Lal Kitab Varshphal

Endpoint POST https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal

Returns the Lal Kitab annual chart for the requested (or current) year of life — the year’s active house and planet movements per the Lal Kitab varshphal rotation tables, with placements given as house numbers (Lal Kitab style, no sign labels).

With no year parameter the endpoint returns the current running year. Send year_of_life or varshphal_year to view any other year; resolved.status reports whether that year is past, current or future. The Varshphal year runs birthday-to-birthday (active_from–active_till).

Lal Kitab uses house numbers only — houses are counted from the Lagna, and each house number carries its fixed Kaal-Purusha identity (house 1 = Aries-sthaan … house 12 = Pisces-sthaan). Zodiac sign labels are deliberately absent from Lal Kitab responses; planets are exalted, debilitated, or in their pakka ghar purely by house number. Doctrine in this namespace is sourced against the original Lal Kitab editions (1939–1952) and Arun Sanhita.

Authentication

Method	Example
Header (recommended)	`X-Api-Key: sa_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx`
Bearer	`Authorization: Bearer sa_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx`
Query	`?api_key=sa_live_xxxxxxxxxxxx`

Request body

Field	Type	Required	Description
`name`	string	No	Echoed in the response.
`year`	integer	Yes	Birth year.
`month`	integer	Yes	Birth month, 1–12.
`day`	integer	Yes	Day of month.
`hour`	integer	Yes	Hour, 24-hour.
`minute`	integer	Yes	Minute.
`second`	integer	No	Default `0`.
`latitude`	number	Yes	Decimal degrees.
`longitude`	number	Yes	Decimal degrees.
`timezone`	string	Yes	IANA timezone.
`ayanamsa`	string	No	Default `lahiri`.
`node_type`	string	No	`mean` (default) or `true`.
`year_of_life`	integer	No	Which year of life (1–150). Send this or `varshphal_year`, not both.
`varshphal_year`	integer	No	Calendar year (1900–2100), not before birth year. Default: current running year.

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`resolved`	object	Resolved `year_of_life`, `varshphal_year` and `status` (past / current / future).
`varshphal.year_info`	object	Varsh year, running age, completed years, and the active window (`active_from`, `active_till`, `active_note` — birthday to birthday).
`varshphal.active_house`	object	House activated for the year (house number, lord, planets, description).
`varshphal.varsh_tewa`	object	Annual chart: each house (1–12) with its lord and occupying planets.
`varshphal.images`	object	Signed North/South varsh-chart image URLs.

Errors

HTTP	Code	Cause
400	`MISSING_FIELD`	Required field absent.
400	`INVALID_DATE`	Bad calendar date.
400	`INVALID_TIME`	Hour/minute/second out of range.
400	`INVALID_TIMEZONE`	Non-IANA timezone.
400	`INVALID_COORDINATE`	Lat/lon out of range.
400	`INVALID_PARAM`	Bad ayanamsa or node_type.
405	`METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED`	Non-POST request.

# Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your dashboard
curl -X POST "https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "name": "Priya",
        "gender": "female",
        "year": 1990,
        "month": 5,
        "day": 20,
        "hour": 14,
        "minute": 30,
        "second": 0,
        "latitude": 28.6139,
        "longitude": 77.209,
        "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
    }'

const response = await fetch(
  'https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      name: 'Priya',
      gender: 'female',
      year: 1990,
      month: 5,
      day: 20,
      hour: 14,
      minute: 30,
      second: 0,
      latitude: 28.6139,
      longitude: 77.209,
      timezone: 'Asia/Kolkata'
    })
  }
);
const result = await response.json();

if (result.success) {
  console.log(result.data);
}

import requests
import os

response = requests.post(
    'https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal',
    headers={'X-Api-Key': os.environ['STARSAPI_KEY']},
    json={
        'name': 'Priya',
        'gender': 'female',
        'year': 1990,
        'month': 5,
        'day': 20,
        'hour': 14,
        'minute': 30,
        'second': 0,
        'latitude': 28.6139,
        'longitude': 77.209,
        'timezone': 'Asia/Kolkata'
    }
)
result = response.json()

if result['success']:
    print(result['data'])

<?php
$payload = [
    'name' => 'Priya',
    'gender' => 'female',
    'year' => 1990,
    'month' => 5,
    'day' => 20,
    'hour' => 14,
    'minute' => 30,
    'second' => 0,
    'latitude' => 28.6139,
    'longitude' => 77.209,
    'timezone' => 'Asia/Kolkata',
];

$ch = curl_init('https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode($payload));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'X-Api-Key: ' . getenv('STARSAPI_KEY'),
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$data = json_decode($response, true);

if ($data['success']) {
    print_r($data['data']);
}

import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
import 'dart:convert';

Future<Map<String, dynamic>> getAscendant() async {
  final response = await http.post(
    Uri.parse('https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal'),
    headers: {
      'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: jsonEncode({
      'name': 'Priya',
      'gender': 'female',
      'year': 1990,
      'month': 5,
      'day': 20,
      'hour': 14,
      'minute': 30,
      'second': 0,
      'latitude': 28.6139,
      'longitude': 77.209,
      'timezone': 'Asia/Kolkata',
    }),
  );
  return jsonDecode(response.body);
}

import Foundation

func getAscendant() async throws -> [String: Any] {
    var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string:
        "https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal"
    )!)
    request.httpMethod = "POST"
    request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
    request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
    request.httpBody = """
        {
            "name": "Priya",
            "gender": "female",
            "year": 1990,
            "month": 5,
            "day": 20,
            "hour": 14,
            "minute": 30,
            "second": 0,
            "latitude": 28.6139,
            "longitude": 77.209,
            "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
        }
        """.data(using: .utf8)

    let (data, _) = try await URLSession.shared.data(for: request)
    return try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data) as! [String: Any]
}

import okhttp3.*
import org.json.JSONObject

val client = OkHttpClient()
val JSON = "application/json; charset=utf-8".toMediaType()

fun getAscendant(callback: (JSONObject) -> Unit) {
    val payload = """
    {
        "name": "Priya",
        "gender": "female",
        "year": 1990,
        "month": 5,
        "day": 20,
        "hour": 14,
        "minute": 30,
        "second": 0,
        "latitude": 28.6139,
        "longitude": 77.209,
        "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata"
    }
    """.trimIndent()

    val request = Request.Builder()
        .url("https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal")
        .addHeader("X-Api-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
        .post(payload.toRequestBody(JSON))
        .build()

    client.newCall(request).enqueue(object : Callback {
        override fun onResponse(call: Call, response: Response) {
            callback(JSONObject(response.body!!.string()))
        }
        override fun onFailure(call: Call, e: java.io.IOException) {
            e.printStackTrace()
        }
    })
}

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]interface{}{
        "name": "Priya",
        "gender": "female",
        "year": 1990,
        "month": 5,
        "day": 20,
        "hour": 14,
        "minute": 30,
        "second": 0,
        "latitude": 28.6139,
        "longitude": 77.209,
        "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
    })

    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal",
        bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
    req.Header.Set("X-Api-Key", os.Getenv("STARSAPI_KEY"))
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    var result map[string]interface{}
    json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&result)
    fmt.Println(result["data"])
}

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal')
payload = {
  'name' => 'Priya',
  'gender' => 'female',
  'year' => 1990,
  'month' => 5,
  'day' => 20,
  'hour' => 14,
  'minute' => 30,
  'second' => 0,
  'latitude' => 28.6139,
  'longitude' => 77.209,
  'timezone' => 'Asia/Kolkata'
}

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['X-Api-Key'] = ENV['STARSAPI_KEY']
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = payload.to_json

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
res = http.request(req)

data = JSON.parse(res.body)
puts data['data'] if data['success']

200 RESPONSE

{
  "status": 200,
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "name": "Priya",
    "resolved": { "year_of_life": 37, "varshphal_year": 2026, "status": "current" },
    "varshphal": {
      "year_info": {
        "varsh_year": 2026, "running_age": 37, "completed_years": 36,
        "birthday": "05-20",
        "active_from": "2026-05-20", "active_till": "2027-05-20",
        "active_note": "Varshphal year active from 2026-05-20 to 2027-05-20 (birthday to birthday)."
      },
      "active_house": { "house": 1, "lord": "Mars", "planets": [], "description": "House 1 is activated for age 37..." },
      "varsh_tewa": { "1": { "lord": "Mars", "planets": [] }, "2": { "lord": "Venus", "planets": ["Sun"] } },
      "images": { "north": "https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/chart-image?...&chart=VARSH&style=north", "south": "..." },
      "...": "annual movements and indications"
    }
  },
  "meta": { "endpoint": "/api/v3/vedic/lal-kitab/varshphal", "version": "3.0", "node_type": "mean" }
}