get_transits
Planetary transits (gochar) now or on a date
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Returns where the nine grahas actually are at a moment in time (gochar / transit chart), for a place: each graha's sidereal sign, degree within the sign, nakshatra, pada, retrograde flag, dignity and house from the transit ascendant, plus the transit lagna itself. Defaults to right now at that place. Pass the optional natal birth details and the result ALSO counts each transiting graha's whole-sign house from the natal Moon (chandra lagna) -- the frame classical gochar is read in. Use this for 'where is Saturn/Jupiter right now' and 'what is transiting my moon sign' questions. It answers for ONE moment only and returns no ingress, retrograde-station or sign-change dates -- do not scan it across many dates to find them. For the birth chart itself use get_janam_kundali; for dated Saturn phases use get_sade_sati, the one tool here that returns transit date ranges. Read-only deterministic computation (Swiss Ephemeris, Lahiri ayanamsa, whole-sign houses); no writes, no auth. Rate limits are counted per server instance: at least 30 requests/min/IP on this endpoint, plus a shared engine budget of at least 60/min/IP across all chart tools -- and a call carrying natal costs TWO of those, since it computes the natal chart as well. It returns COMPUTED POSITIONS ONLY -- no forecast, horoscope or interpretation text is produced.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| date | string | no | Date of the transit chart, YYYY-MM-DD, years 1200-2400. Omit for today at the given place. A past or future date gives the positions for that single day. |
| time | string | no | Local clock time of the transit chart, HH:MM 24-hour (00:00-23:59). Omit for the current time at the given place. It matters most for the Moon (about 13 degrees a day) and for the transit lagna (a full sign every two hours); the slow grahas barely move within a day. |
| place | string | no | Place as free text, "City, State, Country" -- e.g. "Jaipur, Rajasthan, India". Preferred input: it is geocoded to coordinates and an IANA timezone server-side, and any city worldwide works. Omit only if you pass latitude + longitude + timezone instead. |
| latitude | number | no | Latitude in decimal degrees, -90 to 90, north positive (Delhi = 28.6139). Use only when `place` is omitted, and then longitude and timezone are required too. |
| longitude | number | no | Longitude in decimal degrees, -180 to 180, east positive (Delhi = 77.2090). Use only when `place` is omitted. |
| timezone | string | no | IANA timezone name, e.g. "Asia/Kolkata" or "America/New_York" (never an offset like "+05:30"). Required when latitude/longitude are used; ignored when `place` is given. |
| natal | object | no | Optional birth details of the person the transits are being read for: birth_date, birth_time and a place (or latitude + longitude + timezone). Supply them to add the gochar_from_natal_moon block. Omit and only the sky positions are returned. |
Raw JSON schema
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"description": "Date of the transit chart, YYYY-MM-DD, years 1200-2400. Omit for today at the given place. A past or future date gives the positions for that single day.",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$"
},
"time": {
"description": "Local clock time of the transit chart, HH:MM 24-hour (00:00-23:59). Omit for the current time at the given place. It matters most for the Moon (about 13 degrees a day) and for the transit lagna (a full sign every two hours); the slow grahas barely move within a day.",
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}$"
},
"place": {
"description": "Place as free text, \"City, State, Country\" -- e.g. \"Jaipur, Rajasthan, India\". Preferred input: it is geocoded to coordinates and an IANA timezone server-side, and any city worldwide works. Omit only if you pass latitude + longitude + timezone instead.",
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"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, -90 to 90, north positive (Delhi = 28.6139). Use only when `place` is omitted, and then longitude and timezone are required too.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90
},
"longitude": {
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, -180 to 180, east positive (Delhi = 77.2090). Use only when `place` is omitted.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180
},
"timezone": {
"description": "IANA timezone name, e.g. \"Asia/Kolkata\" or \"America/New_York\" (never an offset like \"+05:30\"). Required when latitude/longitude are used; ignored when `place` is given.",
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"natal": {
"description": "Optional birth details of the person the transits are being read for: birth_date, birth_time and a place (or latitude + longitude + timezone). Supply them to add the gochar_from_natal_moon block. Omit and only the sky positions are returned.",
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"properties": {
"birth_date": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{4}-\\d{2}-\\d{2}$",
"description": "Birth date in the Gregorian calendar as YYYY-MM-DD, e.g. 1992-03-14. Years 1200-2400 only, and it must be a real calendar date (2023-02-29 is rejected)."
},
"birth_time": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^\\d{2}:\\d{2}$",
"description": "Birth time on the local clock at the birth place, HH:MM in 24-hour format (00:00-23:59), e.g. 06:45 or 18:20. Not UTC. Required and not defaulted: the ascendant moves about one degree every four minutes, so a guessed time gives a guessed chart."
},
"place": {
"description": "Place as free text, \"City, State, Country\" -- e.g. \"Jaipur, Rajasthan, India\". Preferred input: it is geocoded to coordinates and an IANA timezone server-side, and any city worldwide works. Omit only if you pass latitude + longitude + timezone instead.",
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"latitude": {
"description": "Latitude in decimal degrees, -90 to 90, north positive (Delhi = 28.6139). Use only when `place` is omitted, and then longitude and timezone are required too.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": -90,
"maximum": 90
},
"longitude": {
"description": "Longitude in decimal degrees, -180 to 180, east positive (Delhi = 77.2090). Use only when `place` is omitted.",
"type": "number",
"minimum": -180,
"maximum": 180
},
"timezone": {
"description": "IANA timezone name, e.g. \"Asia/Kolkata\" or \"America/New_York\" (never an offset like \"+05:30\"). Required when latitude/longitude are used; ignored when `place` is given.",
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}
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}
}
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