{"title":"Cast a KP horary (Prashna) chart from a number 1-249","fields":[{"key":"horaryNumber","name":"horaryNumber","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"Horary number from 1 to 249, given by the querent while focused on their question. It maps to one of the 249 KP sub divisions of the zodiac, and that division sets the Ascendant of the chart. The querent should give the first number that comes to mind and use it once for that question; the astrologer never chooses it. Numbers outside 1 to 249 are rejected rather than wrapped, because a wrapped number would silently answer a different question.","min":1,"max":249,"example":108},{"key":"date","name":"date","kind":"date","required":true,"description":"Date the question was taken up for judgment, YYYY-MM-DD. Not a birth date: a horary chart needs no birth details at all, which is the point of the method.","example":"2026-03-08"},{"key":"time","name":"time","kind":"time","required":true,"description":"Time the question was taken up for judgment, 24-hour HH:MM:SS. In KP practice this is the moment the astrologer receives and understands the question, not the moment the querent first thought of it. It sets every planetary position and all twelve cusps except the Ascendant.","example":"14:30:00"},{"key":"latitude","name":"latitude","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"Latitude where the question is judged, decimal degrees. The house cusps are Placidus and therefore latitude dependent, so this is the place of judgment, not the querent birthplace.","min":-90,"max":90,"example":19.076},{"key":"longitude","name":"longitude","kind":"number","required":true,"description":"Longitude where the question is judged, decimal degrees.","min":-180,"max":180,"example":72.8777},{"key":"timezone","name":"timezone","kind":"number","required":false,"description":"Timezone: IANA name (e.g. \"Asia/Kolkata\") OR decimal hours from UTC. Defaults to 5.5.","min":-14,"max":14,"default":5.5,"example":5.5},{"key":"ayanamsa","name":"ayanamsa","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Ayanamsa system for sidereal conversion. \"kp-newcomb\" uses the KP-Newcomb dynamic formula (most common for KP). \"kp-old\" uses the Krishnamurti original table. \"lahiri\" uses Lahiri/Chitrapaksha ayanamsa matching most traditional Vedic software. \"raman\" uses the B.V. Raman ayanamsa, about 1.45 degrees below Lahiri. \"custom\" allows providing your own value via ayanamsaValue. Defaults to \"kp-newcomb\".","enum":["kp-newcomb","kp-old","lahiri","raman","custom"],"default":"kp-newcomb","example":"kp-newcomb"},{"key":"ayanamsaValue","name":"ayanamsaValue","kind":"number","required":false,"description":"Custom ayanamsa value in degrees. When provided, overrides the computed ayanamsa from the selected type. Use for testing with specific ayanamsa values or matching a particular reference source.","example":24},{"key":"nodeType","name":"nodeType","kind":"tiles","required":false,"description":"Lunar node convention. \"mean\" is the smoothed average node, which always moves retrograde; \"true\" is the osculating node, which tracks the real perturbed node, oscillates up to about 1.5 degrees either side of the mean on a 173-day cycle, and can briefly turn direct. Neither is more correct and they almost always fall in the same sign. Applies to the Rahu and Ketu positions. Mean is the traditional Vedic default and what printed panchangs use; the choice can move a KP sub-lord in narrow boundary cases, where a span can be as small as 0.5 degrees. 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}