Yogas - planetary combinations

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Yogas are specific planetary combinations in a natal chart that amplify or weaken life themes (power, wealth, spirituality, isolation). AstroWay covers 15 yoga endpoints across two schools - Parashara (classical, 7) and Jaimini (chara-karaka, 8).

What we compute

Raja yogas: combinations granting power, status, success. Relationships between lords of kendra houses (1, 4, 7, 10) and trikona houses (1, 5, 9).
Dhana yogas: wealth. Links between lords of houses 2, 5, 9, 11.
Dharma-Karmadhipati yogas: synergy between lords of 9th (dharma) and 10th (karma).
Pancha-Mahapurusha: the five “great-man” yogas: Ruchaka (Mars), Bhadra (Mercury), Hamsa (Jupiter), Malavya (Venus), Shasha (Saturn).
Gajakesari: Jupiter in a kendra from the Moon.
Adhi yoga: Mercury, Jupiter, Venus in the 6th/7th/8th from the Moon.
Chandra yogas (BPHS 37): Sunapha (a planet other than the Sun in the 2nd from the Moon), Anapha (12th), Durudhara (both), Kemadruma (nothing beside the Moon and nothing but the Moon in a kendra from the lagna; both conditions returned on their own), benefics in the upachayas from the Moon.
Surya yogas (BPHS 38.1): Vesi (a planet from Mars onwards, not the Moon, in the 2nd from the Sun), Vasi (12th), Ubhayachari (both).
Karakamsa (Jaimini): the Atmakaraka’s navamsha sign read as the lagna of a chart of its own.
Karaka yogas (Jaimini): all eight chara karakas and what each gives from where it sits.
Viparita raja yoga (Jaimini): strength drawn from the lords of houses 6, 8 and 12.
Daridra yoga (Jaimini): the reverse of the Dhana yoga.

Endpoints

Endpoint	School	Credits	Description
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/raja`	Parashara	20	Raja yogas
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/dhana`	Parashara	20	Dhana yogas (wealth)
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/dharma-karmadhipati`	Parashara	20	Dharma + Karma
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/pancha-mahapurusha`	Parashara	20	5 mahapurusha yogas
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/gajakesari`	Parashara	20	Gajakesari
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/adhi`	Parashara	20	Adhi yoga
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/chandra`	Parashara	20	Sunapha, Anapha, Durudhara, Kemadruma
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/surya`	Parashara	20	Vesi, Vasi, Ubhayachari
`/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/full`	Parashara	20	All Parashara yogas in one call
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/raja`	Jaimini	20	Jaimini raja yogas
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/dhana`	Jaimini	20	Dhana yogas per Jaimini
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/daridra`	Jaimini	20	Daridra yoga
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/viparita`	Jaimini	20	Viparita raja yoga
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/karaka-yoga`	Jaimini	20	The eight chara karakas and their yogas
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/karakamsa`	Jaimini	20	Karakamsa lagna from the navamsha
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/shubha-graha`	Jaimini	20	Functional benefics for the lagna
`/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/full`	Jaimini	20	All Jaimini yogas in one call

Example

curl -X POST https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/full \
  -H "X-Api-Key: aw_live_your_key_here" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "date": "1990-07-14",
    "time": "14:30:00",
    "timezoneOffset": 3,
    "latitude": 50.4501,
    "longitude": 30.5234,
    "ayanamsa": "lahiri"
  }'

const r = await fetch('https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/full', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Api-Key': process.env.ASTROWAY_API_KEY!,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    date: '1990-07-14',
    time: '14:30:00',
    timezoneOffset: 3,
    latitude: 50.4501,
    longitude: 30.5234,
    ayanamsa: 'lahiri',
  }),
});
const { data } = await r.json();
for (const [key, yoga] of Object.entries(data)) {
  if (typeof yoga !== 'object' || yoga === null || !('present' in yoga)) continue;
  console.log(`${key}: ${yoga.present ? 'yes' : 'no'}`);
  for (const line of yoga.details) console.log(`  ${line}`);
}
for (const y of data.panchaMahapurusha.yogas.filter((y) => y.present)) {
  console.log(`${y.yogaName} (${y.planetName}): ${y.reason}`);
}

import os, requests

r = requests.post(
    'https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/full',
    headers={'X-Api-Key': os.environ['ASTROWAY_API_KEY']},
    json={
        'date': '1990-07-14',
        'time': '14:30:00',
        'timezoneOffset': 3,
        'latitude': 50.4501,
        'longitude': 30.5234,
        'ayanamsa': 'lahiri',
    },
)
data = r.json()['data']
for key, yoga in data.items():
    if not isinstance(yoga, dict) or 'present' not in yoga:
        continue
    print(f"{key}: {'yes' if yoga['present'] else 'no'}")
    for line in yoga['details']:
        print(f"  {line}")
for y in data['panchaMahapurusha']['yogas']:
    if y['present']:
        print(f"{y['yogaName']} ({y['planetName']}): {y['reason']}")

Sample response (abbreviated):

{
  "data": {
    "school": "parashara",
    "lagnaSign": 6,
    "raja": { "present": false, "contributingPlanets": [], "details": [] },
    "dhana": {
      "present": true,
      "contributingPlanets": [
        { "graha": 0, "planetName": "Sun", "sign": 2, "house": 9 },
        { "graha": 6, "planetName": "Saturn", "sign": 8, "house": 3 }
      ],
      "details": ["Lords of 5H and 11H in mutual graha drishti"]
    },
    "dharmaKarmadhipati": { "present": false, "contributingPlanets": [], "details": [] },
    "panchaMahapurusha": {
      "yogas": [
        {
          "yogaName": "Ruchaka",
          "graha": 4,
          "planetName": "Mars",
          "present": true,
          "sign": 0,
          "house": 7,
          "reason": "in own/exalted sign 1 and in kendra (house 7)"
        }
      ],
      "presentCount": 1
    }
  }
}

Accuracy and sources

Parashara yogas: algorithm follows Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra (BPHS), chapters 36-39 (Raja-yoga, Dhana-yoga, Pancha-mahapurusha). R. Santhanam’s translation (Ranjan Publications) is the primary reference, cross-checked against Phaladeepika (Mantreswara).
Jaimini yogas: Jaimini Sutras (P.S. Sastri translation), chapter 2. Atmakaraka is computed by longitude-within-sign (Parashari variant); the Krishna Mishra alternative is available via karaka_scheme=advanced.
Endpoint status: Phase 2, mostly GREEN. Some yogas (e.g. Vipareeta Raja) are still YELLOW because BPHS commentators disagree on activation rules; full status and last verification date is in docs/AUDIT-TRAIL.md (private repo, integrators get access on request).
Sidereal zodiac: Lahiri by default. Raman, Krishnamurti, Fagan-Bradley, Yukteshwar are also supported via the ayanamsa parameter.

No yoga implementation can claim to be “canonical” - classical texts vary on which combinations qualify and how to weight cancellations. In the Chandra and Surya yogas Rahu and Ketu are not counted, the benefics of BPHS 37.6 are Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, and the two Kemadruma conditions of 37.11 are read as both having to hold; each such choice is marked convention in the response. We document the school and commentator we picked in docs/AUDIT-TRAIL.md.

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