---
title: "Nakshatra Calculator"
slug: "nakshatra-calculator"
canonical_url: "https://mahadasha.com/nakshatra-calculator"
type: "calculator"
description: "Find the Moon nakshatra and pada for a birth, the exact instants the Moon entered and left that star, the nakshatra of all nine grahas and the ascendant, the Vimshottari balance at birth, and the Tara Bala ladder against live transits."
---

# Nakshatra Calculator

Find the Moon nakshatra and pada for a birth, the exact instants the Moon entered and left that star, the nakshatra of all nine grahas and the ascendant, the Vimshottari balance at birth, and the Tara Bala ladder against live transits.


## Inputs

- **date** — target date (`YYYY-MM-DD`)
- **latitude** — location latitude (decimal degrees)
- **longitude** — location longitude (decimal degrees)
- **timezone** — IANA timezone or UTC offset of the location

## Programmatic access (for AI agents)

This calculator is backed by a JSON API — agents should call it directly instead of the HTML form:

- **Endpoint:** `POST https://mahadasha.com/api/v1/nakshatra/find`
- **Auth:** JWT Bearer token — register at `https://mahadasha.com/api/v1/auth/register`
- **OpenAPI schema:** https://mahadasha.com/api/v1/openapi.json
- **API catalog:** https://mahadasha.com/.well-known/api-catalog
- **MCP server card:** https://mahadasha.com/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json

Refer to the OpenAPI schema above for the exact request body and response shape of `https://mahadasha.com/api/v1/nakshatra/find`.

> Human UI: [Nakshatra Calculator](https://mahadasha.com/nakshatra-calculator)