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Western Transits API

Exact transits to a birth chart, sign ingresses and stations over a range

POST/v1/western/transits

3 credits · Secret key (test or live) · getWesternTransits

Times are UTC, to the minute. At most 366 days, or 31 with the Moon.

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.

  • from string (date) required

    e.g. "1990-08-13"

  • to string (date) required

    Inclusive. At most 366 days from from, or 31 with the Moon.

    e.g. "1990-08-13"

  • planets array of string
  • include_moon boolean

    default false

  • aspects array of string
  • house_system string

    one of placidus, equal, whole_sign, porphyry · default "placidus"

  • 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:

  • from string (date) required

    e.g. "1990-08-13"

  • to string (date) required

    e.g. "1990-08-13"

  • frame string required
  • count integer required
  • events array of object required
    • at string (date-time) required
    • kind string required

      one of aspect, sign_ingress, station

    • planet string required
    • longitude number required
    • sign string required
    • sign_name string required
    • degree number required
    • formatted string required
    • retrograde boolean required
    • aspect string

      one of conjunction, opposition, trine, square, sextile, quincunx, semisextile, semisquare, sesquiquadrate, quintile, biquintile

    • angle number
    • natal_point string
    • transit_house integer or null

      One of:

      1. integer
      2. null
    • direction string

      one of retrograde, direct

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

Example request

curl -X POST 'https://api.astrologics.in/v1/western/transits' \
  -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}},"from":"2026-11-01","to":"2026-11-30","planets":["mars","jupiter","saturn"]}'
Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api.astrologics.in/v1/western/transits", {
  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
      }
    },
    "from": "2026-11-01",
    "to": "2026-11-30",
    "planets": [
      "mars",
      "jupiter",
      "saturn"
    ]
  }),
});
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,
        },
    },
    "from": "2026-11-01",
    "to": "2026-11-30",
    "planets": [
        "mars",
        "jupiter",
        "saturn",
    ],
}

req = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://api.astrologics.in/v1/western/transits",
    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
$ch = curl_init('https://api.astrologics.in/v1/western/transits');
curl_setopt_array($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}},"from":"2026-11-01","to":"2026-11-30","planets":["mars","jupiter","saturn"]}',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
]);
echo curl_exec($ch), PHP_EOL;

Example response

200 OK · 2,580 characters
{
  "data": {
    "from": "2026-11-01",
    "to": "2026-11-30",
    "frame": "tropical",
    "count": 6,
    "events": [
      {
        "at": "2026-11-03T16:14:00.000Z",
        "kind": "aspect",
        "planet": "mars",
        "aspect": "square",
        "angle": 90,
        "natal_point": "mars",
        "longitude": 139.9577,
        "sign": "leo",
        "sign_name": "Leo",
        "degree": 19.9577,
        "formatted": "19°57′ Leo",
        "retrograde": false,
        "transit_house": 12
      },
      {
        "at": "2026-11-03T20:27:00.000Z",
        "kind": "aspect",
        "planet": "mars",
        "aspect": "conjunction",
        "angle": 0,
        "natal_point": "sun",
        "longitude": 140.0446,
        "sign": "leo",
        "sign_name": "Leo",
        "degree": 20.0446,
        "formatted": "20°02′ Leo",
        "retrograde": false,
        "transit_house": 12
      },
      {
        "at": "2026-11-14T15:49:00.000Z",
        "kind": "aspect",
        "planet": "jupiter",
        "aspect": "square",
        "angle": 90,
        "natal_point": "midheaven",
        "longitude": 145.7525,
        "sign": "leo",
        "sign_name": "Leo",
        "degree": 25.7525,
        "formatted": "25°45′ Leo",
        "retrograde": false,
        "transit_house": 12
      },
      {
        "at": "2026-11-15T23:04:00.000Z",
        "kind": "aspect",
        "planet": "mars",
        "aspect": "square",
        "angle": 90,
        "natal_point": "midheaven",
        "longitude": 145.7528,
        "sign": "leo",
        "sign_name": "Leo",
        "degree": 25.7528,
        "formatted": "25°45′ Leo",
        "retrograde": false,
        "transit_house": 12
      },
      {
        "at": "2026-11-21T03:12:00.000Z",
        "kind": "aspect",
        "planet": "mars",
        "aspect": "conjunction",
        "angle": 0,
        "natal_point": "ascendant",
        "longitude": 148.004,
        "sign": "leo",
        "sign_name": "Leo",
        "degree": 28.004,
        "formatted": "28°00′ Leo",
        "retrograde": false,
        "transit_house": 1
      },
      {
        "at": "2026-11-25T23:38:00.000Z",
        "kind": "sign_ingress",
        "planet": "mars",
        "longitude": 150.0002,
        "sign": "virgo",
        "sign_name": "Virgo",
        "degree": 0.0002,
        "formatted": "0°00′ Virgo",
        "retrograde": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_example",
    "api_version": "v1",
    "engine_version": "2026.10.10",
    "mode": "live",
    "credits_charged": 3
  },
  "warnings": []
}
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