Advanced techniques

Shadbala (6-Fold Planetary Strength)

get_shadbala

Six-fold planetary strength per BPHS / KP Reader 3: Sthana (positional), Dig (directional), Kala (temporal day/night), Cheshta (motional), Naisargika (natural), Drik (aspectual). Each component is normalised to 0-100; total is the average. Returns ranked planets with strongest / weakest, relative-strength bands (STRONG ≥65, MODERATE 45-64, WEAK <45), and dominant component per planet. Use to weight any planetary signification by raw strength.

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 \| lahiri \| raman \| true_chitra	No	Ayanamsa system. Defaults to kp.

Example call

Send the request as a standard MCP tools/call:

http

POST https://mcp.lumin.guru/mcp
Content-Type: application/json

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

Engine endpoint

This tool delegates to the kp-engine endpoint:

http

POST /v1/kp/shadbala

The engine is a private internal service. All public access flows through the MCP server, which handles auth, rate limiting, and response compaction.

Birth data

This tool requires birth data. If you have already called set_birth_profile in the same conversation, the MCP server injects those fields automatically and you can omit them from the call.