Mitra Tara — the 8th, 17th & 26th Stars From Your Moon

Mitra is the eighth tara, and its name means friend. The tradition reads a transit through your Mitra stars as a warm, supportive window — favourable for matters helped by goodwill, collaboration and connection. It is gentle, relationship-flavoured weather: a time the texts associate with support arriving rather than friction.

How Mitra tara is counted

Counting from your janma nakshatra (your natal Moon's star) as 1, the 8th, 17th and 26th nakshatras are all Mitra tara. When a transiting body enters one of those three stars, it is moving through your Mitra tara. The nine taras cycle three times across the 27 nakshatras.

What the classics say

Transits are read from the Moon in the gochara method of Phaladeepika (Ch. 26) and the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. The nine-tara overlay is the muhurta tradition's tarabalam check. Mitra is one of the strong taras — grouped with Sampat, Kshema, Sadhaka and Ati-Mitra — that the tradition prefers the Moon to occupy when fixing an auspicious time, and it carries a notably friendly, supportive tone.

How Transit Weather reads it

Mitram's Transit Weather tool surfaces a Mitra-tara stretch as a supportive theme and a favourable window — the kind of period the tradition associates with help, warmth and good company.

A favourable tara tilts the odds the classics describe; it is one factor in the whole chart, and these are tendencies rather than promises.

FAQ

What does Mitra tara support?

The tradition links it with friendship and support — a favourable window for matters that benefit from goodwill and collaboration.

Which nakshatras are my Mitra tara?

The 8th, 17th and 26th nakshatras counted forward from your natal Moon's star. You need your janma nakshatra to find them.