{"title":"Daily Reading","fields":[{"key":"birthDate","name":"birthDate","kind":"date","required":true,"description":"Birth date in YYYY-MM-DD format. Fixes the Janma Rashi and Janma Nakshatra every part of this reading is counted from, and the natal Ashtakavarga the bindu gate reads.","example":"1984-11-03"},{"key":"birthTime","name":"birthTime","kind":"time","required":true,"description":"Birth time in HH:MM:SS format (24-hour). The Moon moves about half a degree an hour, so an error here moves the Janma Rashi and Janma Nakshatra and therefore every gochara house count, the tarabala and the chandrabala in this response.","example":"01:35:00"},{"key":"latitude","name":"latitude","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"Birth location latitude in decimal degrees. Sets the natal house cusps behind the Ashtakavarga scorecard and the KP significators, and the sunrise that opens the panchanga day.","min":-90,"max":90,"example":28.8944},{"key":"longitude","name":"longitude","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"Birth location longitude in decimal degrees. Affects local sidereal time for the natal cusps and the sunrise the reading is composed at.","min":-180,"max":180,"example":76.5894},{"key":"timezone","name":"timezone","kind":"number","required":false,"description":"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"Asia/Kolkata\", \"America/New_York\") OR decimal hours from UTC (e.g. -5 for EST, 5.5 for IST). IANA strings are resolved to the DST-correct offset for the date being read. Interprets the birth time and the civil date below. Defaults to 5.5.","min":-14,"max":14,"default":5.5,"example":5.5},{"key":"date","name":"date","kind":"date","required":false,"description":"Civil date to read, in YYYY-MM-DD format. Defaults to today (UTC). The panchanga day it names runs from sunrise at the birth coordinates to the next sunrise, not from midnight, so a reading for this date covers the night that follows it.","example":"2026-06-21"},{"key":"nodeType","name":"nodeType","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Lunar node type for Rahu and Ketu. \"mean\" uses the smooth mean node, which is the traditional Vedic default and what printed panchangs use. \"true\" uses the osculating node, which swings up to 1.5 degrees either side of mean and can therefore move a node into a different rashi and change its gochara house. Defaults to \"mean\".","enum":["mean","true"],"default":"mean","example":"mean"},{"key":"focus","name":"focus","inQuery":true,"kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Which signification vocabulary the houseThemes map returns. \"general\" gives the classical bhava significations (self, wealth, siblings, home, and so on). \"finance\" gives the money reading of the same twelve bhavas, so house 2 returns income and savings, 5 speculation and risk appetite, 8 sudden money and leverage, 11 gains and profits, and 12 expenses and capital outflow. Use \"finance\" for wealth, income, business and market timing questions in Krishnamurti Paddhati, where the significator house groups 2, 6, 10, 11 for earned income and 5, 8, 11 for speculation are read against a running dasha. Defaults to \"general\".","enum":["general","finance"],"default":"general","example":"general"}],"hasLang":true}