Advanced techniques

Vimsopaka Bala, 20-Fold Strength [Vedic Parashari]

get_vimsopaka_bala

[Vedic Parashari adjunct] 20-fold strength of each planet across all sixteen Shodasavarga vargas, weights summing to exactly 20 (D1 3.5, D9 3, D60 4, the rest tapering to 0.5). Each varga is graded on the classical varga-viswa ladder, own 20 / friend 15 / neutral 10 / enemy 7, which is a FRIENDSHIP ladder with no exaltation or debilitation rung. Grading uses the naisargika maitri alone where the classical method uses the compound panchadha, so the great-friend (18) and great-enemy (5) rungs are unreachable; the response states this in friendship and methodNote. Per-planet total 0-20 with band (EXCELLENT 17+, VERY_GOOD 14-17, GOOD 11-14, AVERAGE 8-11, POOR <8), plus the grade each varga landed on. Rahu and Ketu are carried unranked. The planetary 'report card'.

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_vimsopaka_bala",
    "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.