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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 23, 2026
Why Charts Should Be Graphs
Astrological charts are property graphs. The case for 9 node types and 12 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.