Advanced techniques

Combust Planets (Astangat)

get_combust_planets

Per-planet Astangat / combustion analysis. Returns each non-Sun planet's arc-distance from the Sun, the applicable combustion threshold (with retrograde reduction for Mercury / Venus), grade (NONE / ORDINARY / FULL, full = within 5° of Sun) and a proximity severity band. **Reported, never gated**: 'blocksSignifications' is always false, because KP does not withhold a combust planet's results. KSK, Astro Secrets canon p.1193: "the eclipsed planet, whomsoever it is, offers those results which it indicates", worked on a chart whose Mercury sat at zero separation from the Sun and still made the native Chief Engineer in its own dasa. Use for the observation, not for a verdict. Books: Astro Secrets KP canon pp.1192-1193.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
birth_datetime	string	Yes	Birth date and time in ISO 8601 format (e.g., "1990-05-15T14:30:00").
latitude	number	Yes	Birth location latitude. Range: -90 to 90.
longitude	number	Yes	Birth location longitude. Range: -180 to 180.
utc_offset_minutes	number	Yes	UTC offset in minutes (e.g., 330 for IST, -300 for EST).
ayanamsa	enum: kp \| kp_new \| lahiri \| raman \| true_chitra \| khullar	No	Ayanamsa system. Defaults to kp.

Example call

Send the request as a standard MCP tools/call:

http

POST https://mcp.lumin.guru/mcp
Authorization: Bearer mcp_yourkey...
Accept: application/json, text/event-stream
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_combust_planets",
    "arguments": {
      "birth_datetime": "1992-08-14T04:32:00",
      "latitude": 6.927,
      "longitude": 79.861,
      "utc_offset_minutes": 330,
      "ayanamsa": "kp"
    }
  }
}

Birth data

This tool requires birth data on every call. The MCP server is stateless, so calling set_birth_profile first validates the data and returns the reading plan, but it does not store anything. Repeat the same five fields here.