What is tarabalam

Various strengths are checked for muhurtham. Tarabalam, Chandrabalam, Gurubalam, Suryabalam, Lagnam
shuddhi, etc... As outlined in following mantra. When we worship lakshmipati sri narayana, he will make
everything right. He is tithi, vaara, nakshatra, yoga, karana. Hence, worshipping him will make everything

tadeva lagna sudina tadeva trbala cadrabala tadeva |

vidy bala daivabala tadeva lakmpate teghri'yuga smarmi ||

Tarabalam is a strength provided by stars to your Janma / Birth star. Nakshatra/Star of moon at the time of
your birth is known as Birth star. Moon's daily star / Nakshatra position needs to be favourable for casting any
muhurtha. Moon takes roughly 27 days to circle around earth and passes through 27 nakshatras. Daily motion
of moon from your janma nakshatra decides this strength. mypanchang.com provides daily star of moon for
your city. As moon transists into different stars it becomes favourable or unfavourable to your birth star. This
tarabalam is divided into three sets of 9 nakshatras. Each part is called Navakam. To calculate tarabalam one
must calculate position of daily nakshatra from your Janma nakshatra (both nakshatra inclusive). Divide that
by 9. If the reminder is 2,4,6,8,9 or 0 then it's good otherwise it's bad.

How to use this Tarabalam table

Find your Janma Nakshatra (Birth Star).
Goto mypanchang.com and click on panchangam
Scroll down to your city and click
Click on Amavasyant or Purnimant Panchangam of your choice.
Try to find Daily nakshatra found above in top row.
Try to find your Janma Namshatra from the left handside column.
Find the both intersecting block.
That's your Tarabalam
If the color is yellow or value indicated are 1,3,5,7 then they are not good.
If the color is green or value indicated are 2,4,6,8, or 9 then they are very good.

Example:
My Nakshatra(Birth star) is Magha and today's star is Revati. Hence my tarabalam is 9 (good). But my
birth star is Revati and today's star is Magha so my tarabalam for today will be: 2 (Very good).
Let's take second example: My star is Uttara Shadha (U.Shadha) and today's star / nakshatram is
Ashwini so my tarabalam will be 8 (very good). But if my star was Ashwini and today's star was
U.Shadha my tarabalam will be 3 (Bad).
 Daily Nakshatra / Star from panchangam
Ashwini Bharani Kritika Rohini Mrisgashirsh Ardra Punarvasu Pushya Ashlesha
Magha P.Phalguni U.Phalguni Hasta Chitra Swati Vishakha Anuradha Jyestha
Y Moola P.Shadha U.Shadha Shravan Dhanishtha Shatabhisha P.Bhadra U.Bhadra Revati
o Ashwini 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
u Magham Shani Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu
r Moolam
Bharani
9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
J P.Phalguni Ketu Shani Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra
a P.Shadha
n Kritika 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
m U.Phalguni Chandra Ketu Shani Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha
a U.Shadha
Rohini
7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5 6
N Hasta
Budha Chandra Ketu Shani Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra
a Shravan
k Mrigashirsh
s Chitra 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4 5
h Dhanistha Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu Shani Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu
t Ardra
r Swati 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3 4
a Shatabhisha Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu Shani Guru Kuja Ravi
/ Punarvasu
4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2 3
Vishakha
S P.Bhadra Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu Shani Guru Kuja
t
Pushya
a 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1 2
Anuradha
r Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu Shani Guru
U.Bhadra
Ashlesha
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1
Jyestha
Guru Kuja Ravi Rahu Sukra Budha Chandra Ketu Shani
Revati

The above table is divided into three groups of nakshatras known as a Navakam.
While deciding muhurthas in case the the tara balam happens to be bad(1,3,5 and 7) and the tara falls
in First Navakam for Janma Tara, Second Navakam for Vipat Tara, and Third Navakam for Pratyak
Tara and in any Navakam for Naidhana has to be discarded.
Muhurthas are possible even during the bad tarabalam by doing suitable dosha pariharam.
Tarabalam is a basic step in calculating muhurtha.
Other factors like panchaka bala, calculation of muhurta chart is very important.
If muhurtha chart is strong and required planets are positioned well it counters all doshas.
This does not replace the judgement of a professional astrologer but uses it as an aide.
Pariharam for Taradosham
For Janma Tara: Saka Danam--Yellow Pumpkin,Leafy Vegetable,
For Vipat Tara: Jaggery Danam
For Pratyak Tara: Salt Danam
For Naidhana Tara: Should be avoided. If inevitable Tila Sahita Suvrana Danam(Seseme seeds+Gold)

Meaning of tarabalam is explained in following table.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Janma Sampatha VipathaKshemaPratyaka Sadhana Naidhana MitraParamitra
Not GoodVery goodBad Good Not GoodVery GoodTotally BadGoodGood
 Telugu Tithis and Sanskrit names: Padyami / Prathama, Vidiya / Dvitiya, Tadiya / Tritiya, Chavathi
/ Chaturthi. Rest of tithis maps exactly to samskritam names.
General purpose good Day (Vaar): Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
General purpose good Tithi: 2 (Dwitiya), 3 (Tritiya), 5 (Panchami), 7 (Saptami), 10 (Dashami), 11
(Ekadashi), 13 (Trayodashi -- shukla paksha only). 1 (Prathama - Krishna Paksha Only). Please avoid Krishna
Paksha 13 (Trayodashi), 14 (Chaturdashi), and Amavasya in all good work. Please also avoid Shukla paksha's
1 (Prathama) in all goog work. Please avoid rikta tithis 4-9-14 (From both paksha) in all good work.
Good Tithi for Wedding: All days (Vaara) are good for wedding. Please avoid Rikta 4-9-14, Krishna
Trayodashi, Amavasya, Shukla Paksha prathama 1 tithi. Rest of tithis are good for weddings. According to
some Rikta tithi 4-9-14 can be taken, but avoid 14 in krishna paksha.
Good Tithi for Grahapravesha: Avoid Sunday, and Tuesday (This is basic rule, relaxations exists, fortified
lagna removes many doshas. Consult astrologer for advanced muhurtha). Avoid Shukla paksha's 1-4-9-14,
and Krishna Paksha's 4-9-13-14-Amavasya. Rest tithis are good for Grahapravesha.
Good Tithi for Buying a New Vehicle: 3,4,5,7,10,11,13,15. Avoid Amavasya.
To learn more about tithis please follow link here.

The next line is nakshatra. The Nakshatra name is followed by N: The time next to the nakshtra indicates
when it is going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to nakshatras as well. (Rohinii 09:02:42).
Nakshatra is also known as star. so if you are looking for today's star use this one. Please avoid Aswini
nakshatra on Tuesday, Rohini nakshatra on Saturday, and Pushyami nakshatra on Thrusday for all graha
pravesha, marraige, and travel muhurthas. Although these combination causes Amrit Siddhi yoga but, the
same combination is not good for above said purposes. Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented
in our panchangam have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam.
Please manually adjust for other places in the world where daylight saving time applies. A nakshatra is one of
the 27 or 28 divisions of the sky, identified by the prominent star(s) in them, that the Moon passes through
during its monthly cycle, as used in Hindu astronomy and astrology. Therefore, each represents a division of
the ecliptic similar to the zodiac (1320 each instead of the 30 for each zodiac sign). The orbit of the moon
is 27.3 days, so the Moon takes approximately one day to pass through each nakshatra.
General purpose good Nakshatras: Ashwini, Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Punarvasu, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta,
Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravan, Dhanishtha, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. Please avoid
your janma-nakshatra for all good works.
Good Nakshatras for Wedding: Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Magha (Avoid 1st quarter), U.Phalguni, Hasta,
Swati, Anuradha, Mula, U.Shadha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati (Avoid last quarter).
Good Nakshatras for Grahapravesha: Rohini, Mrigashirsha, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta, Chitra, Swati,
Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, Dhanishta, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati.
Good Nakshatras for Buying a New Vehicle: Ashwini, Rohini, Punarvasu, Pushya, U.Phalguni, Hasta,
Chitra, Swati, Anuradha, U.Shadha, Shravana, U.Bhadra, Revati in the Shubha lagna (Ascendant) of Mithuna,
Karka, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, and Mina lagnam (Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna,
and panchanga to find nakshatra timings).
Good Nakshatras for Starting a New Job: Vaar: Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Nakshatra:
Rohini, U.Phalguni, U.Shadha, Dhanistha, Shatabhisha, U.Bhadrapada, Revati. In the muhurtha chart in the
1st, 10th or 11th house Sun and Mars. (Please refer to our lagna table to find these lagna, and panchanga to
find nakshatra timings).
Tara bala: To find a day is suitable for your muhurtha tarabalam is required. Count from your birth
nakshatra to nakshatra of the muhurtha day you are seeking. Please avoid 1-3-5-7-10-12-14-16-19-21-23-25
nakshatra counting from your birth nakshatra. For example: If your birth nakshatra is swati, and today's
nakshatra is aswhini, now counting from swati to ashwini it gives us the count of 14th Which is not a good
tarabalam. Hence till ashwini nakshatra prevails that time is bad.
 Please visit Tarabalam Chakra ready reckoner table to calculate your daily tarabalam and muhurtha. Please
visit nakshatra table to find list of nakshatra and their mappings in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam.

The next line is Yoga. The Yoga name is followed by Y: The time next to the Yoga indicates when it is
going to end. The same rules for tithi timings applies to Yoga as well. (Ganda 08:31:32). Unlike other online
panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have been adjusted for daylight saving time for North
American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other places in the world where daylight saving
time applies.
Good Yoga: Please avoid Vyatipata, Vaidriti, Parigha, Vishkumbha, Vajra, Shoola, Atiganda, Vyagata.

The next two lines are Karana. Karana name is indicated by K: There are two karanas per thithi hence there
are two lines for karana, where the time next to the karana indicates when it is going to end. The same rules
for tithi timings applies to karana as well. (Balav 08:32:33). Please try to avoid vishti (Bhadra) karana in all
auspicious ceremonies. Unlike other online panchangam, all times presented in our panchangam have been
adjusted for daylight saving time for North American/Candaian Panchangam. Please manually adjust for other
places in the world where daylight saving time applies.
Good Karana: Please avoid Vishti (Bhadra) Karana.

The next line if sun changes the sign or rasi that day it will have a line SN: which means sun and the rasi
after that is the rasi sun is changing to the time is the time when sun will enter that rasi or sign on that day.
(SN: Makara 4:36). This is also known as samkranti. For example: Makara samkaranti is when sun enters
makara rashi (This also becomes Thai(Makara mase) month for tamil calendar). Likewise the same rule
applies to the other samkrantis. Sun's rasi names can be also names for hindu solar month names. For
example: Tamil calendar uses sun's rasi names as their solar months. The Tamil calendar is a derivative of the
old Hindu solar calendar and is based on the sidereal year. Tamil solar month names are Chiththirai (Mesha),
Vaikasi (Vrishabha), Aani (Mithuna), Aadi (Karka), Aavani (Simha), Purattasi (Kanya), Aippasi (Tula),
Karthikai (Vrishika), Markazhi (Dhanu), Thai (Makara), Maasi (Kumbha), Panguni (Mina).
Note for Muhurtha: Please avoid day of eclipse and the six hours before and after from the time of
samkranti for any good work / muhurtha. However this samkranti time is good for donation, satyanaraya puja
but not good for Weddings, Graha Pravesha etc.

The next line is MN: which means moon sign changes, which means moon and the rasi after that is the rasi
moon is changing to the time is the time when moon will enter that rasi or sign on that day. if moon occupies
that rasi for whole day you'll observe (full) right after the rasi name. (MN: Mithuna 20:38)
A Note on chandra bala in muhurtha: Chandra Balam is important in weddings, and other rituals.
Tarabalam is more subtle. Counting from your moon rashi (Hindu rashi) to the day's chandra rashi if the count
is 1,3,6,7,10,11 then that day will be good for you.

The RK: means the Rahu kalam (Tamizh: Raghu kalam). The rising period of Rahu is considered
inauspicious in the South as he is considered a malefic for auspicious functions. The time frame indicates rahu
kalam duration. (RK:09:03-10:06). Please avoid this time for your muhurtha.

The YM: means the Yamagandam kalam. Yamaganda is the son of Guru and he is also considered
inauspicious. The time frame indicates yama kalam duration. (YM:11:09-12:12). Please avoid this time for
your muhurtha.

The GK: means the Gulika kalam (Gulikai). Gulika is also called Mandi (i. e. the son of Manda alias
Shani). His rising period is also not auspicious. The time frame indicates Gulika kalam duration. (GK:09:03-
10:06). Please avoid this time for your muhurtha. Rahu kalam, Yama kalam, Gulika (Kulika) needs to be
avoided as they are inauspicious times.

The AJ: means Abhijit Muhurtha (AJ: 12:30- 13:18). It is Sri Hari Vishnu's time. When you don't have any
muhurtham you can use this time if its not overlapped by rahu kalam or durmuhurtham, or varjyam. On
Wednesday abhijit muhurtham is bad as its the same time as durmuhurtham, hence we gave only
durmuhurtham time on wednesday not the abhijit muhurtha time. For other days please check rahu kalam as
well.

The DM: means Durmuhurtha (DM:: 10:34- 11:22, 15:22- 16:10) means first Durmuhurtham starts at 10:34
AM till 11:22 AM and the next one starts at 15:22 PM to 16:10 PM. These times should be avoided for any
good ceremonies.

The V:: means Varjyam or Vishagatika (V:30:00-31:37) means varjyam starts at 6:00 AM of following day
and lasts till 7:37 AM of following day. There could be more than one varjyam line. This time is not a good
time. Please avoid in all muhurthams. Please donot perform annaprasana samskara in this time as this this
visha-gatika time.

The AK:: means Amritkala (AK: 15:13- 16:53) means Amrita kala starts at 3:13 PM till 16:53 period. This
is a good time. There could be more than one Amrit kala line. This time is good for annaprasanam samskara
as well as other rituals.

About Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam and Gulika Kalam: What most online panchangam, and other
panchangam give rahukalam which is fixed for every day of the week, for example Sunday 4.30 - 6.00,
Monday 7.30 - 9.00, Tuesday 15.00- 16.30, Wed. 12.00 - 13.30, Thursday 13.30 - 15.00, Friday 10.30-12.00,
Saturday 9.00-10.30. These times are given based on assumption that sun rises and set at 6:00 AM/PM. Which
is completely wrong as the sun doesn't rise at 6:00AM and sets at 6:00PM for most part of the world every
day. People who live in North America, Europe, Australia and other places where in summer sun rises at 4:00
AM (with the daylight time added 5:00 AM) and sets at 8:00 PM, and in winter sun rises at 8:00 PM and sets
at 3:45 PM this rahu kalam time given above is off by hours then minutes (as one of my learned friend argued
the world is not going to change if rahukalam is off by minutes, we are not talking about minutes but hours.
For example in winter in certain places (America, Europe, Australia, etc..) if sun rises at 8:10AM and
rahukalam duration is 7:30AM to 9:00 AM, sunrise doesn't happen till 8:10AM , so you are off by 40 minutes
here (not some minutes, and it will not at at 9:00 could very well end just after 9:00AM).

Now on Thursdays, Yamagadam is from 6:00AM to 7:30AM(According to the fix calculations assuming sun
rises at 6:00 AM), and being winter sunrises at 8:10 AM, so your yamagandam has already passed before
sunrise? aren't you off by one and half hour?. Rahukalam, Yamaganadam doesn't start till sunrise. Even in
India if you live further north, the sun will rise earlier than 6 AM in summer and will set after 6 PM. Check
the sunrise and sunset time of your local newspapers and if not look into our panchangam you'll notice that in
99% of the world sun will never rise at 6:00 AM and will set at 6:00 PM most of time (99% of time). You be
the judge which rahukalam needs to be taken, precise or fix rahu kalam. Its your muhurtham, so you be the
judge. Even if you took the fix one the world is not going to end but if you want to follow rahukalam why not
the precise one?

The fix rahu kalam is taken for ease of calculation, and simplicity. So it is important to calculate rahukalam
and other information by subtracting the sunset from sunrise and divide by 8 and then use that as a kalam
interval. The data provided here is based on actual precise method of arriving Rahu Kalam, Yama kalam
(Yama Ganadam), and Gulika Kalam.

About Chogadia Table: Chogadia used for checking auspicious time to start new work. Traditionally
chogadia is used only for travel muhurthas only but due to simplicity it is used widely for any muhurtha.
There are four good chogadia to start auspicious work -- Amrit, Shubh, Labh and Chal. Three bad
chaugadia are Rog, kaal, Udyog. Mostly people calculate chogadia from 6:00 AM to 6:00 PM which is
wrong as sun doesn't rise at 6:00 AM and doesn't set at 6:00 PM. The actual way is to calculate dinamana and
divide by 8 an each kala will be day chogadia's kala and likewise divide ratrimana by 8 and each kala will be
night's chogadia kala. We have provided link with the chogadia table at the top of every panchangam
presented here and they are calculated based on that places' sunrise, and sunset.

Lagna Table. Lagna is the rising sign on the eastern horizon at a given time and a given place. This
changes from place to place, Hence we need longitude and latitude of the place for correct lagna. That's the
another reason why indian muhurtham calculated for india can't be used outside of india, even after
subtracting the time difference. Lagna has very important role in muhurtham. Lagna shuddhi removes most
evils and without lagna shuddhi it gives all bad yogas. At the time of muhurtha There shouldn't be any evil
grahas / planets in kendra sthana of muhurtha kundli. That is Sun, Mars, Saturn, Rahu and Ketu. The good
planets should be in kendra(1/4/7/10) and tikona sthana (5/9) Mercury, Jupiter, and Venus. This lagna can be
obtained by using lagna table calculated in our panchangam for each place's panchang. This langna is the rasi
in first house. For any place in the world, the Sun will be always in the first house during the sunrise, during
the midday sun will be in the 10th house, during the evening sun will be in 7th house, and during the midnight
sun will be in the 4th house. Some astrologers even knowing this fact makes the same mistake of subtracting
appropriate time differences from indian muhurtha and give out wrong muhurtha (unknowingly).
Good Lagna for Grahapravesha: Vrishabha (2), Mithuna, Simha, Kanya, Vrischika, Dhanu, Kumbha, and
Mina.

Panchaka Rahita Vidhi for Muhurtha - Important ceremonies such as marriage, nuptials, entry into new
houses, etc., this should be carefully looked into. There are several methods by which panchaka is determined.
The most common method is to add following and divide by the number 9:

The number of the lunar day (from the 1st of the month). You can find the tithi in our panchangam. It's
marked with T:. The time after tithi is the time when the tithi ends.
The number of the weekday, Sunday 1, Monday 2, Tuesday 3. etc.). You can find the day in our
panchangam. It's the top most header of the column. For the night time muhurtha please don't change
the day. Indian day is from one sunrise to another sunrise.
The number of the constellation (from Aswini 1, Bharani 2, etc..). You can find the nakshatra in our
panchangam. It's marked with N:. The time after the nakshatra is the time when the nakshatra ends.
The number of the Lagna (from Aries/Mesha 1, Tauras/Vrishabha 2, etc...). You can find the lagna
from our lagna table for your city.

Now add these together and divide the total by 9. If the remainder is 1,2,4,6, or 8 then it indicate bad results as
follows:

1 (mrityu panchakam), it indicates danger.

2 (agni panchakam), risk from fire.
4 (raja panchakam), bad results.
6 (chora panchakam), evil happenings.
8 (roga panchakam), disease.

If the remainder is 3, 5, 7 or zero then it is good.

Example: Let's consider Tithi: Krishna Paksha Dwitiya(2), Saturday (7), Moola/Mula nakshatra(19), and
Kumbha(11) lagna. Let's add these together. This gives us total of 39. Now divide this total of 39 by 9 giving
us the reminder of 3 hence it is good. Please consult astrologer for advanced panchaka rahita vidhi.