Sampat Tara — the 2nd, 11th & 20th Stars From Your Moon
Researched and drafted with AI assistance, reviewed by a human editor, and grounded in cited classical sources.
Sampat is the second tara and, in the classical reading, the most favourable of the nine. Its name means wealth or prosperity, and the muhurta tradition treats a transit through your Sampat stars as one of the more supportive windows for growth, well-aligned beginnings and matters of abundance. It is the closest the nine-tara scheme comes to a clear "go" signal — though, as always, it is a tendency the texts describe, not a guarantee.
How Sampat tara is counted
Counting from your janma nakshatra (your natal Moon's star) as 1, the 2nd, 11th and 20th nakshatras are all Sampat tara. When a transiting body enters one of those three stars, it is moving through your Sampat tara. Because the nine taras cycle three times across the 27 nakshatras, every person has three Sampat stars spread evenly around the zodiac.
What the classics say
Reading a transit's effect from the Moon is the gochara method of Phaladeepika (Ch. 26) and the Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra. The nine-tara overlay is the muhurta tradition's tarabalam check, used when electing an auspicious time. Sampat is grouped with the strong taras — a star whose balance the tradition considers favourable for the native, which is why electional astrologers prefer the Moon to hold a Sampat (or other strong) tara when fixing a beginning.
How Transit Weather reads it
Mitram's Transit Weather tool checks which tara a current transit occupies relative to your Moon. A Sampat-tara stretch surfaces as a supportive theme and a favourable window — the kind of period the tradition associates with momentum rather than friction.
Read it as encouraging weather, not a promise. A favourable tara tilts the odds the classics describe; it is one factor among the whole chart.
FAQ
Is Sampat tara the best of the nine taras?
The tradition treats it as the most prosperous — a "wealth" star and one of the strongest of the nine. The other supportive taras are Kshema, Sadhaka, Mitra and Ati-Mitra.
Which nakshatras are my Sampat tara?
The 2nd, 11th and 20th nakshatras counted forward from your natal Moon's star. You need your janma nakshatra to find them.
Classical sources
- Brihat Parashara Hora Shastra — Gochara (transit results reckoned from the natal Moon)
- Phaladeepika — Ch. 26 (Gochara Phala)
- Muhurta tradition (Tarabalam / Navatara) — The nine taras counted from the janma nakshatra
See it for your chart
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