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Notes.
Engineering notes from building Vedākṣha. Architecture decisions, accuracy work, the occasional release write-up.
April 29, 2026
Vedākṣha v2.2.0 — Gochara, the way it should be designed
Gochara (transit interpretation) ships in v2.2.0. The API follows BPHS Ch.29 geometry strictly; vedha_candidates returns all geometric candidates, not one. MCP tool count: 11 → 12.
April 28, 2026
Vedākṣha v2.1.0 — Combustion, Ishta/Kashta, Ashtakavarga, Karakas
Four new Vedic primitives in v2.1.0. Per-planet combustion orbs from BPHS Ch.7, Ishta/Kashta Phala via the Rasmi formula, Bhinna Ashtakavarga tables, and Jaimini Chara Karaka assignments.
April 26, 2026
KundaliMCP — first product on Vedākṣha
From engine to product. KundaliMCP is the first deployed application built on Vedākṣha — an agentic-AI-native Jyotish API. What the library provided, what the product layer added.
April 24, 2026
Vedic Astrology Deserves Better Software
Why we made Jyotish a first-class citizen in the type system — not a plugin, not a flag, not a translation table bolted on at the end.
April 23, 2026
Why Charts Should Be Graphs
Astrological charts are property graphs. The case for 10 node types and 13 edge types, and why Cypher, SurrealQL, JSON-LD, and embedding-text emitters make AI agents useful.
April 22, 2026
Building a Clean-Room Ephemeris
Planetary computation from published NASA and IAU sources only — JPL DE440 SPK kernels, Chebyshev polynomial evaluation, a full ICRS coordinate pipeline, and Delta T handling.