Tara calculator: your tara for the next 7 days
Choose a birth nakshatra to see the tara for each of the next 7 days, worked out in your browser. No birth date needed, and your choice isn't saved or sent anywhere.
Don't know your birth nakshatra? Jyotishya works it out from your birth date, time and place, on your device; it's under "You, in three systems". Or read the worked example.
How the tara is counted
Count from your birth nakshatra (as 1) to the nakshatra the Moon is in, around all 27: count = ((day nakshatra − birth nakshatra) mod 27) + 1. The tara is count mod 9, so the nine taras repeat three times around the zodiac.
| Count | mod 9 | Tara | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Janma (lit. birth) | 0 |
| 2 | 2 | Sampat (lit. wealth) | +1 |
| 3 | 3 | Vipat (lit. danger) | −1 |
| 4 | 4 | Kshema (lit. well-being) | +1 |
| 5 | 5 | Pratyak (lit. obstacle) | −1 |
| 6 | 6 | Sadhana (lit. achievement) | +1 |
| 7 | 7 | Naidhana (lit. destruction) | −2 |
| 8 | 8 | Mitra (lit. friend) | +1 |
| 9 | 0 | Parama Mitra (lit. best friend) | +1 |
Counts 10 to 18 and 19 to 27 repeat the same nine. The literal translations are labels, not predictions.
What this calculator leaves out
Jyotishya's Vedic day rating adds a second rule, the Moon's house counted from your natal Moon sign (Chandra gochara), which needs your Moon sign and so your birth details. The full rating, with both rules and the Western and Chinese systems beside it, is in the app. The day is read at noon; the Moon enters a new nakshatra about once a day, so a panchang that reads at sunrise can show the previous one. The tara bala method note has the details.