Papasamyam API

Papasamyam: malefics from lagna, Moon and Venus in both charts, compared

POST/v1/match/papasamyam

2 credits · Secret key (test or live) · getPapasamyam

person_a is the groom and person_b the bride. Needs both birth times. Sources agree on the method and differ on the points, so choose count or weighted; totals are not comparable between them.

Request body

person_a 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.
person_b 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 Options
- ayanamsa string
  Each system is its Swiss Ephemeris definition (a constant offset from Lahiri). Applies to chart operations; KP operations always use KP-New and the personal muhurat stays Lahiri. meta.ayanamsa names the system used.
  one of lahiri, raman, krishnamurti, yukteshwar, fagan_bradley · default "lahiri"
- house_system string
  one of whole_sign · default "whole_sign"
- node string
  The Rahu/Ketu the chart uses: the true (osculating) node, as Swiss Ephemeris and Drik Panchang define it, or the mean node. meta.node names the one used. POST /v1/planets/positions always returns both.
  one of true, mean · default "true"
- lang string
  one of en, hi · default "en"
- view string
  compact drops labels and prose — for LLM callers.
  one of full, compact · default "full"
- tone string
  descriptive: the prose fields (tithi.note, tara descriptions, the timing summary and insights, natal-transit descriptions, transit-event notes) carry reviewed descriptive sentences, attributed to the tradition and with no instructions, in options.lang. Ids, scores and every other value are unchanged. Applies to getPanchang, getFavourableDays, getPersonalTiming, getDashaTransitConfluence, getNatalTransits and listPlanetaryEvents (and those inside a bundle); elsewhere it changes nothing.
  one of default, descriptive · default "default"
- dasha_year number
  Days in a Vimshottari year: 365.25 (Julian, the default), 365.2422 (tropical) or 360 (savana). Applies to /v1/dasha/vimshottari and /v1/dasha/vimshottari/current; data.basis.year_days names the one used.
  one of 365.25, 365.2422, 360 · default 365.25
No other fields are accepted.
method string
one of count, weighted · default "count"
include_ketu boolean
Sources differ on Ketu. Only with method count.
default false

No other fields are accepted.

Response

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

method string required
one of count, weighted
include_ketu boolean required
groom PapaChart required
- total number required
- rows array of object required
  Fields
  - planet string required
  - reference string required
    one of lagna, moon, venus
  - house integer required
    ≥ 1 · ≤ 12
  - counted boolean required
    In house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 or 12 from the reference.
  - dignity string or null required
    One of:
    1. string
    2. null
  - points number required
bride PapaChart required
- total number required
- rows array of object required
  Fields
  - planet string required
  - reference string required
    one of lagna, moon, venus
  - house integer required
    ≥ 1 · ≤ 12
  - counted boolean required
    In house 1, 2, 4, 7, 8 or 12 from the reference.
  - dignity string or null required
    One of:
    1. string
    2. null
  - points number required
result string required
one of satisfactory, not_satisfactory
text string required
ratio_groom_to_bride number or null required
One of:
1. number
2. null
source object required
- basis string required
  one of convention
- text string required

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

Example request

curl -X POST 'https://api.astrologics.in/v1/match/papasamyam' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"person_a":{"date":"1990-08-13","time":"06:30","place":{"latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209}},"person_b":{"date":"1992-03-02","time":"14:10","place":{"latitude":19.076,"longitude":72.8777}},"method":"count"}'

Node.js

const res = await fetch("https://api.astrologics.in/v1/match/papasamyam", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "person_a": {
      "date": "1990-08-13",
      "time": "06:30",
      "place": {
        "latitude": 28.6139,
        "longitude": 77.209
      }
    },
    "person_b": {
      "date": "1992-03-02",
      "time": "14:10",
      "place": {
        "latitude": 19.076,
        "longitude": 72.8777
      }
    },
    "method": "count"
  }),
});
console.log(JSON.stringify(await res.json(), null, 2));

Python

import json
import urllib.error
import urllib.request

body = {
    "person_a": {
        "date": "1990-08-13",
        "time": "06:30",
        "place": {
            "latitude": 28.6139,
            "longitude": 77.209,
        },
    },
    "person_b": {
        "date": "1992-03-02",
        "time": "14:10",
        "place": {
            "latitude": 19.076,
            "longitude": 72.8777,
        },
    },
    "method": "count",
}

req = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.astrologics.in/v1/match/papasamyam",
    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
$ch = curl_init('https://api.astrologics.in/v1/match/papasamyam');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'POST',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['Authorization: Bearer al_test_YOUR_KEY', 'Content-Type: application/json'],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => '{"person_a":{"date":"1990-08-13","time":"06:30","place":{"latitude":28.6139,"longitude":77.209}},"person_b":{"date":"1992-03-02","time":"14:10","place":{"latitude":19.076,"longitude":72.8777}},"method":"count"}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
echo curl_exec($ch), PHP_EOL;

Example response

200 OK · 5,098 characters

{
  "data": {
    "method": "count",
    "include_ketu": false,
    "groom": {
      "total": 5,
      "rows": [
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 12,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 4,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 9,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 10,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 5,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 9,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 6,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 6,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 10,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 7,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "bride": {
      "total": 11,
      "rows": [
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 9,
          "counted": false,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 0
        },
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 2,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Sun",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 2,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 8,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Mars",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 8,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Saturn",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 1,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "lagna",
          "house": 7,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "moon",
          "house": 12,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        },
        {
          "planet": "Rahu",
          "reference": "venus",
          "house": 12,
          "counted": true,
          "dignity": null,
          "points": 1
        }
      ]
    },
    "result": "not_satisfactory",
    "text": "The bride's total is above the groom's: the sources do not recommend this.",
    "ratio_groom_to_bride": 0.4545,
    "source": {
      "basis": "convention",
      "text": "Common Kerala and South Indian practice. Sources differ on the weights, so totals from the two methods are not comparable. Not a prediction or advice on whom to marry."
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_example",
    "api_version": "v1",
    "engine_version": "2026.10.10",
    "mode": "live",
    "credits_charged": 2,
    "ayanamsa": "lahiri"
  },
  "warnings": []
}

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Body (JSON)

{
  "person_a": {
    "date": "1990-08-13",
    "time": "06:30",
    "place": {
      "latitude": 28.6139,
      "longitude": 77.209
    }
  },
  "person_b": {
    "date": "1992-03-02",
    "time": "14:10",
    "place": {
      "latitude": 19.076,
      "longitude": 72.8777
    }
  },
  "method": "count"
}

Papasamyam API

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