Chinese Zodiac Animal API

The birth year animal by Li Chun and by Lunar New Year, and whether they agree

POST/v1/chinese/zodiac

1 credit · Secret key (test or live) · getChineseZodiac

Request body

birth Birth required
- date string (date) required
  e.g. "1990-08-13"
- time string
  pattern ^([01]\d|2[0-3]):[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d)?$ · e.g. "06:30"
- time_accuracy string
  With "unknown", lagna- and house-dependent fields are omitted and listed in warnings — never filled with a noon default.
  one of exact, approximate, unknown · default "exact"
- place Coordinates or object or object required
  Coordinates, a place_id from /v1/places/search, or a free-text query. A vague query returns 422 place_ambiguous with candidates; the API never guesses.
  
  One of:
  1. Coordinates
    Fields
    - latitude number required
      ≥ -90 · ≤ 90
    - longitude number required
      ≥ -180 · ≤ 180
    No other fields are accepted.
  2. object
    Fields
    - place_id string required
    No other fields are accepted.
  3. object
    Fields
    - query string required
      at least 2 characters · at most 120 characters
    No other fields are accepted.
- timezone string
  "auto" (from coordinates AND date), an IANA name, or a fixed offset like "+05:30".
  default "auto"
No other fields are accepted.
options object
- lang string required
  one of en, hi · default "en"
No other fields are accepted.

No other fields are accepted.

Response

JSON { data, meta, warnings }, where data is:

by_li_chun object required
- year integer required
- animal string required
- animal_name string required
- stem_element string required
- stem_element_name string required
- polarity string required
- pillar string required
- began string (date-time) required
by_lunar_new_year object required
- year integer required
- animal string required
- animal_name string required
- stem_element string required
- stem_element_name string required
- polarity string required
- pillar string required
- began string (date) required
  e.g. "1990-08-13"
agree boolean required
time_known boolean required

Errors: 400, 401, 403, 404, 422, 429, 500. See error codes.

Example request

curl -X POST 'https://api.astrologics.in/v1/chinese/zodiac' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"birth":{"date":"1990-08-13","time":"06:30","place":{"latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209}}}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.astrologics.in/v1/chinese/zodiac", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "birth": {
      "date": "1990-08-13",
      "time": "06:30",
      "place": {
        "latitude": 28.6139,
        "longitude": 77.209
      }
    }
  }),
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(await res.json(), null, 2));

Python

import json
import urllib.error
import urllib.request

body = {
    "birth": {
        "date": "1990-08-13",
        "time": "06:30",
        "place": {
            "latitude": 28.6139,
            "longitude": 77.209,
        },
    },
}

req = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.astrologics.in/v1/chinese/zodiac",
    method="POST",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    data=json.dumps(body).encode(),
)
try:
    with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
        print(json.dumps(json.load(res), indent=2, ensure_ascii=False))
except urllib.error.HTTPError as err:
    print(err.code, err.read().decode())

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.astrologics.in/v1/chinese/zodiac');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY', 'Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"birth":{"date":"1990-08-13","time":"06:30","place":{"latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209}}}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
echo curl_exec($ch), PHP_EOL;

Example response

200 OK · 746 characters

{
  "data": {
    "by_li_chun": {
      "year": 1990,
      "animal": "horse",
      "animal_name": "Horse",
      "stem_element": "metal",
      "stem_element_name": "Metal",
      "polarity": "yang",
      "pillar": "庚午",
      "began": "1990-02-04T02:13:58.005Z"
    },
    "by_lunar_new_year": {
      "year": 1990,
      "animal": "horse",
      "animal_name": "Horse",
      "stem_element": "metal",
      "stem_element_name": "Metal",
      "polarity": "yang",
      "pillar": "庚午",
      "began": "1990-01-27"
    },
    "agree": true,
    "time_known": true
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_example",
    "api_version": "v1",
    "engine_version": "2026.10.10",
    "mode": "live",
    "credits_charged": 1
  },
  "warnings": []
}

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Body (JSON)

{
  "birth": {
    "date": "1990-08-13",
    "time": "06:30",
    "place": {
      "latitude": 28.6139,
      "longitude": 77.209
    }
  }
}

Chinese Zodiac Animal API

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