Yogas — planetary combinations

Yogas are specific planetary combinations in a natal chart that amplify or weaken life themes (power, wealth, spirituality, isolation). AstroWay covers 12 yoga endpoints across two schools — Parashara (classical) and Jaimini (chara-karaka).

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.
• Atmakaraka (Jaimini) — the planet with the highest longitude within its sign; “soul indicator”.
• Badhaka (Jaimini) — planetary obstruction based on movable/fixed/dual sign classification.

Endpoints

Endpoint	School	Credits	Description
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/raja	Parashara	50	Raja yogas
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/dhana	Parashara	50	Dhana yogas (wealth)
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/dharma-karmadhipati	Parashara	50	Dharma + Karma
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/pancha-mahapurusha	Parashara	50	5 mahapurusha yogas
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/gajakesari	Parashara	20	Gajakesari
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/adhi	Parashara	20	Adhi yoga
/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/full	Parashara	100	All Parashara yogas in one call
/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/raja	Jaimini	50	Jaimini raja yogas
/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/atmakaraka	Jaimini	20	Atmakaraka + other karakas
/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/badhaka	Jaimini	20	Badhaka planet
/v1/vedic/yogas/jaimini/full	Jaimini	100	All Jaimini yogas in one call

Example

cURL

curl -X POST https://api.astroway.info/v1/vedic/yogas/parashara/pancha-mahapurusha \
  -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"
  }'

Node.js

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();
console.log(`Active yogas: ${data.yogas.length}`);
for (const y of data.yogas) {
  console.log(` - ${y.name} (${y.category}): ${y.strength}`);
}

Python

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 y in data['yogas']:
    print(f"{y['name']} ({y['category']}): {y['strength']}")

Sample response (abbreviated):

{
  "data": {
    "yogas": [
      {
        "name": "Hamsa Yoga",
        "category": "pancha-mahapurusha",
        "planet": "Jupiter",
        "house": 1,
        "sign": "Cancer",
        "strength": "strong",
        "description": "Jupiter in own/exalted sign in a kendra from ascendant"
      },
      {
        "name": "Gajakesari Yoga",
        "category": "moon-jupiter",
        "houses_from_moon": 4,
        "strength": "moderate"
      }
    ],
    "count": 2,
    "ayanamsa": "lahiri"
  }
}

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. We document the school and commentator we picked in docs/AUDIT-TRAIL.md.

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Authentication X-Api-Key, sandbox keys, rotation