Compute the astronomical Julian Date (JD, fractional, epoch noon 1 Jan 4713 BC)
Compute the astronomical Julian Date (JD, fractional, epoch noon 1 Jan 4713 BC) and Modified Julian Date (MJD = JD − 2400000.5) of a UTC instant. Unlike `calendar`'s integer Julian Day Number, this carries the time-of-day fraction.
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465 msmedian answer time
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Endpoint
POST https://astro.openverbs.com/v1/julian-date
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | astro.openverbs.com |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 3 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
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| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.004 | 465 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"day": 1,
"hour": 1,
"minute": 1,
"month": 1,
"year": 1
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"day": {
"maximum": 31,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"hour": {
"description": "UTC hour. Default 0.",
"maximum": 23,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"minute": {
"description": "Default 0.",
"maximum": 59,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"month": {
"maximum": 12,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
},
"second": {
"description": "Default 0.",
"maximum": 59,
"minimum": 0,
"type": "integer"
},
"year": {
"maximum": 9999,
"minimum": 1,
"type": "integer"
}
},
"required": [
"year",
"month",
"day"
],
"type": "object"
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}