        },
        "Moon": {
            "dig_bala": 10.744,
            "rupas": 0.18
        },
        "Mars": {
            "dig_bala": 15.73,
            "rupas": 0.26
        },
        "Mercury": {
            "dig_bala": 20.611,
            "rupas": 0.34
        },
        "Jupiter": {
            "dig_bala": 14.991,
            "rupas": 0.25
        },
        "Venus": {
            "dig_bala": 6.583,
            "rupas": 0.11
        },
        "Saturn": {
            "dig_bala": 33.613,
            "rupas": 0.56
        }
    }
}

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/dig-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/dig-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/dig-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);
});