Lal Kitab Planetary Positions API

Access Lal Kitab Planetary Positions from the DivineAPI Lal Kitab suite. Based on the principles of Lal Kitab (the Red Book of Vedic astrology), this endpoint returns each planet's sign, house, position and benefic or malefic nature as per Lal Kitab for the provided birth details.

API Endpoint

POST https://astroapi-3.divineapi.com/indian-api/v1/lal-kitab/planetary-positions

Returns the requested Lal Kitab data in the response.

Supported Language Codes

You can localize the API response by passing the lan parameter in the request body.

Code	Language
en	English
hi	Hindi
bn	Bengali
ma	Marathi
tm	Tamil
tl	Telugu
ml	Malayalam
kn	Kannada

Support Article: Translating Vedic APIs into Different Languages

Headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization *	String	Your API Access Token, e.g. `Bearer {token}`

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
api_key *	String	Your API key
full_name *	String	Full name, e.g. `Rahul Kumar`
day *	Integer	Date of birth, e.g. `24`
month *	Integer	Month of birth, e.g. `05`
year *	Integer	Year of birth, e.g. `2023`
hour *	Integer	Hour (24-hour format), e.g. `14`
min *	Integer	Minute, e.g. `40`
sec *	Integer	Second, e.g. `43`
gender *	String	Gender, e.g. `male`
place *	String	Place of birth, e.g. `New Delhi`
lat *	Float	Latitude, e.g. `28.7041`
lon *	Float	Longitude, e.g. `77.1025`
tzone *	Float	Timezone, e.g. `5.5` — See Timezone List
lan	String	Language code as per the table above; default is `en`

200: OK Lal Kitab Planetary Positions Fetched Successfully

{
    "success": 1,
    "data": {
        "planet_data": [
            {
                "planet": "Sun",
                "sign": "Sagittarius",
                "sign_no": 9,
                "position": "Friendly Sign",
                "soya": "Yes",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Benefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Moon",
                "sign": "Sagittarius",
                "sign_no": 9,
                "position": "Normal",
                "soya": "Yes",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Benefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Mars",
                "sign": "Libra",
                "sign_no": 7,
                "position": "Normal",
                "soya": "No",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Malefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Mercury",
                "sign": "Scorpio",
                "sign_no": 8,
                "position": "Normal",
                "soya": "Yes",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Benefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Venus",
                "sign": "Libra",
                "sign_no": 7,
                "position": "Own",
                "soya": "No",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "Yes",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Benefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Jupiter",
                "sign": "Capricorn",
                "sign_no": 10,
                "position": "Debilitated",
                "soya": "Yes",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "Yes",
                "retro": "No",
                "benefic_malefic": "Malefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Saturn",
                "sign": "Leo",
                "sign_no": 5,
                "position": "Enemy Sign",
                "soya": "No",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "Yes",
                "benefic_malefic": "Malefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Rahu",
                "sign": "Leo",
                "sign_no": 5,
                "position": "Enemy Sign",
                "soya": "No",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "Yes",
                "benefic_malefic": "Malefic"
            },
            {
                "planet": "Ketu",
                "sign": "Aquarius",
                "sign_no": 11,
                "position": "Friendly Sign",
                "soya": "No",
                "kismat_jaganewala": "No",
                "retro": "Yes",
                "benefic_malefic": "Benefic"
            }
        ]
    }
}

Code Integration Examples

Below are examples for using this API in different programming environments.

cURL Example

curl --location 'https://astroapi-3.divineapi.com/indian-api/v1/lal-kitab/planetary-positions' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {Your Auth Token}' \
--form 'api_key="{Your API Key}"' \
--form 'full_name="Test"' \
--form 'day="24"' \
--form 'month="05"' \
--form 'year="2023"' \
--form 'hour="14"' \
--form 'min="40"' \
--form 'sec="43"' \
--form 'gender="male"' \
--form 'place="New Delhi"' \
--form 'lat="28.7041"' \
--form 'lon="77.1025"' \
--form 'tzone="5.5"' \
--form 'lan="en"' \

NodeJS Example

var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'POST',
  'url': 'https://astroapi-3.divineapi.com/indian-api/v1/lal-kitab/planetary-positions',
  'headers': {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {Your Auth Token}'
  },
  formData: {
    'api_key': '{Your API Key}',
    'full_name': 'Test',
    'day': '24',
    'month': '05',
    'year': '2023',
    'hour': '14',
    'min': '40',
    'sec': '43',
    'gender': 'male',
    'place': 'New Delhi',
    'lat': '28.7041',
    'lon': '77.1025',
    'tzone': '5.5',
    'lan': 'en'
  }
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});

JavaScript (jQuery AJAX) Example

var form = new FormData();
form.append("api_key", "{Your API Key}");
form.append("full_name", "Test");
form.append("day", "24");
form.append("month", "05");
form.append("year", "2023");
form.append("hour", "14");
form.append("min", "40");
form.append("sec", "43");
form.append("gender", "male");
form.append("place", "New Delhi");
form.append("lat", "28.7041");
form.append("lon", "77.1025");
form.append("tzone", "5.5");
form.append("lan", "en");

var settings = {
  "url": "https://astroapi-3.divineapi.com/indian-api/v1/lal-kitab/planetary-positions",
  "method": "POST",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {Your Auth Token}"
  },
  "processData": false,
  "mimeType": "multipart/form-data",
  "contentType": false,
  "data": form
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});

Python Example

import requests

url = "https://astroapi-3.divineapi.com/indian-api/v1/lal-kitab/planetary-positions"

payload = {'api_key': '{Your API Key}',
'full_name': 'Test',
'day': '24',
'month': '05',
'year': '2023',
'hour': '14',
'min': '40',
'sec': '43',
'gender': 'male',
'place': 'New Delhi',
'lat': '28.7041',
'lon': '77.1025',
'tzone': '5.5',
'lan': 'en'}

headers = {
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {Your Auth Token}'
}

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

print(response.text)

This API serves as a foundation for further astrological computations, including Kundli generation, planetary charts, yogas, and personalized reports. It provides all key birth-time astrological parameters such as tithi, nakshatra, rashi, yoga, karana, varna, gana, and planetary influences, essential for deeper Vedic analysis.