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POST/v1/astro/varshaphal/saham

Varshaphal — Tajika Saham Points

Computes all 10 Tajika Saham (sensitive points) for a Varshaphal chart. Sahams are the Tajika equivalent of Arabic Parts — mathematically derived points that focus on specific life themes for the year. Formula: A - B + Ascendant (conditional +30° per Tajika Saham rules). Day and night formulas differ — the operands swap based on whether the solar return occurs during daytime or nighttime. 10 Sahams returned: Punya (Fortune), Vidya (Education), Yashas (Fame), Mitra (Friends), Mahatmya (Status), Asha (Desires), Karmakarya (Career), Vyapara (Business), Vivaha (Marriage), Santapa (Sorrow/Stress). Yashas and Mahatmya use Punya Saham as an operand — computed first.

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 (unless utc_offset is given). For dates before the zone adopted a standard time, the birthplace's local mean time (longitude / 15 hours) is used.
utc_offsetoptional
string | null
Optional explicit UTC offset of the birth time, as ±HH:MM or ±HH:MM:SS (e.g. '+04:51:31' for Bombay mean time). Overrides the offset timezone would give. Use it when the birth record states the offset, or for historical local times the IANA database cannot represent.
ayanamsaoptional
string
Sidereal ayanamsa mode used in calculations
target_yearrequired
integer
Year for solar return e.g. 2026

Response fields​

success
boolean
True if the request succeeded
message
string
Human-readable status message
data
object
data.target_year
integer
data.ayanamsa
string
data.solar_return_utc
string
data.is_day_return
boolean
True if solar return occurred during daytime — determines formula variant.
data.varshaphal_ascendant_longitude
number
data.total
integer
data.sahams
array[object]
data.sahams[].slug
string
data.sahams[].name
string
data.sahams[].theme
string
data.sahams[].longitude
number
data.sahams[].rashi_index
integer
data.sahams[].rashi
string
data.sahams[].degree_in_sign
number
data.sahams[].saham_lord
string
Classical lord of the sign where this Saham falls.
data.sahams[].formula_used
string
Day or night formula and planet operands used.

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