Planets in Houses

Endpoint POST https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/natal/planets-in-houses

Returns a house-by-house overview of the birth chart. For each of the 12 houses: the sign on the cusp, its lord, which planets occupy it, and which planets aspect it via Parashari graha drishti. This is the “at a glance” view of a Vedic chart — one loop gives you the complete picture without any client-side assembly.

Houses are computed using whole-sign (Rashi) house logic: house 1 is the ascendant sign, house 2 is the next sign, and so on. Aspects follow traditional Parashari rules — every planet casts a 7th-house aspect; Mars additionally aspects the 4th and 8th; Jupiter the 5th and 9th; Saturn the 3rd and 10th; Rahu/Ketu the 5th, 7th, and 9th.

Authentication

Required. Three methods accepted:

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

See authentication for security considerations.

Request body

Send a JSON object with Content-Type: application/json. All core fields are required — the ascendant (and therefore every house cusp) depends on the precise time and place of birth.

Field	Type	Required	Description
`year`	integer	Yes	Birth year, 4-digit (e.g. `1990`).
`month`	integer	Yes	Birth month, `1`–`12`.
`day`	integer	Yes	Day of month, `1`–`31`.
`hour`	integer	Yes	Hour in 24-hour local clock time, `0`–`23`.
`minute`	integer	Yes	Minute, `0`–`59`.
`second`	integer	No	Second, `0`–`59`. Default `0`.
`latitude`	number	Yes	Signed decimal degrees, −90…90. Positive = North (e.g. `28.6139`).
`longitude`	number	Yes	Signed decimal degrees, −180…180. Positive = East (e.g. `77.2090`).
`timezone`	string	Yes	IANA timezone identifier (e.g. `Asia/Kolkata`). DST is resolved automatically.
`name`	string	No	Native’s name. Not returned by this endpoint; use `/vedic/birth-details` to retrieve it.
`place`	string	No	Birth place label. Not returned by this endpoint; use `/vedic/birth-details` to retrieve it.
`ayanamsa`	string	No	Sidereal mode. Default `lahiri`. Full list of 45+ ayanamsas →
`node_type`	string	No	`mean` (default) or `true`. Controls Rahu/Ketu position calculation.

Use the local clock time of birth. Pass the wall-clock time as recorded on the birth certificate together with the IANA timezone of the birth place — the backend converts to UTC internally. Do not pre-convert to UTC yourself.

Response shape

The data.houses array always contains exactly 12 objects, one per house in order. Each house is flat — no nested objects. Birth input (name, date, time, gender, location) is not echoed back — call /vedic/birth-details separately to retrieve resolved birth details.

Field	Type	Description
houses[]
`house`	integer	House number, `1`–`12`.
`sign_number`	integer	Sign on the cusp, 1 = Aries … 12 = Pisces.
`sign`	string	Sign name in English.
`sign_hindi`	string	Sign name in Hindi.
`house_lord`	string	Ruling planet of the house sign.
`occupying_planets`	string[]	Planets sitting in this house. Empty array if none.
`aspected_by`	string[]	Planets aspecting this house via graha drishti. Empty array if none.
meta
`meta.endpoint`	string	Echo of the called endpoint path.
`meta.version`	string	API version (currently `3.0`).
`meta.response_time_ms`	integer	Server-side response time in milliseconds.
`meta.timestamp`	string (ISO 8601)	Time the response was served.
`meta.credits_remaining`	integer	API credits remaining on your plan.
`meta.request_id`	string	Unique request identifier — include in support tickets.
`meta.ayanamsa.name`	string	Sidereal mode applied.
`meta.ayanamsa.value`	number	Ayanamsa offset in decimal degrees.
`meta.ayanamsa.value_dms`	string	Same in D°M′S″ format.
`meta.node_type`	string	Rahu/Ketu calculation mode: `mean` or `true`.

Use cases

House grid UI — loop 1–12 and render each house with its sign, occupants, and aspects in a single pass.
Report cards — “Your 7th house (Pisces, lord Jupiter) has Moon and Venus, aspected by Saturn and Ketu.”
Quick strength check — count how many planets occupy or aspect a house to gauge its activation level.
House lord analysis — pair house_lord with the planets endpoint to find where each lord sits.
Localized UI — the dual English / Hindi sign names let you render in either language without a second call.

Errors

HTTP	Code	Cause
400	`MISSING_FIELD`	A required birth field is absent.
400	`INVALID_DATE`	Invalid calendar date.
400	`INVALID_TIME`	Hour/minute/second out of range.
400	`INVALID_TIMEZONE`	Numeric or non-IANA timezone.
400	`INVALID_COORDINATE`	`latitude` / `longitude` out of range.
401	`AUTH_MISSING_KEY`	No API key in request.
401	`AUTH_INVALID_KEY`	Key format invalid or not found.
401	`AUTH_REVOKED_KEY`	Key has been revoked.
403	`AUTH_ORIGIN_DENIED`	Request from non-whitelisted origin.
405	`METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED`	Non-POST request.
429	`RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`	Plan quota exceeded.
500	`CALCULATION_ERROR`	Ephemeris calculation failed.

Error response format

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_TIMEZONE",
    "message": "Unrecognised timezone: 'Asia/Calcutta_'. Use a valid IANA identifier such as 'Asia/Kolkata'."
  }
}

# Replace YOUR_API_KEY with the key from your dashboard
curl -X POST "https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/natal/planets-in-houses" \
  -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "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/natal/planets-in-houses',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      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/natal/planets-in-houses',
    headers={'X-Api-Key': os.environ['STARSAPI_KEY']},
    json={
        '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 = [
    'year' => 1990,
    'month' => 5,
    'day' => 20,
    'hour' => 14,
    'minute' => 30,
    'second' => 0,
    'latitude' => 28.6139,
    'longitude' => 77.209,
    'timezone' => 'Asia/Kolkata',
];

$ch = curl_init('https://starsapi.com/api/v3/vedic/natal/planets-in-houses');
curl_setopt($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/natal/planets-in-houses'),
    headers: {
      'X-Api-Key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: jsonEncode({
      '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/natal/planets-in-houses"
    )!)
    request.httpMethod = "POST"
    request.setValue("YOUR_API_KEY", forHTTPHeaderField: "X-Api-Key")
    request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
    request.httpBody = """
        {
            "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 = """
    {
        "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/natal/planets-in-houses")
        .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{}{
        "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/natal/planets-in-houses",
        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/natal/planets-in-houses')
payload = {
  '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": {
    "houses": [
      {
        "house": 1,
        "sign_number": 6,
        "sign": "Virgo",
        "sign_hindi": "Kanya",
        "house_lord": "Mercury",
        "occupying_planets": [],
        "aspected_by": ["Moon", "Mars", "Venus", "Rahu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 2,
        "sign_number": 7,
        "sign": "Libra",
        "sign_hindi": "Tula",
        "house_lord": "Venus",
        "occupying_planets": [],
        "aspected_by": ["Mercury", "Jupiter", "Saturn"]
      },
      {
        "house": 3,
        "sign_number": 8,
        "sign": "Scorpio",
        "sign_hindi": "Vrishchik",
        "house_lord": "Mars",
        "occupying_planets": [],
        "aspected_by": ["Sun", "Ketu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 4,
        "sign_number": 9,
        "sign": "Sagittarius",
        "sign_hindi": "Dhanu",
        "house_lord": "Jupiter",
        "occupying_planets": [],
        "aspected_by": ["Jupiter"]
      },
      {
        "house": 5,
        "sign_number": 10,
        "sign": "Capricorn",
        "sign_hindi": "Makar",
        "house_lord": "Saturn",
        "occupying_planets": ["Saturn", "Rahu"],
        "aspected_by": ["Ketu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 6,
        "sign_number": 11,
        "sign": "Aquarius",
        "sign_hindi": "Kumbh",
        "house_lord": "Saturn",
        "occupying_planets": ["Mars"],
        "aspected_by": ["Jupiter"]
      },
      {
        "house": 7,
        "sign_number": 12,
        "sign": "Pisces",
        "sign_hindi": "Meen",
        "house_lord": "Jupiter",
        "occupying_planets": ["Moon", "Venus"],
        "aspected_by": ["Saturn", "Ketu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 8,
        "sign_number": 1,
        "sign": "Aries",
        "sign_hindi": "Mesh",
        "house_lord": "Mars",
        "occupying_planets": ["Mercury"],
        "aspected_by": []
      },
      {
        "house": 9,
        "sign_number": 2,
        "sign": "Taurus",
        "sign_hindi": "Vrishabh",
        "house_lord": "Venus",
        "occupying_planets": ["Sun"],
        "aspected_by": ["Mars", "Rahu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 10,
        "sign_number": 3,
        "sign": "Gemini",
        "sign_hindi": "Mithun",
        "house_lord": "Mercury",
        "occupying_planets": ["Jupiter"],
        "aspected_by": []
      },
      {
        "house": 11,
        "sign_number": 4,
        "sign": "Cancer",
        "sign_hindi": "Kark",
        "house_lord": "Moon",
        "occupying_planets": ["Ketu"],
        "aspected_by": ["Saturn", "Rahu"]
      },
      {
        "house": 12,
        "sign_number": 5,
        "sign": "Leo",
        "sign_hindi": "Simha",
        "house_lord": "Sun",
        "occupying_planets": [],
        "aspected_by": ["Mars"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "endpoint": "/api/v3/vedic/natal/planets-in-houses",
    "version": "3.0",
    "response_time_ms": 3,
    "timestamp": "2026-06-08T23:48:17+05:30",
    "credits_remaining": 198613,
    "request_id": "9d29c79b11021f33",
    "ayanamsa": {
      "name": "Lahiri",
      "value": 23.725957,
      "value_dms": "23°43'33\""
    },
    "node_type": "mean"
  }
}