fix(chart): skip VedAstro on chart-page first paint

The natal /api/chart request from the chart page now sends skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview, matching the ephemeris page. Mapper and contract never read that evidence. BUG-718 recurs from BUG-161. Tests lock both foreground natal paths.

frontend/src/lib/chart-view-load.ts

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ function birthPayload(profile: ChartViewProfileInput): Record<string, unknown> {
     ayanamsa: resolveAyanamsa({ ayanamsa: profile.ayanamsa }),
     node_mode: "mean",
     house_system: "P",
+    skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview: true,
   };
 }
 

frontend/tests/chart-view-route.test.ts

@@ -52,8 +52,10 @@ function asResult(path: string, value: EngineCallResult | Record<string, unknown
 
 function engine(overrides: Record<string, EngineCallResult | Record<string, unknown> | null> = {}) {
   const calls: string[] = [];
-  const postEngine: ChartViewEnginePost = async (path) => {
+  const bodies: Array<{ path: string; body: Record<string, unknown> }> = [];
+  const postEngine: ChartViewEnginePost = async (path, body) => {
     calls.push(path);
+    bodies.push({ path, body });
     if (path in overrides) return asResult(path, overrides[path]!);
     if (path === "/api/chart") return asResult(path, golden.chart);
     if (path === "/api/varga_full") return asResult(path, golden.varga_full);
@@ -62,7 +64,7 @@ function engine(overrides: Record<string, EngineCallResult | Record<string, unkn
     if (path === "/api/qizheng") return asResult(path, null);
     return asResult(path, null);
   };
-  return { calls, postEngine };
+  return { calls, bodies, postEngine };
 }
 
 function captureWarnings<T>(run: () => Promise<T>): Promise<{ result: T; warnings: unknown[] }> {
@@ -128,6 +130,20 @@ test("an incomplete birth profile returns a structured message, not 500", async
   assert.equal(calls.length, 0);
 });
 
+test("foreground chart-view natal requests skip VedAstro overview", async () => {
+  const { bodies, postEngine } = engine();
+  await assembleChartView({
+    userId: "user-1",
+    profile,
+    postEngine,
+    asOf: "2026-09-15",
+  });
+  const natal = bodies.filter((item) => item.path === "/api/chart");
+  assert.equal(natal.length, 1);
+  assert.equal(natal[0]?.body.skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview, true);
+  assert.match(loadSource, /skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview:\s*true/);
+});
+
 test("opening the natal chart does not call follow-up engine paths", async () => {
   const { calls, postEngine } = engine();
   const result = await assembleChartView({

frontend/tests/ephemeris-route.test.ts

@@ -147,6 +147,16 @@ test("the ephemeris BFF does not import billing or mastra", () => {
   assert.doesNotMatch(viewSource, /consultation-billing|@\/mastra/);
 });
 
+test("ephemeris natal and transit chart requests skip VedAstro overview", () => {
+  assert.equal((routeSource.match(/skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview:\s*true/g) ?? []).length, 2);
+  const result = executeRoute({ user: true, row: completeRow });
+  const chartCalls = result.upstream.filter((item) => item.url.endsWith("/api/chart"));
+  assert.ok(chartCalls.length >= 2);
+  for (const call of chartCalls) {
+    assert.equal(call.body.skip_vedastro_main_entry_overview, true);
+  }
+});
+
 test("unauthenticated ephemeris requests are 401", () => {
   const result = executeRoute({ user: false, row: null });
   assert.equal(result.status, 401);