# astroway_vedic_bhavabala

Strength of the twelve houses per BPHS Adhyaya 27: Bhavadhipati Bala (the Shadbala of the house lord), Bhava Digbala (the four rasi classes, each strong in one direction), and Bhava Drishti Bala (net benefic minus malefic aspect on the bhava). Components returned separately, plus rank, strongest and weakest house. [Group: Vedic] [Endpoint: POST /v1/vedic/bhavabala] [Required: date, time, latitude, longitude] [Cost: 20 credits (Tier 2)]

Agent View of the PolicyLayer registry record for `astroway_vedic_bhavabala`. HTML page: https://policylayer.com/tools/info-astroway-astrology/astroway-vedic-bhavabala

## Facts

- Tool: `astroway_vedic_bhavabala`
- Server: AstroWay Astrology API (full catalogue) (`https://mcp.astroway.info/mcp`) — https://policylayer.com/tools/info-astroway-astrology.md
- Homepage: https://github.com/https://mcp.astroway.info/mcp
- Risk category: Read (Low risk)
- Registry record: grade F, identity unverified
- Server auth posture: open
- Server CORS policy: *
- Server rate-limited: no
- Parameters: 12 (4 required)
- Recommended policy verdict: Allowed

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `city` | string | no |  |
| `date` | string | yes |  |
| `name` | string | no |  |
| `time` | string | yes |  |
| `fields` | string | no | Compact mode: comma-separated dotted paths to keep, relative to `data`, e.g. "planets.name,planets.longitude,houses.cusp". Omit for the whole response. |
| `ayanamsa` | string | no | Sidereal school by name. Lahiri when omitted. Equivalent to ayanamsaId; send either. |
| `latitude` | number | yes |  |
| `timezone` | string | no | IANA zone name such as Europe/Kyiv, or auto to look the zone up from latitude and longitude. The server takes the offset that zone kept at this local date and t |
| `cosmogram` | boolean | no |  |
| `longitude` | number | yes |  |
| `precision` | integer | no | Compact mode: round fractional numbers to this many decimals. Longitudes carry 14 by default; 2 is finer than any chart is drawn. |
| `ayanamsaId` | object | no |  |

Parameters from the server's own tool schema.

## Example call (MCP tools/call, JSON-RPC 2.0)

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "astroway_vedic_bhavabala",
    "arguments": {
      "date": "<date>",
      "time": "<time>",
      "latitude": 0,
      "longitude": 0
    }
  }
}
```

## Why astroway_vedic_bhavabala is rated Low

Even though astroway_vedic_bhavabala only reads data, uncontrolled read access leaks sensitive information and racks up API costs: an agent caught in a retry loop can make thousands of calls a minute without anyone noticing.

Risk signals: High parameter count (15 properties)

## Use case

AI agents call astroway_vedic_bhavabala to retrieve information from AstroWay Astrology API (full catalogue) without modifying anything. It is typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.

## Recommended policy (PolicyLayer)

Verdict: **Allowed**. Enforced by the PolicyLayer MCP gateway (https://policylayer.com/mcp-gateway) before a call reaches AstroWay Astrology API (full catalogue):

```json
{
  "version": "1",
  "default": "deny",
  "tools": {
    "astroway_vedic_bhavabala": {}
  }
}
```

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