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API96Astro API

Utilities

Languages, place search, time-zone resolution and quick sign finders.

The Utilities family has 7 capabilities, 7 callable today on API v1. Each one is a single POST with a JSON body, priced in credits per successful call.

7 capabilities

  1. Find Ascendant

    Available

    Rising sign, degree, nakshatra and pada with its KP sign, star and sub lords for a date, time and place, plus the planets' sidereal positions at that moment.

    Input
    Birth details
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

  2. Find Moon Sign

    Available

    Sidereal Moon sign (and nakshatra) for a date, time and place.

    Input
    Birth details
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

  3. Find Sun Sign

    Available

    The sidereal (Vedic) Sun sign with degree and nakshatra, and the tropical (Western) Sun sign, for a date; time and place refine it.

    Input
    Date
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

  4. Supported Languages

    Available

    Lists the language codes responses can be localised into, with English and native names and whether each is written right to left.

    Input
    No input
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light
    24 options available
    • English
    • Hindi
    • Marathi
    • Nepali
    • Bengali
    • Tamil
    • Telugu
    • Kannada
    • Malayalam
    • Gujarati
    • Punjabi
    • Odia
    • Sinhala
    • French
    • Spanish
    • Portuguese
    • German
    • Italian
    • Dutch
    • Polish
    • Turkish
    • Russian
    • Korean
    • Japanese

  5. Place Search

    Available

    Searches the built-in city list by name and returns coordinates, IANA zone and the UTC offset in force on a given date/time.

    Input
    Name
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

  6. Place Search (City + Country)

    Available

    Place search narrowed by city and country, with DST-aware offset.

    Input
    Name
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

  7. Resolve Birth Instant

    Available

    Turns an IANA zone plus local date and time into one UTC instant, or reports that the local time was ambiguous (both candidates returned) or nonexistent across a DST change.

    Input
    Specific input
    Output
    JSON
    Delivery
    Direct response
    Compute class
    Light

Utilities API: common questions

What does the Utilities API cover?

Languages, place search, time-zone resolution and quick sign finders. It includes Find Ascendant, Find Moon Sign, Find Sun Sign, Supported Languages and Place Search and 2 more.

How are Utilities calls priced?

Per successful call: 1 credit, depending on the capability. See pricing.

Where is the technical reference?

In the Utilities reference, with endpoints, inputs and example responses.