---
title: "Kua Number"
method: POST
path: "/chinese/feng-shui/kua"
tags: ["Chinese: Zodiac & Feng Shui"]
---

# Kua Number

`POST /chinese/feng-shui/kua`

Personal Kua number from solar-year digit sum + gender. Maps to East/West group for direction work.

## Request body

- ChineseKuaInput
  - `date` string, required
  - `time` string
  - `timezoneOffset` number, nullable — Hours from UTC at the given moment, not minutes. Fractional zones are hours too: 5.5 for India, 5.75 for Nepal, -3.5 for Newfoundland. Defaults to 0, meaning UTC.
  - `gender` 'male' | 'female', required
  - `solarYear` integer

## Response `200`

Successful calculation

- object
  - `ok` boolean
  - `data` object
    - `solarYear` number, nullable
    - `gender` string, nullable
    - `kuaNumber` number, nullable
    - `group` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `400` — Validation error
- `401` — Missing or invalid API key

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